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Leadership, urban structure and place: Evidence from Bristol and Dorset (2023)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., Tallon, A., & Casado-Diaz, M. (in press). Leadership, urban structure and place: Evidence from Bristol and Dorset. Urban Research and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2023.2236585

Local leadership has become of increasing interest in the context of a renewed focus on local government and local development. In parallel, new interpretations of thinking about leadership drawing on Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Foucault suggest that... Read More about Leadership, urban structure and place: Evidence from Bristol and Dorset.

Bristol’s inclusive growth strategy: Excavating the discourse of the One City Plan (2023)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., & Tallon, A. (2023). Bristol’s inclusive growth strategy: Excavating the discourse of the One City Plan. Town Planning Review, 94(4), 435-454. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2023.4

Over the last twenty years, particularly since the publication of the Barca report (2009) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2014) report, a new 'conventional wisdom'/ paradigm has emerged for local development - the p... Read More about Bristol’s inclusive growth strategy: Excavating the discourse of the One City Plan.

In search of territorial cohesion: An elusive and imagined notion (2020)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., & Pacchi, C. (2020). In search of territorial cohesion: An elusive and imagined notion. Social Inclusion, 8(4), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i4.3377

Territorial cohesion has figured in the lexicon of the European Union for some years. However, there has never been a clear definition of the notion, not even after its inclusion in the Lisbon Treaty. Moreover, within the European Union Cohesion Repo... Read More about In search of territorial cohesion: An elusive and imagined notion.

Rural cohesion: Collective efficacy and leadership in the territorial governance of inclusion (2020)
Journal Article
Jørgensen, A., Fallov, M. A., Casado-Diaz, M., & Atkinson, R. (2020). Rural cohesion: Collective efficacy and leadership in the territorial governance of inclusion. Social Inclusion, 8(4), 229-241. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i4.3364

This article is a comparative study of the contextual conditions for collective efficacy and territorial governance of social cohesion in two different rural localities: West Dorset in England and Lemvig in Denmark. The objective is to understand the... Read More about Rural cohesion: Collective efficacy and leadership in the territorial governance of inclusion.

Hybrid contractual landscapes of governance: Generation of fragmented regimes of public accountability through urban regeneration (2020)
Journal Article
Taşan-Kok, T., Atkinson, R., & Martins, M. L. R. (2021). Hybrid contractual landscapes of governance: Generation of fragmented regimes of public accountability through urban regeneration. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 39(2), 371-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654420932577

In this article we explore the idea of public accountability in the contemporary entrepreneurial governance of cities, which are influenced by market dependency and private sector involvement. We specifically focus on the fragmentation of public acco... Read More about Hybrid contractual landscapes of governance: Generation of fragmented regimes of public accountability through urban regeneration.

The Small Towns conundrum: What do we do about them? (2019)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R. (2019). The Small Towns conundrum: What do we do about them?. Regional Statistics, 9(2), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.15196/RS090201

Small Towns have long been seen as an important element in Europe’s urban structure, currently around 24.2% of the European population live in them. Despite this, we know relatively little about them and there is insufficient recognition of the role... Read More about The Small Towns conundrum: What do we do about them?.

Governing urban regeneration in the UK: a case of ‘variegated neoliberalism’ in action? (2019)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., Tallon, A., & Williams, D. (2019). Governing urban regeneration in the UK: a case of ‘variegated neoliberalism’ in action?. European Planning Studies, 27(6), 1083-1106. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1598020

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The article focuses on the redevelopment of previously developed land by public-private sector partnerships in three cities/towns in South-West England, two of which can be descr... Read More about Governing urban regeneration in the UK: a case of ‘variegated neoliberalism’ in action?.

Self-organisation and the co-production of governance: The challenge of local responses to climate change (2018)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., Dörfler, T., & Rothfuß, E. (2018). Self-organisation and the co-production of governance: The challenge of local responses to climate change. Politics and Governance, 6(1), 169-179. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i1.1210

© 2018 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). The arena of locally embedded and engendered responses to climate change offers a particularly fruitful and challenging space in which to scrutinise the encounters between established form... Read More about Self-organisation and the co-production of governance: The challenge of local responses to climate change.

