ABSTRACT
Throughout this book we have attempted to argue that the present (and future) cohort of regeneration managers needs to draw upon a range of skills which are informed by more nuanced understanding of the local context to regeneration initiatives. In particular, we have tried to show that local initiatives which are shaped by an explicit relationship between local agencies and community-based groups are more likely to develop a more informed and subtle understanding of how there can be a negotiated match between what is available and what is expected, and in particular how the tensions between what local communities may want and what may be available (including statutory obligations) can be reconciled.
