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1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Series |
Regions and Cities |
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Regions and cities.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures ; Maps; Tables; Box; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Towards new modes of regional policy and governance? Constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing regions; Aims and objectives of the book; Structure of the book; References ; Part I Multi-scalar concepts and practices of regionalism; Chapter 2 New localism, new localities ... ; What is locality? The rise and fall of spatial metaphors ; Bringing the metaphor back: towards 'new localities' |
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'New localities' research agendas Coda: don't forget uneven development ; References; Chapter 3 Evolving conceptions of regional policy in Europe and their influence across different territorial scales ; Towards a paradigm shift in regional policy? The emergence of the 'place-based' approach ; The place-based approach and the reform of EU Cohesion Policy ; Administering the Structural Funds in a rescaling context: the case of England ; Conclusion ; References; Chapter 4 Constructing alternative paths to city-region policy and governance |
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'After regionalism' and the paralysis of city-region policymakingConstructing alternative paths to city-region policy and governance; Is city-regionalism drinking in the last-chance saloon? ; References; Part II Flexible regionalism: Soft spaces in theory and practice; Chapter 5 Alternative planning spaces; The development of alternative planning spaces; Understanding alternative spaces of planning; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Multi-level geographies of trans-boundary cooperation in Catalonia: Governance, planning and 'cross-border spaces of regionalist engagement' |
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Trans-boundary cooperation, territorial governance and spatial development policies in the EUThe variety of trans-boundary cooperation forms in the EU; The impact of trans-boundary cooperation on territorial governance and spatial development policies; The multiple scales and forms of trans-boundary cooperation in Catalonia; Regionalist/nationalist claims and the 'symbolic use' of trans-boundary cooperation ; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part III Mobility and circularity in urban-regional policy |
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Chapter 7 Business improvement districts in the United Kingdom: Territorialising a 'global' model?Introduction; Introducing BIDs into the United Kingdom; The evolution of BIDs in the United Kingdom; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 'Where it's at': Fashions and fads in British local economic-development policy; Introduction; A history of fads: British policy for sub-national territories; The last next big thing: URCs as emblem and artefact; Dépêche mode: fast fashions in territorial policy recycling; References; Part IV Embedding environmental concerns in regional governance and policy |
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Chapter 9 From ecotopia to heterotopia: Alternative pathways to territorialising the environment |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hincks, Stephen
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| ISBN |
9781317561590 |
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1317561597 |
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