... approached from different angles, all relate to this same specific area of inequity and disregard. In order to comprehend exactly why perhaps inner city areas are the codeword for social neglect and discrimination, it is at first necessary to determine how they became to be derelict and unattractive places to live. Britains urban problems are aggravated because of the way the majority of cities developed in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-late nineteenth century. Due to this early and rapid industrialization of the country, towns and cities sprang up around huge factory sites based on industries which were themselves dependent on cheap local unskilled labour. The war years caused devastation with extensive loss of buildings due to bombings. Rent controls turned private inner city housing into slums. Since the early 1960's, all Britains major cities have experienced massive industrial decline, particularly in their inner parts, due ...

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