Docklands: Urban Change

by Janet Foster

A sociological study of a community in transition and the impact of urban regeneration. Change on the Isle of Dogs is revealed from the differing perspectives of Islanders, developers and business, and yuppies attracted to the area.

399 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 16, 1998

About the author

Janet Foster is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at LSE. She has also worked at the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick. She is the author of two sole authored books Villains: Crime and Community in the Inner City (Routledge, 1990); Docklands: cultures in conflict, worlds in collision (UCL Press, 1999)