... role is, then an account as to why sustainable regeneration is essential and why communities need regenerating. The essay will then explore what at present is being done to tackle the problems. To conclude, it will examine how regeneration organisations continue to make a substantial contribution to the process of social, economic and physical renewal of disadvantaged neighbourhoods. 'The term community involvement can be defined so that; the word community is taken to mean those people living and/or working in the immediate vicinity. Community involvement is taken to mean the active participation of local residents or community groups in planning, designing or implementing schemes to regenerate disadvantaged or declining areas.' (Johnston 2000:296) There is a wide agreement that sustainable regeneration can only occur when the community is a partner in this process. Thake (1995) reinforces this opinion stating that sustainable community regeneration needs to exist in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, in order for them ...

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