‘The scale of the challenge dwarfs the available resources’— (un)affordable housing in the South West of England
(2024)
Journal Article
Mcclymont, K., Hickman, H., Hall, S., Sinnett, D., & Loveday, C. (2024). ‘The scale of the challenge dwarfs the available resources’— (un)affordable housing in the South West of England. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, 93(1), 20-25
Outputs (43)
Project hindsight: Post-decision implementation (2023)
Report
Hickman, H., Croft, N., McClymont, K., Hall, S., & Loveday, C. (2023). Project hindsight: Post-decision implementation. https://www.nipa-uk.org/news/nipa-insights-iii-report: National Infrastructure Planning Association
The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports (2023)
Working Paper
Hickman, H., McClymont, K., Fouad, Z., Hall, S., King, L., & Windermer, R. The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reportsThe Planning Advisory Service commissioned the University of West of England (UWE) to research the role that Local Planning Authorities (LPA) can play in delivering housing-led development on brownfield land. The research resulted in a set of case st... Read More about The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports.
Housing affordability in the South West of England (2023)
Report
Sinnett, D., Fouad, Z., McClymont, K., Hickman, H., Loveday, C., Hall, S., …Lamond, J. (2023). Housing affordability in the South West of England. https://homesforthesouthwest.co.uk: Homes for the South WestThe South West faces acute problems of housing affordability. The region is conspicuously less affordable than England as a whole, and the North and Midlands in particular. These inter-regional disparities are becoming progressively more pronounced.... Read More about Housing affordability in the South West of England.
Local agency for the public purpose? Dissecting and evaluating the emerging discourses of municipal entrepreneurship in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Barnett, N., Griggs, S., Hall, S., & Howarth, D. (2022). Local agency for the public purpose? Dissecting and evaluating the emerging discourses of municipal entrepreneurship in the UK. Local Government Studies, 48(5), 907-928. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2021.1988935This article explores the contested politics and interpretations of the new practices of municipal entrepreneurship across local government in the UK. Drawing on empirical evidence from six case studies of entrepreneurship in local councils, descript... Read More about Local agency for the public purpose? Dissecting and evaluating the emerging discourses of municipal entrepreneurship in the UK.
Bristol Green Capital Partnership: An exemplar of reflexive governance for sustainable urban development? (2020)
Journal Article
Ersoy, A., & Hall, S. (2020). Bristol Green Capital Partnership: An exemplar of reflexive governance for sustainable urban development?. Town Planning Review, 91(4), 397-413. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.23The theory of ‘reflexive governance’ prioritises process over outcomes and advocates participatory procedures, valorising multiple sources of knowledge, mutual learning and continuous evolution of organisational forms. Through the lens of reflexive g... Read More about Bristol Green Capital Partnership: An exemplar of reflexive governance for sustainable urban development?.
A Smarter Approach to Infrastructure Planning (2019)
Report
Croft, N., Hickman, H., & Hall, S. (2019). A Smarter Approach to Infrastructure Planning. Royal Town Planning Institute
Integrated infrastructure planning: The role of territorial governance frameworks in making a difference (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hickman, H., Hall, S., & Croft, N. (2019, July). Integrated infrastructure planning: The role of territorial governance frameworks in making a difference. Paper presented at Association of European Schools of Planning Annual Congress, Venice, Italy
Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism (2017)
Journal Article
Griggs, S., Hall, S., Howarth, D., & Seigenuret, N. (2017). Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism. Political Geography, 59, 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.02.007© 2017 Elsevier Ltd For many, shifting economic and social contexts have created the conditions for a radical reappraisal of the orthodox image of the ‘sustainable city'. However, in assessing such potentialities, there is insufficient knowledge abou... Read More about Characterizing and evaluating rival discourses of the ‘sustainable city’: Towards a politics of pragmatic adversarialism.
