I explore the contribution of academics to the activity of spatial strategy making for urban areas. I focus on how academics have been involved in such policy formation work, their contribution to the framing of key strategic concepts, the extent to which academic contributions have affected the...

In this paper the author discusses the place of <I>rational method</I> as a mode of operation in the procedures and actual practices of British land-use policy in recent years. In the first part she examines <I>rational method</I> and <I>plan-based action</I> in relation to other modes of operation within the...</i></i></i>

This paper reviews the interaction between the property development industry and its regulatory environment. Taking a long perspective, and drawing on research findings from different periods, it argues that the composition and practices of the various segments of the industry have been...

This paper develops an institutionalist framework for analysing transformations in urban governance, focusing in particular on assessing the potential of initiatives designed to 'mainstream' citizen participation and 'voice' in local government processes. The framework centres on an analytical...

There has been much critical comment on the 'narrowness' of conceptions of the 'city' mobilised in urban policy in many parts of Europe, which focus on images of the 'competitive' city, the 'European city' or the 'compact' city. This paper explores the multiple meanings of the 'city' and the way...

Healey P. City regions and place development, Regional Studies. The paper explores the concept of a 'city region' in the context of proposals for reconfiguring sub-national government arrangements. It considers the various arguments behind calls for a 'city region' focus, and reviews recent...