Description
Book SynopsisThis book utilises comparative diachronic and synchronic analyses to investigate models of national urban agendas. Encompassing cases from Europe, North America, South America and Asia, it examines the changing global geography of national urban agendas since the second post-war period. The book demonstrates that whilst some discontinuities and differences exist between countries, they each demonstrate a common systematic investment in urban policies, that are considered as programmes of intervention and funding schemes for cities. Furthermore, in such programmes a political vision is evident which recognizes an important role for cities and urbanization processes at a national level. The book will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, urban planning and public administration, as well as practitioners and policymakers at the national and local levels.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Knowledge and Craft of Urban Agendas
PART I: The “Old” Geography: Between Continuity and Change
Chapter 2: Urban Policies in France: Stronger Metropolises and Steering State
Chapter 3: The Financialisation of Urban Policy in the UK: From Area-Based Initiatives to Area-Based Value-Capture
Chapter 4: China’s National Urban Agenda: Transition and Reframing Cities
Chapter 5: The Politics of U.S. Urban Agendas: Ideology, Government, and Public Policies
PART II: The Changing Geography: Critical Examples
Chapter 6: Towards a National Urban Policy in Argentina
Chapter 7: The Federal Urban Agenda in Brazil: Democratization and Politicization of Planning Practice
Chapter 8: Learning from Mistakes? India’s New Urban Planning Order of 2020.-
Chapter 9: The Urban Agenda in Canada. Limited Room for Action in Federal-Municipal Relations
PART III: The Forthcoming Geography: Capacity Building, Social Innovation, and Public Participation
Chapter 10: National Urban Policies in Europe, a Contrasted and Fragmented Picture or a Shared Social Construction?
Chapter 11: Analysis of the Spanish Urban Agenda from a Policy Transfer Perspective. Advancing to More Resilient Post-COVID Urban Areas
Chapter 12: Housing Policy in the Political Agenda: The Trajectory of Portugal
Chapter 13: Social Innovation, Welfare Regimes and National/Urban Agendas: Going Outside “the Local Trap” in Social Innovation Studies
Chapter 14: Connecting the Dots of an Implicit Agenda: The Case of Participatory Budgeting as a Travelling Policy
