Urban policy evaluation
Subtitle: challenge and change
By: edited by Robin Hambleton and Huw Thomas.
Contributors: Hambleton, Robin.; Thomas, Huw, 1954-; Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)
Publisher: Paul Chapman Pub.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Urban policy -- Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index.
"Revised versions of papers given at two two-day seminars on urban policy evaluation supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and held in Cardiff in September 1993 and September 1994 ... funded by ESRC grant"--P. [vii].
Table of contents: value: Urban policy evaluation : the contours of the debate / Robin Hambleton and Huw Thomas; value: The changing context for British urban policy / Paul Burton and Martin Boddy; value: An evaluation of urban policy / Michael Bradford and Brian Robson; value: Public expenditure management in urban regeneration / Murray Stewart; value: Urban policy and urban evaluation : the impact of the European Union / Michael Chapman; value: Measurement, understanding and perception : the conflicting "realities" / Peter Meyer; value: The evaluation of urban policy project appraisal / Steve Martin and Graham Pearce; value: Developing quantitative indicators for urban and regional policy analysis / Cecilia Wong; value: Changes in local governance and their implications for urban policy evaluation / Rob Imrie and Huw Thomas; value: Evaluating competitive urban policy : the City Challenge Initiative / Nick Oatley and Christine Lambert; value: City Challenge : a sustainable mechanism or temporary gesture? / Simin Davoudi and Patsy Healey; value: A comparative assessment of government approaches to partnership with the local community / Annette Hastings and Andrew McArthur; value: Reviving the valleys? Urban renewal and governance structures in Wales / Kevin Morgan; value: Urban policy in England and France / Howard Green and Philip Booth; value: Cross-national urban policy transfer : insights from the USA / Robin Hambleton.