Public-led shared workspaces and the intangible factors of urban regeneration in UK coastal towns

Recent studies suggest that policies designed to create new shared workspaces have the power deliver skills, innovation and employment opportunities peripheral areas lagging economies. We examine this idea using case from two British coastal locations industrial ports of different sizes governance structures: Portsmouth (Hampshire) Newhaven (East Sussex). Our findings indicate need for integrated place-based solutions are targeted anchored in local needs identities place. Governmental frameworks should not only address physical aspects regeneration but also social institutional ones. Positive externalities registered when act as infrastructure. For happen, policy work on community building, regaining trust nurturing positive imaginaries. Finally, we note fragmented patterns hamper scaling up at wider regional scale.