Making the case for self-organisation: Understanding how communities make sense of sustainability and climate change through collective action (2017)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., Dörfler, T., Hasanov, M., Rothfuß, E., & Smith, I. (2017). Making the case for self-organisation: Understanding how communities make sense of sustainability and climate change through collective action. International Journal of Sustainable Society, 9(3), 193-209. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSOC.2017.088300

Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Understanding how community groups take on the challenge of climate change is key to understanding the capacity of society as a whole to adapt in the face of climate change in ways that acknowledge a bro... Read More about Making the case for self-organisation: Understanding how communities make sense of sustainability and climate change through collective action.

Policies for small and medium-sized towns: European, national and local approaches (2017)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R. (2017). Policies for small and medium-sized towns: European, national and local approaches. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 108(4), 472-487. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12253

© 2017 Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG This paper addresses the ‘policy dimension’ of the TOWN project drawing on the implications of the case studies for policy(ies) for small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) across Europe. It first considers ap... Read More about Policies for small and medium-sized towns: European, national and local approaches.

Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe: Conceptual, Methodological and Policy Issues (2017)
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Atkinson, R., Servillo, L., & Hamdouch, A. (2017). Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe: Conceptual, Methodological and Policy Issues. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 108(4), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12252

© 2017 Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG Despite that small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) have been, and continue to be, a central part of the history of Europe, these places have largely been neglected by urban research. The ESPON TOWN project,... Read More about Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe: Conceptual, Methodological and Policy Issues.

The urban dimension in cohesion policy: Past developments and future prospects (2015)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R. (2015). The urban dimension in cohesion policy: Past developments and future prospects. European Structural and Investment Funds Journal, 3(1), 21-31

Over the last 20 years the EU has implemented a wide range of initiatives on urban policy and urban matters more generally; a ‘European Urban Agenda’ has emerged and gradually the European Commission is working to ‘create’ a ‘consensus’ that may one... Read More about The urban dimension in cohesion policy: Past developments and future prospects.

Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy: A critical review and future research agenda (2012)
Journal Article
Servillo, L., Atkinson, R., & Russo, A. P. (2012). Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy: A critical review and future research agenda. European Urban and Regional Studies, 19(4), 349-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776411430289

The paper introduces the concept of territorial assets and discusses their role for regional development. Focusing on European societies and taking into account different strands of the literature on place and territorial capital, we argue that the e... Read More about Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy: A critical review and future research agenda.

Understanding sustainability policy: Governance, knowledge and the search for integration (2011)
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Atkinson, R., & Klausen, J. E. (2011). Understanding sustainability policy: Governance, knowledge and the search for integration. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 13(3), 231-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2011.578403

The EU, through the Cardiff and the Gothenburg strategies, sought to counter what was seen as fragmented and uncoordinated environmental policy development by promoting a broad and integrated approach to sustainability. This article seeks to assess t... Read More about Understanding sustainability policy: Governance, knowledge and the search for integration.

Mobility and the smart, green and inclusive Europe (2011)
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Smith, I., & Atkinson, R. (2011). Mobility and the smart, green and inclusive Europe. Local Economy, 26(6-7), 562-576. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094211418899

The article sets out a two-dimensional regional typology combining measures of migration and visiting rates. It argues that forms of mobility are interrelated but that the relationship varies by broad type of region and it argues for a place-based ap... Read More about Mobility and the smart, green and inclusive Europe.

European urban policies and the neighbourhood: an overview (2008)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R. (2008). European urban policies and the neighbourhood: an overview. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 161(3), 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.2008.161.3.115

The paper examines the policies to address urban policies in several European countries with reference to contemporary European discourses on urban change. In particular it focuses on the role of the neighbourhood within these policies seeking to rev... Read More about European urban policies and the neighbourhood: an overview.

The White Paper on European Governance: Implications for urban policy (2002)
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Atkinson, R. (2002). The White Paper on European Governance: Implications for urban policy. European Planning Studies, 10(6), 781-792. https://doi.org/10.1080/0965431022000003816

This paper discusses the recent European Commission White Paper on European Governance, arguing that the document offers interesting possibilities for the future development of the European Union (EU), how it is governed and more particularly for 'Eu... Read More about The White Paper on European Governance: Implications for urban policy.

The emerging 'Urban Agenda' and the European spatial development perspective: Towards an EU urban policy (2001)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R., & Atkinson, R. (2001). The emerging 'Urban Agenda' and the European spatial development perspective: Towards an EU urban policy. European Planning Studies, 9(3), 385-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310120037630

In recent years there has been a growing awareness of escalating problems in European urban areas caused partly by economic and technological changes in the European and global economies. The most visible representation of these changes has been a gr... Read More about The emerging 'Urban Agenda' and the European spatial development perspective: Towards an EU urban policy.