The UK regional (and national) economic problem -- The economic performance of UK regions -- Debates regarding the economic role of cities : the UK experience in the light of international comparisons -- The UK's international economic engagement and the London "global city" argument -- The UK...

Coping with Adversity addresses the question of why some metropolitan-area regional economies are resilient in the face of economic shocks and chronic distress while others are not. It is particularly concerned with what public policies make a difference in whether a region is resilient. The...

The underlying rationale in shifting the analytical focus of the competitive development policy rests on the political-economic and socio-cultural characteristics of a habitat that indeterminably amplify or scale down the benefits of economic activities. The permanence of spatial developmental...