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Urban Studies, Vol. 45, No. 1, 115-139 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0042098007085104
© 2008 Urban Studies Journal Limited

Housing Supply and Brownfield Regeneration in a post-Barker World: Is There Enough Brownfield Land in England and Scotland?

Timothy Dixon

Department of Real Estate and Construction, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK, tdixon{at}brookes.ac.uk

David Adams

Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 25 Bute Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RS, d.adams{at}socsci.gla.ac.uk

The findings of the Barker review, which examined the reasons for the undersupply of UK housing, have important implications for the devolved constituents of the UK, including Scotland. This paper traces the emergence of the brownfield regeneration policy agenda across the UK and examines how the Barker review connects with this brownfield policy focus. The paper compares housing and brownfield policies and practices in England and Scotland, places them in an international context and elicits wider lessons for devolved governance in relation to housing policy, in terms of `centrist—local' tensions. Estimates based on published data suggest that Barker's emphasis on increased housing supply cannot easily be reconciled with the current emphasis on brownfield development and is likely to require a return to greenfield development in both countries.

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