The relationship between urbanization and development is a vital policy concern, especially
in Africa and Asia. This paper reviews the arguments and evidence for whether rapid urban …

Having started out as a new and alternative way of thinking about policy making and
governing more broadly, governance is now established as a dominant paradigm in …

This textbook provides an accessible and critical synthesis of urban regeneration in the UK,
incorporating key policies, approaches, issues, debates and case studies. The central …

Cities have been viewed for several decades as the places within Europe typically facing the
greatest problems associated with economic and population decline. A contrasting view has …

In recent years, the United Kingdom has become a more and more divided society with
inequality between the regions as marked as it has ever been. In a landmark analysis of the …

Resilience is attracting increasing interest in the thinking and policy discourses around
regional development. However, regional development policy remains dominated by a …

This distinctive book highlights the comparative transversal and national issues of multi-level
governance in social welfare policies. The author reports on three particular policy areas …

Turok I.(2004) Cities, regions and competitiveness, Regional Studies 38, 1061–1075.
Competitiveness is a complex concept used in a variety of ways and contexts. The paper …

David Bell and Kate Oakley survey the major debates emerging in cultural policy research,
adopting an approach based on spatial scale to explore cultural policy in cities, nations and …

Since the 1990s, city branding has become a key factor in urban development policies.
Cities all over the world take specific actions to manipulate the imagery and the perceptions …