2006
Setting the Bar: Preparing for London's Olympic legacy
Date: 19/12/2006
Author: Tracy Kornblatt
A year after winning the bid, London is gearing up to deliver the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Games plan promises to regenerate the East London site and its surroundings. This paper assesses the likely economic impact of the Games on East London, Greater London and the UK.
Barker Review of Land Use: Initial Reactions
Date: 06/12/2006
Author: Max Nathan
The Centre for Cities reaction the Barker Review of Land Use.
Leitch Review of Skills: Initial Reactions
Date: 06/12/2006
Author: Patricia Seex
The Centre for Cities initial reaction to the Leitch Review of Skills.
Tax Incentives for Social Investment
Publication: Incentives for Growth
Date: 17/10/2006
Author: Dermot Finch
This chapter in a new Smith Institute publication examines the legacy of the social investment task force, set up in 2006 by the Chancellor to encourage more private investment in disadvantaged communities. In particular, it explores the emergence of the community development finance sector and the impact of one of the task force's key recommendations, community investment tax relief.
Them and Us: Britain and the European City
Date: 21/08/2006
Author: Max Nathan and Adam Marshall
This discussion paper looks at what we might be able to learn from successful Europen cities.
Would You Live Here? Making the Growth Areas communities of choice
Date: 20/08/2006
Author: By Jim Bennett with David Hetherington, Max Nathan and Chris Urwin
This book aims to promote a better understanding of who will live in the Growth Areas, what their aspirations and needs will be, and how we can meet them.
Cities Northwest
Date: 10/07/2006
Author: Northwest Regional Development Agency and Centre for Cities at ippr
While recent performance in England's Northwest has been higher than the average for other English regions, the region is still not contributing what it could to the UKs economy, and serious economic and social problems remain.
City Markets: Business location in deprived areas
Date: 19/06/2006
Author: Liz Troni and Tracy Kornblatt
City Markets concludes that Business-led regeneration should focus on business-deprived areas but that the Government should subsidise business activity only where specific market failures exist, in proportion to those market failures and in line with local labour market and other conditions.
Giving cities more power over their economic destinies
Publication: Double devolution: the renewal of local government
Date: 10/05/2006
Author: Dermot Finch
This article is taken from a new book on devolution from the Smith Institute, edited by Geoff Mulgan and Fran Bury of the Young Foundation. In it, Dermot Finch argues for bold steps towards differential financial devolution, with more powers for our biggest city-regions.
Last Orders! What the new EU budget means for Britain's cities
Date: 24/04/2006
Author: Adam Marshall and John Adams
This paper explores the Governments developing strategy for the Structural Funds, and argues that European assistance should continue to be focused outside London and the South East.
City Leadership: Giving city-regions the power to grow
Date: 22/02/2006
Author: Adam Marshall and Dermot Finch with Chris Urwin
City Leadership concludes that Britains current level of centralisation is holding cities back, with consequences for the national economy as a whole ... and identifies greater financial autonomy as a top priority, especially for our biggest city-regions.
Urban Myth: Why cities don't compete
Date: 01/02/2006
Author: Chris Urwin
If we want better cities, we need to learn how to talk about them. Cities perform. But they do not compete.
City People: City Centre Living in the UK
Date: 11/01/2006
Author: Max Nathan and Chris Urwin
City People examines the size and nature of the city centre living phenomenon, focusing on the historic cores of Dundee, Liverpool and Manchester. It asks why it has happened, who is living in the heart of the city and how long they plan to stay. It then assesses the economic and social benefits of city centre living.
