Swansea

Swansea is a British regional city lying on the south-west margin of formerly industrial South Wales. Swansea's industrial heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries was followed by severe deindustrialisation and economic decline during the second half of the 20th century leaving a variety of social, economic and environmental problems. In recent decades, these issues have been addressed with significant development and change in the Lower Swansea Valley and the city centre, reflecting the transition to a service economy. However, problems of economic decline, social exclusion and environmental degradation remain, associated with Swansea's decline from a global centre of industry to a peripheral problem region. Nevertheless, recent regeneration strategies in the city are having positive effects and are laying the foundations for a city capable of thriving in post-industrial Britain.