Description
Book SynopsisThis book compares the impacts of ABIs in two deprived urban areas in England and Germany on organisations and development actors at the neighbourhood level. It applies a mixed method approach to help the reader with a wider spectrum of illustrations and is aimed at those studying and working in the field of urban regeneration and planning.
Trade Review"A well-structured and well-documented book, which analyses urban policies and local institutional framework in great detail and depth." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
Table of ContentsIntroduction; New Localism(s) in Europe; Policies for deprived urban areas; Conceptualising New Localism(s): exploring local variations in urban governance practices across Europe; Lost in transformation: urban governance practices and the New Deal for Communities (NDC) in Bristol; Local government experiments to cope with structural change: The Social City Programme in Duisburg; The crystallization of New Localism(s) in Bristol and Duisburg: a cross-case comparison; The neo-institutional study of New Localism(s) as an analytical window for comparative urbanism: concluding reflections; Appendices.
