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Urban and regional policy

We have always published a wide range of topical titles in this subject area, with recent titles focusing on the expanding and evolving urban landscape in both the global north and south, and popular urban studies titles within our Policy Press Shorts series. We also welcome proposals in environmental policy and sustainability.

Showing 13-24 of 66 items.

Securing an urban renaissance

Crime, community, and British urban policy

Edited by Rowland Atkinson and Gesa Helms

This collection adds weight to an emerging argument that policies to make cities better are inextricably linked to an attempt to pacify and regulate crime and disorder. It provides discussions from a range of scholars examining policy connections that can be traced between social, urban and crime policy and the wider processes of regeneration.

Disadvantaged by where you live?

Neighbourhood governance in contemporary urban policy

Edited by Ian Smith, Eileen Lepine and Marilyn Taylor

"Disadvantaged by where you live?" offers a major contribution to academic debates on the neighbourhood both as a sphere of governance and as a point of public service delivery under New Labour since 1997.

DIY Community Action

Neighbourhood problems and community self-help

By Liz Richardson

This book presents a lively challenge to the existing thinking on community development, and proposes ways forward for community building.

Community cohesion in crisis?

New dimensions of diversity and difference

Edited by John Flint and David Robinson

This book examines how new dimensions of diversity and difference, so often debated in the national context, are emerging at the neighbourhood level.

New Labour's countryside

Rural policy in Britain since 1997

Edited by Michael Woods

A timely and critical review and analysis of the development and implementation of New Labour's rural policies since 1997.

Phoenix cities

The fall and rise of great industrial cities

By Anne Power, Jörg Plöger and Astrid Winkler

This book explores economic, social and environmental transformations in Europe and the USA to inform the regeneration of 'weak market cities'.

The Purpose of Planning

Creating Sustainable Towns and Cities

By Yvonne Rydin

Planning is an important aspect of policy making. This book looks at a range of issues to unlock the purpose of planning, ideal for students and practitioners alike.

Ethnicity, class and aspiration

Understanding London's new East End

By Tim Butler and Chris Hamnett

An analysis of the aspirations of different groups living in East London and the strategies they have used to improve their status.

The community development reader

History, themes and issues

Edited by Gary Craig, Marjorie Mayo, Keith Popple, Mae Shaw and Marilyn Taylor

This unique Reader traces the changing fortunes of community development through a selection of readings from key writers.

Urban reflections

Narratives of place, planning and change

By Mark Tewdwr-Jones

Drawing on geographical, cinematic and photographic readings, this unique book looks at how places change, the role of planners in bringing about urban change, and the public's attitudes to that change.

Mixed Communities

Gentrification by Stealth?

Edited by Gary Bridge, Tim Butler and Loretta Lees

This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth.

The future of sustainable cities

Critical reflections

Edited by John Flint and Mike Raco

An up-to-date assessment by prominent scholars of the impacts of recent changes on key areas of urban planning, including housing, transport, and the environment, and core areas for future research.