RT Journal Article
T1 Neighbourhood cooperatives for the integrated urban regeneration of mass housing areas: speculations on a proposed model
A1 Rosa-Jiménez, Carlos
A1 Márquez-Ballesteros, María José
A1 García-Moreno, Alberto Enrique
A1 Navas-Carrillo, Daniel
K1 Rehabilitación urbana
K1 Vivienda
K1 Urbanismo
AB PurposeThis paper seeks to define a theoretical model for the urban regeneration of mass housing areas based on citizen initiative, self-management and self-financing in the form of the neighbourhood cooperative. This paper aims to identify mechanisms for economic resource generation that enable the improvement of the urban surroundings and its buildings without assuming disproportionate economic burdens by the local residents based on two principles, the economies of scale and service provision.Design/methodology/approachThe research is structured in three phases: a literature review of the different trends in self-financing for urban regeneration and the conceptual framework for the definition of a cooperative model; the definition of theoretical model by analysing community ecosystem, neighbourhood-based services and the requirements for its economic equilibrium; and the discussion of the results and the conclusions.FindingsThe results show the potential of the cooperative model to generate a social economy capable of reducing costs and producing additional resources to finance the rehabilitation process. The findings show not only the extent of economic advantages but also multiple social, physical and environmental benefits. Its implementation involves the participation of multiple actors, which is one of its significant advantages.Originality/valueThe main contribution is to approach comprehensive urban rehabilitation from a collaborative understanding, overcoming the main financing difficulties of the current practices based on public subsidy policies. The model also allows an ethical relationship to be built with supplier companies by means of corporate social responsibility.
PB Emerald
YR 2023
FD 2023-08-14
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30477
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30477
LA eng
NO Rosa-Jiménez, C., Márquez-Ballesteros, M.J., García-Moreno, A.E. and Navas-Carrillo, D. (2023), "Neighbourhood cooperatives for the integrated urban regeneration of mass housing areas: speculations on a proposed model", Social Enterprise Journal, Vol. 19 No. 5, pp. 575-597. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-01-2023-0010
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA. This work has been developed within the framework of the R+D+i project “Cooperativas vecinales de personas mayores para el envejecimiento activo en el lugar. Implicaciones en la mejora de la soledad forzada en grandes ciudades (CO-AGING)”, funded by the Secretaría General de Universidades, Investigación y Tecnología of the Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades of the Junta de Andalucía (PY20_00411), and co-financed by the FEDER operational programme in Andalusia (2014-2020). The authors are grateful to the editor and reviewers for providing helpful comments that have improved this article.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026