‘Build them up - Urban regeneration in disadvantaged neighbourhoods with local job creation’ is a publication about how to use the construction phases of urban development for social purposes, such as job creation and community building.

​

 

Every year we invest billions in deprived neighbourhoods in the hope that better housing and better outdoor spaces can lift the areas and their residents.

​

But studies show that these investments have little effect on the original residents' connection to education, the labour market and crime.

​

 

Kenneth Balfelt Team and carlberg/christensen have prepared a report for the Ministry of Immigration, Integration and Housing that shows how urban regeneration organisations can use investments in physical improvements to disadvantaged neighbourhoods to employ local people in construction and renovation projects.

 

With this report, we hope to kick-start a new trend in Danish urban development in general and in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in particular.

 

Because it's important to think social change into the development of our neighbourhoods. And there is great potential for community building and job creation if organisations involved in the renovation of disadvantaged neighbourhoods collaborate across sectors and employ local people in construction and renovation projects.