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City branding and urban investment
Posted on: 15 August 2011
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The Urban Land Institute Urban Investment Network report profiles Hamburg, Barcelona, Edinburgh and London, four cities that in different ways have evolved their brands to achieve differentiation and distinctiveness within their domestic and international markets. The report also identifies ten key principles for successful city branding.
Urban regeneration and social sustainability
Posted on: 9 August 2011
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Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. A book was launched at the LSE on 29 June 2011, providing an examination of social sustainability through the analysis of its meaning and significance. The authors aim to offer a comprehensive European perspective to identify best practice in sustainable urban regeneration in five major cities in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. A video of the launch event is available online.
Making places better. Manchester, 12-13 July 2011
Posted on: 31 July 2011
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This year’s CLES (Centre for Local Economic Strategies) Summit aimed to: provoke debate and discussion about how to create better places in the future; draw on national and international examples; consider the opportunities and challenges of current policy. Presentations are available online.
Game on: Mega-event infrastructure opportunities
Posted on: 20 July 2011
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From the perspective of investment in infrastructure, this study considers the factors that create a lasting legacy for a mega-event host city or country.
Enterprise zones: Delivering the plan for growth? Initial insights from the would-be “second wave” of enterprise zones
Posted on: 15 July 2011
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Consultants SQW has brought together and analysed information relating to the second wave bid for enterprise zones. The paper provides information on the likely scope, potential and role of the enterprise zone venture in its “new” form, together with evolving thinking with regard to processes of economic development more generally in England almost exactly a year after the concept of Local Economic Partnerships was first aired.
Cruise traffic and urban regeneration
Posted on: 13 July 2011
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CTUR is an URBACT project made up of tem European cities looking for joint, effective and sustainable solutions in the field of cruise traffic and urban regeneration. The project led by the city of Naples has just published its second thematic journal entitled “Topics and case studies on economic and social benefits”. Based on the work developed during the seminars by the CTUR network, this document focuses on the economic and social benefits of the whole shore-side system connected to cruise activities in CTUR partner cities.
Events and urban renewal: Resource guide
Posted on: 1 July 2011
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This resource guide focuses upon events as a catalyst for urban renewal. In the wake of deindustrialisation and economic restructuring throughout Western Europe, there has been a concerted effort to deploy innovative and creative strategies to address the most pressing issues of urban regeneration. Cultural and sporting events have been used as mechanism in broader urban regeneration strategies, as illustrated by the hosting of European Cities of Culture (e.g. Glasgow, Porto, Dublin, and Liverpool), Commonwealth Games (e.g. Manchester, Glasgow) and the Olympic Games (e.g. London). In this regard, events can be used in a broader urban regeneration strategy. This has led to a substantial growth of academic study in this area, particularly in the last twenty years.
Culture and regeneration: What evidence is there of a link and how could it be measured?
Posted on: 1 July 2011
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Despite much research, there have been few comprehensive evaluations of culture-led regeneration schemes and so a good evidence base does not exist. A review of the limited evidence shows mixed results and much uncertainty of the impact of culture-led regeneration. The Greater London Authority has published a working paper which argues that current evaluation measures are not appropriate for understanding the long-term and dynamic changes that regeneration schemes may cause and instead these schemes should be monitored, focusing on both people and places.
Housing scandal! Pathfinder: a post-mortem
Posted on: 1 July 2011
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SAVE Britain’s Heritage has published a report which is critical of the discontinued Housing Market Renewal (HMR) Pathfinder programme. The report includes a paragraph-by-paragraph critique of the recent Audit Commission report by researcher Bill Finlay, and an introduction by planner and Liverpool resident Jonathan Brown, detailing the effects of the scheme in his city. SAVE’s report makes the following recommendations: new funding should be targeted mainly at repair and refurbishment; Mega-Social-Landlords driven by development ambitions must be brought under tight democratic control to make them better neighbours; area-based retro-fit to high environmental standards will help renew market confidence and generate economic opportunity in deprived areas much more effectively than expensive HMR quangos; the constitutional implications of Compulsory Purchase Order powers over private home owners need to be carefully reviewed by Parliament; a more respectful approach to deprived neighbourhoods that does not assume those with power necessarily know best is required.
Game on: Mega-event infrastructure opportunities
Posted on: 1 July 2011
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This paper from PricewaterhouseCoopers argues that the transformative effect of well-thought-out supporting infrastructure has long-lasting economic, demographic, and social implications for the entire region.
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