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‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New Political Governance and the English Planning Inspectorate (2020)
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Radical restructuring of 'arms-length' government bodies following the 2010 UK national election signalled a change in relations between government and the civil service. This was seen as a major shift in modes of governance from 'new public manageme... Read More about ‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New Political Governance and the English Planning Inspectorate.

“Between a rock and a hard place”: Planning reform, localism and the role of the planning inspectorate in England (2018)
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Like many European countries, England saw the establishment in the late 1990s and early twenty-first century of regional-scale spatial planning. Radical reform of English planning following the Localism Act 2011 however saw the whole intermediate tie... Read More about “Between a rock and a hard place”: Planning reform, localism and the role of the planning inspectorate in England.

The 'Cambridge Phenomenon' and the challenge of planning reform (2016)
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The 'Cambridge Phenomenon' has achieved global recognition as an exemplar of economic success. After decades of post-war planning restraint, a major shift in the strategic planning framework saw the city region enthusiastically backing future growth.... Read More about The 'Cambridge Phenomenon' and the challenge of planning reform.

The demise of strategic planning? the impact of the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategy in a growth region (2013)
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Strategic planning has long been at the heart of the post-war statutory planning framework. From 1968, this took the form of structure plans. In 2004, however, these were replaced by Regional Spatial Strategies (RSS). Then in May 2010, the Conservati... Read More about The demise of strategic planning? the impact of the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategy in a growth region.

City center housing in the UK: Prospects and policy challenges in a changing housing market (2010)
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From the late 1990s, the city centers of English provincial cities have experienced significant amounts of new private sector housing development, mainly in the form of high-density flats. This new housing development was seen as a key component of t... Read More about City center housing in the UK: Prospects and policy challenges in a changing housing market.

Designer neighbourhoods: New-build residential development in nonmetropolitan UK cities - The case of Bristol (2007)
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New-build city-centre residential development in the UK has increasingly been identified as a form of 'third-wave' or 'postrecession' gentrification. The aim of this paper is, first, to extent our understanding of new, developer-led, residential deve... Read More about Designer neighbourhoods: New-build residential development in nonmetropolitan UK cities - The case of Bristol.

Technology, innovation, and regional economic development in the state of Victoria (2000)
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There is now a considerable body of work arguing for the importance of industrial clusters, networks, and linkage to the process of innovation and economic dynamism. Increasingly, as well, this has been drawn on in a policy context with the aim of em... Read More about Technology, innovation, and regional economic development in the state of Victoria.

Geographical Economics and Urban Competitiveness: A Critique (1999)
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Planning for major urban expansion: A case study in the UK's M4 growth corridor (1998)
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A previous article in Planning Practice and Research 'Swindon: a suitable place for expansion' discussed the background to the Northern Sector development and some of the issues raised. As an example of a comprehensive private-sector-led development,... Read More about Planning for major urban expansion: A case study in the UK's M4 growth corridor.

Racial equality and the New Deal (1998)
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Positive action employment and training: Developing local initiatives (1992)
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Evaluating local labour market policy: The case of TECs (1992)
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Financial deregulation and uk housing finance: Government-building society relations and the building societies act, 1986 (1989)
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UK building societies are the major source of loans for house purchase and major financial institutions in their own right. Financial deregulation has, however, had major implications for house purchase finance in the UK and for building societies in... Read More about Financial deregulation and uk housing finance: Government-building society relations and the building societies act, 1986.

Defence spending and the north-south divide (1988)
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Government spending on defence equipment in the UK is currently 6% of public expenditure. It is a major generator of employment and is concentrated in the high-tech electronics and aerospace sectors. Over half of this expenditure is in the southeast.... Read More about Defence spending and the north-south divide.

The geography of military industry in Britain (1988)
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In this paper new data on military industrial activity at regional levels in Britain are presented. It is argued that such activity is an important element of wider spatial changes in the 1980s. -Authors

Swindon: A suitable place for expansion (1987)
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High Technology Industry in the Bristol Sub-Region: The Aerospace/Defence Nexus (1986)
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Central-local government relations: theory and practice (1983)
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Conflict between central and local government in Britain has reached new heights in the 1980s. Early attempts in the late 1970s to theorize the nature of local politics and the state have been overtaken by the radical restructuring of the geography o... Read More about Central-local government relations: theory and practice.

The origins and use of theory in urban geography: Household mobility and filtering theory (1979)
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The paper looks in detail at one particular interpenetration of academic theory and state policy making - filtering theory in urban geography. While household mobility and turnover are important processes in the housing system, they are extended in f... Read More about The origins and use of theory in urban geography: Household mobility and filtering theory.

Community land scheme (1979)
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The article addresses the problems to be resolved for land use planning in the United Kingdom with reference to research carried out at the School for Advanced Urban Studies for the Department of Environment to monitor the implementation of the Land... Read More about Community land scheme.