Urban Policy Evaluation

Urban Policy Evaluation - Robin Hambleton and Huw Thomas The Contours of the Debate PART ONE: URBAN POLICY IN CONTEXT The Changing Context for British Urban Policy - Paul Burton and Martin Boddy An Evaluation of Urban Policy - Michael Bradford and Brian Robson Public Expenditure Management in Urban Regeneration - Murray Stewart Urban Policy and Urban Evaluation - Michael Chapman The Impact of the European Union PART TWO: METHODOLOGY AND DILEMMAS IN URBAN POLICY EVALUATION Measurement, Understanding and Perception - Peter Meyer The Conflicting 'Realities' The Evaluation of Urban Policy Project Appraisal - Steve Martin and Graham Pearce Developing Quantitative Indicators for Urban and Regional Policy Analysis - Cecilia Wong Changes in Local Governance and their Implications for Urban Policy Evaluation - Rob Imrie and Huw Thomas PART THREE: PLURALISTIC EVALUATION IN PRACTICE Evaluating Competitive Urban Policy - Nick Oatley and Christine Lambert The City Challenge Initiative City Challenge - a Sustainable Mechanism or Temporary Gesture? - Simin Davoudi and Patsy Healey A Comparative Assessment of Government Approaches to Partnership with the Local Community - Annette Hastings and Andrew McArthur PART FOUR: THE ROLE OF CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS Reviving the Valleys? Urban Renewal and Governance Structures in Wales - Kevin Morgan Urban Policy in England and France - Howard Green and Philip Booth Robin Hambleton Cross-National Urban Policy Transfer - Insights from the USA

`The contributions vary from the pedestrian (but useful and systematic) through to the offbeat and original. There is something for everyone here' - Local Government Studies `This collection identifies a series of issues which lie at the core of urban policy and its evaluation and as such it deserves to be read by anyone claiming a serious interest in the subject' - International Planning Studies `The book manages to provide a useful and coherent account of contemporary issues in urban policy as well as a welcome consideration of its evaluation' - William Walton, University of Aberdeen `A body of useful case-study material and the development of important methodological issues which are not often tackled in the literature in regard to researching the urban context' - Environment and Planning `It is up-to-date, readable, and provides an impression of academics' current thinking on urban policy. I imagine it will be widely recommended as a key text for Urban Studies courses, as well as being a source of reference for research work' - European Urban and Regional Studies