Managed decline
‘Managed decline’ refers to the management of the decline or “sunset” phase at the end of a lifecycle, with the goal of minimising costs or other forms of losses and harm. The concept originates in business where it referred to the management of companies and industries, but has since spread beyond to be used in other contexts.
In 1981,
Chancellor Geoffrey Howe proposed a strategy of managed decline, or strategic abandonment
...Geoffrey Howe on Merseyside
Frequently, housing campaigners frame the conditions of the estates they live on as the result of ‘managed decline,’ in which sites are tactically allowed to fall into a state of
dilapidation
NOUN :
the state or process of falling into decay or being in disrepair.
""the mill was in a state of dilapidation
repairs...
ONE :
the act of improving a place or system, especially by making it more active or successful:
The Council is committed...Dilapidation
Regeneration