| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Series |
Regions and Cities |
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Regions and cities.
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| Contents |
Cover; The University and the City; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Review: internationaldimensions; 2 The university in the city I: place and community; 3 The university in the city II: economic impacts; 4 Universities, innovation and economic development; 5 City social and economic development: Drivers and barriers to universityengagement in three European cities; Part II Research: the UK context; 6 Higher education and cities in the UK; 7 Universities, sustainability and urban development |
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8 Universities and health: Institutional relationships in the city9 Universities and the cultural sector of cities; 10 The embeddedness of universities in the city and the city in the university; Appendix A: Interviews; Appendix B: Findings from a survey of individual academics' research impacts; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts - on employment, the built environment, business innovation and the wider society. The University and the City explores these impacts and in the process seeks to expose the extent to which universities are just in the city, or part of the city and actively contributing to its development. The precise expression of the emerging relationship between universities and cities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-204) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
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Urban economics.
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Community development, Urban -- Great Britain
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City planning -- Great Britain
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Universités.
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Zones urbaines.
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Economie urbaine.
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Développement urbain.
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Aménagement urbain.
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City planning
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Community development, Urban
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
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Universities and colleges -- Economic aspects
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Urban economics
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Stadtplanung
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Hochschule
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Stadtökonomie
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Royaume-Uni.
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vallance, Paul
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| ISBN |
9781135082765 |
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1135082766 |
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