SPILLOVERS, EXPECTATIONS AND RESIDENTS BENEFITS IN A HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM - GLASGOW 1977-1987

Proponents of housing-led urban regeneration projects argue that they generate resident housing benefits, positive spillovers and new expect ations for areas. Some of these ideas are well developed theoretically though others are not, and there has been a general eschewal of empir ical testing. Empirical estimates, of a partial nature, are produced f or Glasgow for the 1977-1998 period. These indicate that programmes ha ve positive benefits but also distort consumer choices.