CASE STUDY: REURBANISATION (MANCHESTER CBD)

CASE STUDY: REURBANISATION (MANCHESTER CBD)

Reasons for Redevelopment:

• IRA bombing of Manchester, 1996.
• Irish Republican Army.
• Forced regeneration from destruction of bombing.
• 15,000m2 of new retail area.
• 90,000 new offices.

Reviving the city centre:

• Limiting out of town/suburban developments (via planning process)
• Developing new facilities (leisure and entertainment, resturants and bars, development of 24 culture)
• Improving safety (Pedestrianisation, green areas and street furniture, landscaping, CCTV)
• Higher profile (themed events such as christmas market, market team to coordinate publicity, promoting street publicity such as street cafes)
• Improved public transport (shopper buses, tram network, transport interchanges, park and ride schemes, careful pricing in car parking to control congestion)
• Encouraging Re-urbanisation (loft and warehouse conversions, redevelopment of derelict sites with high quality apartment complexes)
• Developing specialist areas (cultural quaters, flagship…