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Reflective images: the case of urban regeneration in Glasgow and Bilbao

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Old industrial cities have made broad use of new strategies as the means to overcome the difficulties created by the restructuring of their former economic basis. Although usually based on physical practices, these strategies have attempted to ease the transformation towards a services‐based economy, which has been presented as the essential means to solve the cities’ economic problems. Even if it has been of widespread currency, the effectiveness of this formula is not clear, as its impact on the city of Glasgow illustrates. Yet, at present, Bilbao, a Basque variant of one of those old industrial cities, is making use of the same ideas to legitimate its own current renewal, through focusing upon the misleading message that comes from Glasgow’s apparent success in urban regeneration. The article underlines the poor scope of the success achieved by such a strategy in old industrial contexts facing serious unemployment problems. Les vieilles villes industrielles ont fait bon usage des stratégies nouvelles pour vaincre les difficultés causées par la restructuration de leur base économique précédente. Bien que fondées habituellement sur des pratiques physiques, ces stratégies ont essayé de faciliter la transition vers une économie de service qui a été présentée comme la principale solution des problèmes économiques des villes. Bien que ceci soit une opinion répandue, l’efficacité de cette formule n’est pas certaine, comme le montre son effet sur la ville de Glasgow. Cependant Bilbao, une variante basque d’une de ces anciennes villes industrielles, se sert à présent des mêmes idées pour légitimer sa rénovation actuelle, concentrant sur le message trompeur donné par le succès apparent de la régénération urbaine de Glasgow. Cet article souligne les limitations du succès achevé par cette stratégie dans d’anciens contextes industriels qui ont de sérieux problèmes de chômage.

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  • María V. Gómez, 1998. "Reflective images: the case of urban regeneration in Glasgow and Bilbao," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(1), pages 106-121, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:22:y:1998:i:1:p:106-121
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00126
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