Territorial Policy and Governance - Alternative Paths

The aim of this edited volume is to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by different forms of territorial policy and governance. Drawing on conceptual debates and empirical research from the UK and other international contexts, the contributors engage with issues around the politics and governance of territorial development,

List of contents

List of illustrations

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

Iain Deas and Stephen Hincks

Part I

Multi-scalar concepts and practices of regionalism

2 New localism, new localities ...

Martin Jones

3 Evolving conceptions of regional policy in Europe and their influence across different territorial scales

Philip O'Brien, Olivier Sykes and David Shaw

4 Constructing alternative paths to city-region policy and governance

John Harrison

Part II

Flexible regionalism: soft spaces in theory and practice

5 Alternative planning spaces

Graham Haughton and Philip Allmendinger

6 Multi-level geographies of trans-boundary cooperation in Catalonia: governance, planning and 'cross-border spaces of regionalist engagement'

Claire Colomb Francesc Morata Tierra, Antoni Dura Guimera and Xavier Oliveras Gonzalez

Part III

Mobility and circularity in urban-regional policy

7 Business improvement districts in the United Kingdom: territorialising a 'global' model?

Kevin Ward and Ian Cook

8 'Where it's at': fashions and fads in British local economic-development policy

Alex Lord

Part IV

Embedding environmental concerns in regional governance and policy

9 From ecotopia to heterotopia: alternative pathways to territorialising the environment

Andrew Karvonen

10 The implications of the low-carbon economy for the politics and practice of regional development

David Gibbs, Andrew E.G. Jonas and Aidan While

11 The production and consumption of urban-climatology science in New York City's PlaNYC
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About the author

Iain Deas is a Senior Lecturer in Planning and Environmental Management at the University of Manchester, UK.

Stephen Hincks is a Senior Lecturer in Planning and Environmental Management at the University of Manchester, UK.

Summary

The aim of this edited volume is to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by different forms of territorial policy and governance.  Drawing on conceptual debates and empirical research from the UK and other international contexts, the contributors engage with issues around the politics and governance of territorial development,

Product details

• Authors: Iain (University of Manchester Deas, Iain Hincks Deas
• Assisted by: Iain Deas (Editor), Deas Iain (Editor), Stephen Hincks (Editor), Hincks Stephen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367867737
• ISBN: 978-0-367-86773-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Regions and Cities
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Business & Economics / General, Economics, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development, Economics of industrial organisation, Human Geography, Development Studies, Development economics and emerging economies, Economics of industrial organization, Research and development management