ABSTRACT
Nottingham has, like all of England’s ‘Core Cities’ Group, and indeed most UK cities since the late 1990s, undergone a period of significant change with regard to its public realm and urban fabric (ODPM/HMT/GOER 2004). Indeed, the urban landscape of Nottingham has been transformed through a process that has responded to the city’s problems and created an environment that has been able to adapt to emerging and future needs. The national phenomenon of the ‘urban renaissance’ is readily associated with the Urban Task Force (UTF) final report Towards an Urban Renaissance (UTF 1999a). However, Nottingham City Council had been laying the foundations for its own renaissance since the early 1980s. In contrast to many cities, Nottingham has quietly got on with its regeneration activities through a consistent, persistent and opportunistic approach.
