Changing Cities Rethinking Urban Competitiveness, Cohesion and Governance /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Buck, Nick (Editor), Gordon, Ian (Editor), Harding, Alan (Editor), Turok, Ivan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Macmillan Education UK : Imprint: Palgrave, 2005.
• Series: Cities Texts
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

A new conventional wisdom, spanning academic and policy communities, sees a combination of economic competitiveness, social cohesion and responsive governance as essential for survival in the post-1980s world - and cities as crucial to achieving these goals. This interdisciplinary text provides the...