"Regeneration" is the developer's spin-doctor'sbuzzword which too often involves anything but real regeneration of buildings, businesses or communities - it really denotes any old excuse to make wonga, by demolishing perfectly serviceable buildings and replacing them with trash.
Quintessentially idyllic and rural, that tamed variety that the English do so well:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/11099696/John-Constable-The-Making-of-a-Master-VandA-review-spellbinding.html