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1 Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
2 Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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MsJ C Coulson
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TP, UK; jo.coulson@bristol.ac.uk
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The Dings Bristol, comprising just 120 houses and in the 19th most deprived Super Output Area in England,1 is being regenerated.2 Through Civitas-Vivaldi funding,3 its seven streets are being "home-zoned", a design concept that prioritises non-motorised road-users through imaginative engineering features.4
Adjacent to this, a developer is building a new residential complex (photo 1), with dwellings priced £207 000–307 000 upwards. Although they have aimed to blend the communities, the new build’s likely socioeconomic market is commuting professionals, affluent, young families and buy-to-let investors. Marketers have painted a picture of sumptuous, cosmopolitan living.5
Only 25 feet (7.6 m) separate the show home patio (photo 2) and existing resident’s backyard (photo 3), which are on opposite sides of the street. The Dings residents are witnessing huge transformations in their direct built environment and have contrasting, evolving opinions about the developments.
In terms of integrating these two communities, will this juxtaposition of
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