Freiburg in Germany is much admired for its public transport systems and radical new developments such as Vauban. Dr Nicholas Falk reports back from a recent study tour..

Cardiff City Centre serves a relatively small population, and like many British towns has found it difficult to keep the centre alive at night.

Cities in Australia are having to face the challenges of dispersal by broadening their roles and by improving the quality of their centres.

A three day festival drawing attention to the historic industrial area close to the city centre has grown into an annual event covering the whole city.

The contraction of heavy industry on which parts of Britain and Southern Belgium once depended have brought similar problems to their towns.

A pioneering renewal scheme was set up by the city and the Scottish Development Agency, providing small-scale environmental improvements and reversing long-term population decline in the centre.

As part of its exit strategy, the HAT has established a tenant-controlled housing association, and a community development trust .

the area has been changed through a shared vision, by involving local residents and businesses in delivering projects, and by celebrating achievements together.

Gothenburg in Sweden has made the transition from the world's largest ship builder to a diversified city.

Like most seaside resorts, Brighton lost its traditional holiday trade to the Continent and began to go downhill..

Reading used to be known as an ugly industrial town and a traffic bottle-neck ....

Like other satellites of Leeds, Wakefield has to work hard to promote its distinctiveness in order to flourish.

The Waterfront Strategy is a regeneration partnership between local businesses, local communities and the London Borough of Greenwich.

When law and order began to deteriorate in 1987 a partnership was set up between the local authority, police and business leaders.

Milton Keynes has been one of the main sources of new housing in the South East.

Southampton has involved the local community in developing a vision for new housing.

The Bentilee Estate on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent is an interesting example of the application of a community ideal.

In Brighton a New Deal for Communities Pathfinder Scheme covers four estates on the eastern edge of the town which have suffered from severe decline. .

The centre of Portsmouth, which is one of the densest urban areas in the country, suffered from war-time bombing, ugly post-war development, and the loss of jobs in the Dockyard. .