Imrie, R., L. Lees, et al., Eds. (2009). Regenerating London: governance, sustainability and community in a global city. London, Routledge.
Regenerating London explores recent theories and practices of urban regeneration in one of the fastest changing world cities. The book highlights paradoxes and contradictions in urban policy and offers an evaluation of the contemporary forms of urban redevelopment. Of particular interest in relation to the study and operationalisation of 'community' is Part IV: Community Governance and Urban Change', which includes contributions about the reworking community in the South Bank, the disputed place of ethnic diversity in a street market in East London, the transformation of Hackney's Holly Street Estate, and young people and the regeneration of the Kings Cross Tens Estate. In this context, communities are framed primarily as 'communities of place' nestled within the larger city, through the lens of social and economic change, and changes and tensions in demographic profiles (based on age, ethnicity and social class).