Regional Agencies and Area-based Regeneration

An exploration of the interface between the regional agenda for RDAs and the local delivery of area-based regeneration. The study is based on interviews with those involved in RDAs at senior, board and executive levels, and provides analysis of the regional strategies of the eight existing RDAs. The book covers: new forms of governance developed alongside the implementation of the RDAs; communication and consultation with regional stakeholders; the development and implementation of regional strategies; the role of RDAs in managing local regeneration; and the complexities, contradictions and positive possibilities that devolution provides for regional development.