Entre état et marche: Une brève histoire de la régénération urbaine en Angleterre (Between state and market : A brief history of urban regeneration in England) (2015)
Book Chapter
Hall, S. (2015). Entre état et marche: Une brève histoire de la régénération urbaine en Angleterre (Between state and market : A brief history of urban regeneration in England). In T. Kirszbaum (Ed.), En finir avec les banlieues? Le désenchantement de la politique de la ville (117-129). Paris: Les Editions de l’aube
Towards the ensuring state: Integrated governance and sustainable urban development in the European Union (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, S., & Sinnett, D. (2014, September). Towards the ensuring state: Integrated governance and sustainable urban development in the European Union. Paper presented at UK Ireland Annual Planning Research Conference, Oxford, UK
Building and reproducing regimes for sustainable urban development: A case study of Bristol and Grenoble (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Griggs, S., Hall, S., Howarth, D., & Seigneuret, N. (2014, July). Building and reproducing regimes for sustainable urban development: A case study of Bristol and Grenoble. Paper presented at Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Conference, 'From Control to Co-evolution', Utrecht, Netherlands
Plant closures and taskforce responses: An analysis of the impact of and policy response to MG Rover in Birmingham (2014)
Journal Article
Bailey, D., Bentley, G., de Ruyter, A., & Hall, S. (2014). Plant closures and taskforce responses: An analysis of the impact of and policy response to MG Rover in Birmingham. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 1(1), 60-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2014.899477© 2014 The Author(s). This paper explores the socio-economic impacts and associated policy responses to the collapse of MG Rover at Longbridge in Birmingham. Critically, it attempts to move beyond a ‘standard’ taskforce narrative that emphasizes the... Read More about Plant closures and taskforce responses: An analysis of the impact of and policy response to MG Rover in Birmingham.
Balancing growth and sustainability in employment land provision: Institutionalist perspectives on the homogeneity of planning policy and practice in England (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, S., & Smith, I. (2013, September). Balancing growth and sustainability in employment land provision: Institutionalist perspectives on the homogeneity of planning policy and practice in England. Paper presented at UK Ireland Planning Research Conference ‘Healthy Communities, Hopeful Places: In defence of planning’, Bristol, Uk
Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham (2013)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2013). Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham. Local Economy, 28(5), 499-511. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094213483968This article provides a critique of the policy response to the closure, in 2005, of the MG Rover factory in Longbridge, Birmingham. To date, the Longbridge 'narrative' has been dominated by the work of the Labour Government's MG Rover Task Force to s... Read More about Industrial closure, regional development and local planning: Multiple narratives of change from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham.
Enterprise Zones and Zones Franches Urbaines: A critique of area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in England and France (2013)
Journal Article
Chignier-Riboulon, F., & Hall, S. (2013). Enterprise Zones and Zones Franches Urbaines: A critique of area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in England and France. Urban Research and Practice, 6(2), 123-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2013.808434This paper provides a critical commentary on area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in Europe, focusing on Enterprise Zones (EZs) in Britain and zones franches urbaines (ZFUs) in France. It, thus, counters the trans-Atlantic comparative bias o... Read More about Enterprise Zones and Zones Franches Urbaines: A critique of area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in England and France.
Lesson (un)learning in spatially targeted fiscal incentive policy: Enterprise Zones (England) and Empowerment Zones (United States) (2013)
Journal Article
Squires, G., & Hall, S. (2013). Lesson (un)learning in spatially targeted fiscal incentive policy: Enterprise Zones (England) and Empowerment Zones (United States). Land Use Policy, 33, 81-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.12.010There is a need to learn lessons when using spatially targeted fiscal experiments if intervention is to generate wider developmental benefit. This paper focuses on the Enterprise Zone concept in the UK (1981-2007) and an exported variant to the US, t... Read More about Lesson (un)learning in spatially targeted fiscal incentive policy: Enterprise Zones (England) and Empowerment Zones (United States).
Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham (2012)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2012). Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham. Urban Research and Practice, 5(1), 175-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2012.656462This article provides a case study of the policy response to the closure of the MG Rover car factory in Birmingham in 2005. This article records how this response evolved over time from one focused on regional industrial policy, built on a coalition... Read More about Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham.
Resident participation in housing regeneration in France (2011)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Hickman, P. (2011). Resident participation in housing regeneration in France. Housing Studies, 26(6), 827-843. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2011.593127The involvement of local residents in housing regeneration policy and practice has become a 'new orthodoxy' across Western Europe. This paper considers the experience of France, a country noted for its history of 'third sector' activism and innovativ... Read More about Resident participation in housing regeneration in France.
