British Urban Policy
An Evaluation of the Urban Development Corporations
2nd Edition
Published on 23. April 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-7619-6226-7 (ISBN)
Description
This updated edition of British Urban Policy provides a comprehensive account of the policies, programmes, and effects of one of the most controversial urban policy programmes ever brought to bear upon British cities. The authors place the policies and practices of the urban development corporations (UDCs) in the wider sociopolitical context of evolving urban policy; present case studies of eight UDCs; and explore the legacies of the UDCs and the evolving framework for urban policy into the millennium.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the First Edition:`This is an excellent and well timed book ... which will be an essential element
in many undergraduate courses' - Environment and Planning B
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-6226-7 (9780761962267)
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Other editions
Previous edition
Robert Imrie | Huw Thomas
British Urban Policy and the Urban Development Corporations
Book
01/1993
SAGE Publications Inc
€39.83
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Content
PART ONE: URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS IN CONTEXT
Assessing Urban Policy and the Urban Development Corporations - Rob Imrie and Huw Thomas
PART TWO: THE BRITISH URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS: POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Turning the East End into the West End - Sue Brownill
The Lessons and Legacies of the London Docklands Development Corporation
Urban Development Corporations, Urban Entrepreneurialism and Locality - Richard Meegan
The Merseyside Development Corporation
Urban Policy, Modernisation and the Regeneration of Cardiff Bay - Huw Thomas and Rob Imrie
Tyne and Weir UDC - Turning the Uses Inside Out - David Byrne
Active Deindustrialisation and its Consequences
'Good Conservative Policies Translated into Practice' - Fred Robinson, Keith Shaw and Marty Lawrence
The Case of the Teesside Development Corporation
Urban Policy in Sheffield - Gordon Dabinett and Peter Ramsden
Regeneration, Partnerships and People
'Out of Touch, Out of Place, Out of Time' - Nick Oatley and Andrew May
A Valediction for Bristol Development Corporation
Rescripting Urban Regeneration the Mancunian Way - Iain Deas et al
PART THREE: PROSPECTS FOR URBAN POLICY
New Deal or No Deal for People-Based Regeneration? - Bob Colenutt
Just Another Failed Urban Experiment? - Allan Cochrane
The Legacy of the Urban Development Corporations
Assessing Urban Policy and the Urban Development Corporations - Rob Imrie and Huw Thomas
PART TWO: THE BRITISH URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS: POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Turning the East End into the West End - Sue Brownill
The Lessons and Legacies of the London Docklands Development Corporation
Urban Development Corporations, Urban Entrepreneurialism and Locality - Richard Meegan
The Merseyside Development Corporation
Urban Policy, Modernisation and the Regeneration of Cardiff Bay - Huw Thomas and Rob Imrie
Tyne and Weir UDC - Turning the Uses Inside Out - David Byrne
Active Deindustrialisation and its Consequences
'Good Conservative Policies Translated into Practice' - Fred Robinson, Keith Shaw and Marty Lawrence
The Case of the Teesside Development Corporation
Urban Policy in Sheffield - Gordon Dabinett and Peter Ramsden
Regeneration, Partnerships and People
'Out of Touch, Out of Place, Out of Time' - Nick Oatley and Andrew May
A Valediction for Bristol Development Corporation
Rescripting Urban Regeneration the Mancunian Way - Iain Deas et al
PART THREE: PROSPECTS FOR URBAN POLICY
New Deal or No Deal for People-Based Regeneration? - Bob Colenutt
Just Another Failed Urban Experiment? - Allan Cochrane
The Legacy of the Urban Development Corporations