Changing cities : rethinking urban competitiveness, cohesion and governance
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Bibliographic Information
Changing cities : rethinking urban competitiveness, cohesion and governance
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 19 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-309) and index
Other editors: Ian Gordon, Alan Harding and Ivan Turok
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A new conventional wisdom, spanning academic and policy communities, sees a combination of economic competitiveness, social cohesion and responsive governance as essential for survival in the post-1980s world - and cities as crucial to achieving these goals. This interdisciplinary text provides the first critical examination of these ideas, drawing on the UK Cities research programme and other recent research. It combines analysis of the competitiveness-cohesion-governance problematic with examination of the major processes underlying key sectors of the urban economy, physical development, social relations, neighbourhoods and urban policy.
Table of Contents
- Cities in the New Conventional Wisdom
- I.Gordon & N.Buck.- PART I: CONCEPTS.- Cities, Competition and Competitiveness: Identifying New Connections
- I.Turok.- Social Cohesion in Cities
- N.Buck.- Governance and Socio-economic Change in Cities
- A.Harding.- Integrating Cities
- I.Gordon.- PART II: KEY SECTORS, PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS.- Knowledge, Innovation and the Competitiveness of Cities
- P.Cooke & J. Simmie.- The Locational Dynamics of Financial Services in Regional Cities
- N.Bailey & S.French.- Urban Dilemmas of Competition and Cohesion in Cultural Policy
- K.Bassett, I.Smith, M.Banks & J.O'Connor.- Neighbourhoods and Poverty: Linking Place and Social Exclusion
- R.Atkinson, N.Buck & K.Kintrea.- Gentrification
- T.Butler.- Governance, Social Cohesion and Neighbourhood Participation
- R.Goodlad & R.Meegan.- Synchronization, Salesmanship and Service Delivery: Governance and Urban Competitiveness
- I.Deas.- Urban Properties: Spaces, Places and the Property Business
- S.Guy, J.Henneberry & G.Bramley.- How Urban Labour Markets Matter
- I.Gordon & I.Turok.- Conclusion: Moving Beyond the Conventional Wisdom
- N.Buck, I.Gordon, A.Harding & I.Turok.
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