Localism and spatial planning: Lessons from France (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Devereux, M., & Hall, S. (2011, September). Localism and spatial planning: Lessons from France. Paper presented at UK – Ireland Annual Planning Research Conference ‘Planning Resilient Communities in Challenging Times’, Birmingham, UK
Stratégies spatiales et renaissance urbaine en Grande Bretagne (Spatial strategies and urban renaissance in Great Britain) (2011)
Book Chapter
Hall, S. (2011). Stratégies spatiales et renaissance urbaine en Grande Bretagne (Spatial strategies and urban renaissance in Great Britain). In L. Andres, & M. Zepf (Eds.), Enjeux de la planification territoriale en Europe (121-150). Lausanne: Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Deconstructing local narratives of sustainable development: The case of Bristol ‘Green Capital’ (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, S., & Lambert, C. (2010, July). Deconstructing local narratives of sustainable development: The case of Bristol ‘Green Capital’. Paper presented at Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Conference, 'Space is Luxury', Helsinki, Finland
Planning for industrial closure: Observations from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, S. (2009, July). Planning for industrial closure: Observations from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham. Paper presented at Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Conference, 'Why Can't the Future Be More Like the Past?', Liverpool, UK
Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring (2008)
Journal Article
Barber, A., & Hall, S. (2008). Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring. Policy Studies, 29(3), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442870802159871This paper draws together two traditionally distinct discourses that have dominated debates over urban policy responses to economic restructuring, deindustrialisation, major plant closures and the rise of the service and knowledge-based economy over... Read More about Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring.
Reconciling national, local and neighbourhood imperatives: Ambiguities and contradictions in the regeneration of social housing estates in London and Birmingham (2008)
Book Chapter
Hall, S., & Cunningham-Sabot, E. (2008). Reconciling national, local and neighbourhood imperatives: Ambiguities and contradictions in the regeneration of social housing estates in London and Birmingham. In R. Dodier, A. Rouyer, & R. Sechet (Eds.), Territoires en Action et dans l'action (171-190). France: Presse Universitaire de Rennes
Housing, regeneration and change in the UK: Estate regeneration in Tower Hamlets, East London (2007)
Book Chapter
Hall, S. (2007). Housing, regeneration and change in the UK: Estate regeneration in Tower Hamlets, East London. In H. Beider (Ed.), Neighbourhood Renewal and Housing Markets: Community Engagement in the US and UK (249-270). Wiley-Blackwell
Enterprise zones and zones Franches Urbaines: Greenlining urban neighbourhoods in the UK and France (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, S., & Chignier Riboulon, F. (2005, July). Enterprise zones and zones Franches Urbaines: Greenlining urban neighbourhoods in the UK and France. Paper presented at Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Conference 'The Dream of a Greater Europe’, Vienna, Austria
Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulx en Velin, Greater Lyon: An English perspective (2005)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Hickman, P. (2005). Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulx en Velin, Greater Lyon: An English perspective. European Journal of Housing Policy, 5(1), 17-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616710500055646In recent years, in many parts of England and France a mismatch between housing supply and demand has resulted in an increasing number of neighbourhoods experiencing problems of empty properties, depressed house prices and high stock turnover. This p... Read More about Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulx en Velin, Greater Lyon: An English perspective.
Restructuring large housing estates in Europe (2005)
Book
Van Kempen, R., Dekker, K., Hall, S., & Tosics, I. (2005). Restructuring large housing estates in Europe. Bristol: Policy Press
"Bulldozing the North and concreting over the South"? The United Kingdom government’s sustainable communities plan (2004)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Hickman, P. (2004). "Bulldozing the North and concreting over the South"? The United Kingdom government’s sustainable communities plan. https://doi.org/10.4000/geocarrefour.659This paper provides a critical commentary on the United Kingdom government’s Sustainable Communities Plan, published in February 2003, which addresses two contrasting housing market problems in England: excess demand in the South and low demand in ar... Read More about "Bulldozing the North and concreting over the South"? The United Kingdom government’s sustainable communities plan.
