Urbanpolicy : the victory of form over substance ?
Community ; Competition ; Local policy ; Partnership ; Social policy ; United Kingdom ; Urban administration ; Urban development ; Urbanpolicy
Looking at urban regeneration or inner-city policy from the point of view of a social policy analyst, one is struck by how much of the literature on the subject originates with geographers and how much this seems to have coloured the debate. It has
given added emphasis to form and structure at the expense of social policies for poverty, education, health, dependency and unemployment in the cities.
[b1] Dep. of Social Policy and Social Science, Univ., Egham, Royaume-Uni
Networking the urbanpolicy arena. Local governance and the regionalisation of territorial policy-making in Northrhine-Westphalia
Germany ; Local policy ; Network ; North Rhine Westfalia ; Regional development ; Regionalization ; Urban network ; Urbanpolicy
The contribution deals with the following subjects : 1)Policy innovation as context management : 1) Regionalisation in Northrhine-Westphalia. 2) Local responses to regionalisation : Duisburg and its region. 3) Networking the urbanpolicy arena : new
Policies and prospects of urban redevelopment in Poland
City;Town ; Development ; Economic crisis ; Poland ; Prospective study ; Urban migration ; Urbanpolicy ; Urban system ; Urbanization
The mutual relations between the overall economic development and urbanization processes are strong obvious. In the Polish case the three key terms describe these relations at the turn of the centuries : lagging urbanization, economic crisis
A place for politics in urban theory : the organization and strategies of urban coalitions
Division of labour ; Local economy ; Local policy ; Locality ; Urban conflict ; Urbanpolicy ; Urban theory
The A. concludes that urban coalitions are necessarily related to changing wider divisions of labor and modes of regulation. The urban political economy recognizes that processes acting at various scales produce unique forms of urban politics
Urban performance and the control of urban size in China
China ; City size ; Economic efficiency ; Town ; Urbanpolicy ; Urban population ; Urbanization
The current policy of controlling city size to deter the development of large cities, seems to be either irrelevant or misleading. Instead, against a current background of rapid urbanisation, China should take full advantage of its large cities
and pursue a large-city-led policy for its development.
Against all odds : poor people jumping scales and the genesis of an urbanpolicy in Flanders, Belgium
Belgium ; Competitiveness ; Flanders ; Governance ; Housing policy ; State control ; Urbanpolicy ; Urban renewal
The AA. use a critical approach to explain the emergence of an urbanpolicy in Flanders. In the case of urbanpolicy in Flanders, the processes of scalar reconfiguration come down to scale-jumping by actors concerned with the fate of disadvantaged
Urban restructuring and governance : North-South differences in Europe and the EU URBAN initiative
Competition ; Europe ; Industrialization ; Town ; Urban administration ; Urban growth ; Urban hierarchy ; Urbanpolicy ; Urbanization
mode in Spain, Greece and Portugal as a causal factor behind the lagging competitiveness of cities in southern Europe. This pattern of heterogeneity is not addressed in the EU urbanpolicies aimed at promoting competitiveness (examples of six cities
The paper discusses the relationship between the divergent urbanisation/industrialisation patterns in northern and southern Europe, which results in different forms of urban governance. It considers the distinct urban restructuring and governance
' governance responses to the EU URBAN initiative).
Development of Pudong and optimization of structure of urban area of Shanghai
China ; Economic policy ; Economic structure ; Industrial firm ; Optimization ; Shanghai ; Urban density ; Urban development ; Urban economy ; Urbanpolicy ; Urban population ; Urban structure
of the structure of urban area is determined. Various restrictive factors must be considered and corresponding policies and measures must be drawn up.
Based on detailed analysis of the present situation and problems of the structure of urban area of Shanghai, the inner mechanisms that caused the problems are explored and development of Pudong as the strategic breakthrough of the optimization
Public policy and the dynamics of urban settlement system in Nigeria
The high growth rate of urban population has brought many problems. To solve these, the authors suggest that at both macro-and micro-level governement policy should be combined with public participation. (EMS).
Unravelling the process of partnership in urban regeneration policy
Local policy ; Organization ; Partnership ; Scotland ; United Kingdom ; Urban development ; Urbanpolicy ; Urban renewal
In the UK, there is a political consensus that a multi-sectoral partnership approach is essential to achieve urban regeneration. The Conservative government has inscribed partnership with a complex political agenda. The paper explores how
the stakeholders in the central government-led Scottish Urban Partnerships conceive of the nature of their interrelationships within this political context. A conceptualisation of the partnership processes is also presented.
The academic-policy interface in post-apartheid urban research
Post-apartheid ; Practice of geography ; Research ; South Africa ; Urban change ; Urban geography
In South Africa, where consulting, policy driven or applied research is a ubiquitous feature of geography departments, academics have been tardy or reluctant to open up the conversation about the implications of the way many now work. This issue
is explored within the context of the imperatives of post-apartheid urban restructuring. - (AJC)
The relevance of Kenya's urban settlement policies for independent South Africa
Colonialism ; Housing policy ; Investment ; Kenya ; Land ; Regional development ; Urbanization
have parallel histories and the latter can learn from the experiences of the latter with regard to urban housing policies, notably with regard to finance, land and building materials. - (AJC)
The urbanisation policies introduced by colonial governments into the former settler colonies of Anglophone Africa were remarkably similar. The policies were aimed more at controlling the African population than managing it. South Africa and Kenya
Badlands of the Republic : space, politics and urbanpolicy
France ; Identity ; Immigration policy ; Public order ; Security ; Suburbs ; Urban district ; Urbanpolicy
This monograph provides a comprehensive account of urbanpolicy in France whilst incorporating reflections on space and politics. It also examines the politics of immigration and the contemporary transformations of the state in France