ABSTRACT
In many parts of the world, the loss of population from the city centre has been an issue of concern, and many housing regeneration efforts have focused on city centre space. Although some European city centres have managed to retain a substantial residential population, this has not been the case in most North American cities, and even in parts of the developing world city centre population losses have been noted (Bromley and Jones 1996; Champion 2001). The population losses prompted policies to revitalise and repopulate city centres as the areas in the greatest need of urban regeneration. Cities such as Denver and San Diego in the United States have successfully combined retail regeneration with historic conservation and repopulation in the central area.
