City matters : competitiveness, cohesion, and urban governance / [electronic resource]
Boddy, Martin,editor.
Parkinson, Michael,1944-editor.
This book provides a review of the findings of the largest ever programme of cities research in the UK, the 'Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion programme'. Leading experts present the findings of this wide-ranging programme organised around themes of competitiveness, social cohesion and the role of policy and governance.
CITY MATTERS; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Sources of city prosperity and cohesion: the case of Glasgow and Edinburgh; 3. Reinventing cities in a restructuring region? The rhetoric and reality of renaissance in Liverpool and Manchester; 4. Competitiveness and cohesion in a prosperous city-region: the case of Bristol; 5. London: competitiveness, cohesion and the policy environment; 6. Urban growth and competitiveness in Britain: a long-run perspective
7. Migration, residential preferences and the changing environment of cities8. Cities are not isolated states; 9. Competitiveness as cohesion: social capital and the knowledge economy; 10. Innovation clusters and competitive cities in the UK and Europe; 11. The role of housing in city economic performance; 12. Economic structures, urban responses: framing and negotiating urban property development; 13. Does spatial concentration of disadvantage contribute to social exclusion?; 14. The 'good' suburb as an urban asset in enhancing a city's competitiveness
15. The middle class and the future of London16. Whose hidden assets? Inner-city potential for social cohesion and economic competitiveness; 17. Ethnic minority enterprise in an inner-city context: the case of the independent restaurant sector in Birmingham; 18. Youth employment, racialised gendering and school-work transitions; 19. Leadership and partnership in urban governance: evidence from London, Bristol and Glasgow; 20. 'Pathways to integration': tackling social exclusion on Merseyside; 21. Voluntary organisations and the generation of social capital in city politics
22. Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governanceIndex
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book provides a review of the findings of the largest ever programme of cities research in the UK, the 'Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion programme'. Leading experts present the findings of this wide-ranging programme organised around themes of competitiveness, social cohesion and the role of policy and governance.
Cities and towns
Urban policy
Municipal government
City planning