The 'third way' revisited: 'New labour, spatial policy and the national strategy for neighbourhood renewal (2003)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2003). The 'third way' revisited: 'New labour, spatial policy and the national strategy for neighbourhood renewal. Planning Practice and Research, 18(4), 265-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/1561426042000215597
Neighbourhood renewal and urban policy: A comparison of new approaches in England and France (2002)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Hickman, P. (2002). Neighbourhood renewal and urban policy: A comparison of new approaches in England and France. Regional Studies, 36(6), 691-707. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400220146821This article seeks to re-animate the Anglo-French debate on neighbourhood renewal and urban policy that characterized the mid 1990s. This is appropriate given the apparent similarities between the recent approaches adopted in the two countries. The c... Read More about Neighbourhood renewal and urban policy: A comparison of new approaches in England and France.
Devolved approaches to local governance: Policy and practice in neighbourhood management (2001)
Report
Burgess, P., Hall, S., Mawson, J., & Pearce, G. (2001). Devolved approaches to local governance: Policy and practice in neighbourhood management
Joining it up locally? Area regeneration and holistic government in England (2000)
Journal Article
Mawson, J., & Hall, S. (2000). Joining it up locally? Area regeneration and holistic government in England. Regional Studies, 34(1), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400050005899The problems of deprived neighbourhoods have been a concern for government for over 30 years. A plethora of approaches has been adopted: from central-local government partnerships (Urban Programme); to 'top down', market led solutions (Urban Developm... Read More about Joining it up locally? Area regeneration and holistic government in England.
The way forward for regeneration?: Lessons from the single regeneration budget challenge fund (2000)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2000). The way forward for regeneration?: Lessons from the single regeneration budget challenge fund. Local Government Studies, 26(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930008433974The Labour government's embryonic local regeneration agenda is considered in the context of lessons from the SRB Challenge Fund inherited from its Conservative predecessor. It is argued that (under the Conservatives): the SRB process was highly centr... Read More about The way forward for regeneration?: Lessons from the single regeneration budget challenge fund.
Continuity and change: A review of English regeneration policy in the 1990s (1999)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Nevin, B. (1999). Continuity and change: A review of English regeneration policy in the 1990s. Regional Studies, 33(5), 477-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343409950081310The introduction of the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) in 1994 was a response to a decade of urban policy which was perceived to have had a limited impact upon disadvantaged localities. This failure was due to a focus on property development and to... Read More about Continuity and change: A review of English regeneration policy in the 1990s.
Joined-up regeneration: Does the new commitment to regeneration signal the way ahead? (1999)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Mawson, J. (1999). Joined-up regeneration: Does the new commitment to regeneration signal the way ahead?. New Economy -London-, 6(4), 209-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0041.00103
Challenge funding, contracts and area regeneration: A decade of innovation in policy management and co-ordination (1999)
Report
Hall, S., & Mawson, J. (1999). Challenge funding, contracts and area regeneration: A decade of innovation in policy management and co-ordination
Hegemony and regime in urban governance: Towards a theory of the locally networked state (1997)
Book Chapter
Collinge, C., & Hall, S. (1997). Hegemony and regime in urban governance: Towards a theory of the locally networked state. In N. Jewson, & S. MacGregor (Eds.), Transforming Cities: Contested governance and new spatial divisions (129-140). London: Routledge
Competition, partnership, empowerment: The language of a contradictory localism (1996)
Presentation / Conference
Collinge, C., & Hall, S. (1996, July). Competition, partnership, empowerment: The language of a contradictory localism. Paper presented at ACSP/AESOP Joint International Congress ‘Local Planning in a Global Environment’, Toronto, Canada
The Rise and Fall of Local Economic Development? a Case Study of Dudley MBC (1995)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (1995). The Rise and Fall of Local Economic Development? a Case Study of Dudley MBC. Local Government Studies, 21(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003939508433757
City Pride: The Birmingham experience (1995)
Journal Article
Hall, S., Mawson, J., & Nicholson, B. (1995). City Pride: The Birmingham experience. Local Economy, 10(2), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690949508726271
UK SELFCITY National Report - V12 Sept 2018
Report
UK SELFCITY National Report - V12 Sept 2018. European JPI Climate