Here is all the research we've found so far.They cover all angles from official government reports to critiques of policy and the whole process. They are mainly PDF files, click on the icon or links to view them.

	Agents rather than patients: Realising The Potential For Asset-Based Community Development the snappy title hides a simple idea - help people in the communities themselves decided and impliment their own regeneration strategy (5 pages)
	Kings Norton Development Plan Interesting document about what's happening in the 3 Estates
	Business Investment in Under-served Markets: An opportunity for business and communities? Spooky report by business sorts about 'retail led regeneration' which sounds suspiciously like the Fort shopping centre or Merry Hill. Deprived Underserved markets is just one of the buzzphrases in this report (50 pages)
	About Business in the community. Companion report for the above document. Worth reading to find out who's involved in pushing this idea (10 pages)
	Clone Town Britain - The survey results on the bland state of the nation. New Economics Foundation report about the multinational takeover of our streets and the resulting loss of diversity in our habitat (44 pages)
	Ghost Town Britain II - Death on the Highstreet. New Economics Foundation report about local economies and how planning regulations are causing trouble. They also suggest some alternatives. (44 pages)
	Globalisation from Below: Birmingham - postcolonial workshop of the world? Local report that rejects the prestige led development strategies, suggesting a more fluid transnational bottom up model (23 pages)
	A critique of Materplanning as a technique for introducing urban design quality into British Cities Masterplans are when big fixed schemes are applied to design, and this paper argues that cities are too transient to be placed under such a restriction, and he called for a more evolutionary approach.(9 pages)
	Conceptualising Regeneration: New Deal for Communities in Newcastle upon Tyne. A report questioning suggesting that what 'regeneration' means as a word hasn't been explored enough with communities leading to difficulties when it comes to planning. (27 pages)
	Chasing Progress - Beyond measuring economic growth New Economics Foundation report looking at how we measure economic progress and wondering whether it's the best way to communinty and individual happiness. (6 pages)
	Perspectives of Urban Regeneration Good report on regeneration in Liverpool, presents a variety of opinions and approaches. (21 pages)
	Designed Reviewed: Town Centre Retail by Commission for Architecture & Built Environment (CABE) A review of more consumption based approaches to cities (19 pages)
	Progress : Sustainable Development Commision Critique 2004 Good report from the governments 'critical friend' on how sustainable we are. Nor very it turns out and you wonder whether this friend will be listened to anyway (61 pages)
	On the up: the housing crisis in the north (Shelter) Explosive report on the Pathfinder Schemes saying " ..these projects are bringing new problems: increased evictions, rising prices and the falling supply of emergency housing" (20 pages)
	Urban Futures: Looking at collaborative planning exercises.Sample quote: "Luton Policy makers are particularly exercised by the town's inferiority complex and low aspirations. 'Luton has been labelled a middle-class town with working class aspirations. We need to give it middle-class aspirations,' said one." Hmmm.(12 pages) *not available at the moment*