Citizenship, Sustainability and Participation in Neighbourhood Renewal in Ex-Mining Communities in County Durham By
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The working paper describes a study which aims to examine and evaluate local community responses to environmental degradation, and factors assisting or hampering local involvement in neighbourhood environmental renewal in two Durham coalfield communities in the UK, an area characterised by high levels of unemployment, poverty, poor health and environmental degradation. A postal survey and focus groups will be used to address the research aims in terms of depth and representativeness. The study will address gaps in knowledge and understanding of how such communities prioritise, respond to and manage a range of socio-economic and environmental problems and how this impacts on agency and citizenshipl. The findings will provide insights for recent national and local policies which have emphasised the need for community engagement in neighbourhood renewal (particularly the government’s Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy, 2001); the Coalfields Regeneration Plan; the management of environmental health controversies, and debates surrounding environmental justice and citizenship.
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