Abstract

The forced relocation—displacement—of social housing residents resulting from estate regeneration involving demolition has been the subject of considerable academic and policy debate. While some scholars and policy makers regard such displacement as having harmful outcomes in relation to loss of homes and community relations, others argue that residents benefit from relocation as they move to ‘better places’. This paper contributes to this debate, and to the wider 'post-displacement' research agenda, by providing an experiential perspective on residential relocation with reference to in-depth interviews with social housing residents in London who returned to new-build flats at the redeveloped mixed-tenure estates. The paper employs a multi-scalar approach to place attachment which is illustrated and analysed at three spatial scales: domestic (home/dwelling), intermediate (block of flats) and neighbourhood (estate). The home scale is the most positive albeit not unequivocal aspect of residents’ post-displacement experiences, whereas place attachments at the block and neighbourhood scales are characterized by extensive and intensive disruptions and losses.

摘要

由于涉及拆迁的房地产重建导致社会住房居民的强制搬迁 - 流离失所 - 一直是大量学术和政策辩论的主题。虽然一些学者和政策制定者认为这种迁移对失去家园和社区关系会产生有害的结果，但其他人则认为，当居民搬到“更好的地方”时，他们会从搬迁中受益。本文通过参考对伦敦社会住房居民的深入访谈，提供了住宅搬迁的经验视角，为这场辩论以及更广泛的“后流离失所”研究议程做出了贡献，这些居民回到了重建后的新建公寓混合使用权的庄园。本文采用多标量方法来放置附件，在三个空间尺度上进行了说明和分析：家庭（家庭/住宅），中间（公寓楼）和邻里（房地产）。家庭规模是居民迁移后经历的最积极的方面，尽管不是明确的方面，而街区和邻里规模的地方附属物的特点是广泛而密集的破坏和损失。