The long-awaited second edition of this highly successful text on urban sociology retains the
distinctive character and focus of the original, while taking fully into account recent …

This book is a product of many years studying planning in Britain and its role in changing
cities. It began as a student interest when I was fortunate enough to study under Tony …

In the past decade, urban regeneration policy makers and practitioners have faced a
number of difficult challenges, such as sustainability, budgetary constraints, demands for …

One of the most profound changes of the last two decades has been in the form and the
function of local government. Its role as part of the local state has been challenged through …

Drawing on the author's own extensive experience of planning practice at all levels, this
major new text reflects on the skills needed to do the job and how these might be developed …

This paper contributes to a critical understanding of the production of space through an
exploration of notable spatial moments in the 1990s work of the Central Manchester …

1970s policies for the revival of Britain's old industrial cities were based on retail and office
expansion. But by the late 1990s the expanding functions were leisure, tourism and …

The Enterprising City Centre reveals exemplars of local partnership working, the
development and delivery of realistic implementation plans, and the range of instruments …

Since the early 1970s there has been a series of economic and political transitions in the
governance of the older industrialized cities of the global north. Grouped together, and …

Drawing together a wide range of literature, this original book combines social theory with
elements from the built environment disciplines to provide insight into how and why we build …