There is evidence that the politics of economic development in post‐industrial city increasingly bound up with ability urban elites to manage ecological impacts and environmental demands emanating from within outside area. More than simply a question promoting quality life cities response interurban competition pressures local residents, greening growth machine reflects changes state rules incentives structuring governance as part an evolving geopolitics nature environment. The adoption...

The management of carbon emissions holds some prospect for challenging sustainable development as the organising principle socio-environmental regulation. This paper explores rise a distinctive low-carbon polity an ideological state project, and examines its potential ramifications regulation economy–environment relations at urban regional scale. Carbon control would seem to introduce new set values into this might open up possibilities mainstream modes in manner not possible under...

ABSTRACT In this introduction to a special Debates and Developments forum on city‐regions, we argue that the recent revival of interest in city‐regions has been constructed around rather narrow set empirical theoretical issues relating exchange, interspatial competition globalization. The ‘new’ city‐regionalism results reification city‐region as an autonomous political agent global space economy. We outline alternative approach investigating understanding geographies city‐regionalism,...

This paper sets out a sympathetic critique of series writings that we refer to as new regionalist approaches the city. We review recent work on state restructuring/rescaling and associated regionalism, one hand, ‘global’ city-regions, other. identify key points overlap divergence between these two literatures suggest each understates role class interests, political alliance formation, conflicts around management collective consumption social reproduction. proceed outline framework an...

JONAS A. E. G. (1996) Local labour control regimes: uneven development and the social regulation of production, Reg. Studies 30, 323–338. The apparent demise Fordist consensus-seeking institutions raises questions concerning which, if any, forms market governance will dominate localities in future. Without providing answers for these questions, this paper addresses at a theoretical level need capital to foster reciprocities between places production sites consumption reproduction local...

Acknowledgements PART 1 ECONOMIC PATTERNS AND THE SEARCH FOR EXPLANATION 1. The changing world economy 1.1 Studying economic geography 1.2 Economic organization and spatial change 1.3 Spatial divisions of labour 1.4 Key sources suggested reading Related websites 2 Global patterns trends 2.1 What aaC--economic developmentaaC--(t) means 2.2 International resources population 2.3 industry finance 2.4 Interpretations international inequality Summary 3 Geographical dynamics the 3.1 History 3.2...

Territorial notions of place and region are being challenged by the relational viewpoint. Yet thinking often neglects to address questions territory territorial politics. This progress report examines some commonalities differences between approaches regions regionalism. It considers treatment state politics in various literatures developing around New Regionalism. The received distinction drawn could be rendered obsolete if critical attention were paid matters

The new urban politics (NUP) literature has helped to draw attention a generation of entrepreneurial regimes involved in the competition attract investment cities. Interurban often had negative environmental consequences for living place. Yet knowledge environment was not very central understanding NUP. Entrepreneurial today are struggling deal with climate change and reductions greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon reduction strategies could have profound implications interurban development....

This article sets out a new conceptual framework for investigating how city regionalism is constituted as variegated set of geopolitical processes operating within and beyond the national state. Our approach highlights: (1) different forms territorial politics through which conjoined with broader visions state; (2) material arrangements support such conjuncture; (3) political actors enabling state to come together frame reference.

Abstract This paper argues that it is intellectually unsustainable to separate the new economic geography of city-regionalism from its geopolitical context. The neo-liberal competition state centrally implicated in how city-region scale politically orchestrated so as bolster international competitiveness. Yet diversity national and sub-national forms cannot be attributed development considerations separately ongoing struggles around collective provision social physical infrastructure....

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In recent years, the circular economy (CE) paradigm has emerged as a mainstream policy discourse having potential to disrupt linear economic development pathways by extracting and retaining maximum value from existing resources through their recirculation. Highlighting diverse circuits of implicated in local CE development, this article considers how ecological (material) extraeconomic (social) premises thinking can be harnessed mission-driven social enterprises (SEs). Using case study SE...

Abstract Circular economy (CE) discourse primarily focuses on business-as-usual and resource-related economic processes whilst overlooking relational-spatial aspects, especially networking for local development. There are, however, many mission-driven social enterprises (SEs) engaging in short-loop activities at the neighbourhood city scales (e.g., reuse, upcycling, refurbishing or repair). Such localised are often overlooked by mainstream policies, yet they could be vital to development of...

Abstract Establishing a circular economy is assumed by some definitions to include social benefits such as employment opportunities; however, research beyond quantitative job creation projections only recently emerging. While the repair sector well-established, it has been suggested that increasing circularity implies significantly expanded demand for this service. This article uses five case studies of workers, based on semi-structured interviews, explore self-employment in service sector....

Abstract This paper examines the role of place in local development a circular economy and potential for consequent social redistribution. Based on case study public, private third-sector approaches to Hull, an industrial city northeast England, it offers critical analysis geographic distribution socio-economic benefits from developments. Policy goals inclusivity (or ‘just transition’) are not accomplished. However, attachment provides opportunities bridge sectoral jurisdictional boundaries...

The rise of the city-region concept has focused attention on nature territorial politics underpinning city-regionalism. This paper investigates relationship between politics, city-regionalism and collective provision mass transport infrastructure in USA. It deploys a case study Denver region, examining state governance structures driving forward FasTracks, long-term project to expand Regional Transportation District’s light commuter rail system. FasTracks represents programme retrofit for...

This report considers how human geographers and other urban scholars are starting to explore city-regionalism from the vantage point of politics distribution. It begins with an examination as a contingently produced geopolitical project in late capitalism. then reviews work that examines distributional dilemmas found city-regions, including related on post-suburban development politics. The final section argues city-region concept affords useful platform for examining struggles social...