Contents

pp iii-iv

List of tables and figures

pp v-vii

Foreword

pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-xi

Notes on contributors

pp xii-xvi

one - Introduction

pp 1-10

Part One - Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance

pp 11-12

two - Sources of city prosperity and cohesion: the case of Glasgow and Edinburgh

pp 13-32

three - Reinventing cities in a restructuring region? The rhetoric and reality of renaissance in Liverpool and Manchester

pp 33-50

four - Competitiveness and cohesion in a prosperous city-region: the case of Bristol

pp 51-70

five - London: competitiveness, cohesion and the policy environment

pp 71-90

Part Two - Competitiveness and urban change

pp 91-92

six - Urban growth and competitiveness in Britain: a long-run perspective

pp 93-110

seven - Migration, residential preferences and the changing environment of cities

pp 111-128

eight - Cities are not isolated states

pp 129-150

Part Three - Competitiveness, innovation and the knowledge economy

pp 151-152

nine - Competitiveness as cohesion: social capital and the knowledge economy

pp 153-170

ten - Innovation clusters and competitive cities in the UK and Europe

pp 171-196

Part Four - Housing, property and economic performance

pp 197-198

eleven - The role of housing in city economic performance

pp 199-216

twelve - Economic structures, urban responses: framing and negotiating urban property development

pp 217-234

Part Five - Space, place and social cohesion

pp 235-236

thirteen - Does spatial concentration of disadvantage contribute to social exclusion?

pp 237-254

fourteen - The ‘good’ suburb as an urban asset in enhancing a city’s competitiveness

pp 255-268

fifteen - The middle class and the future of London

pp 269-284

Part Six - Ethnicity, enterprise and social cohesion

pp 285-286

sixteen - Whose hidden assets? Inner-city potential for social cohesion and economic competitiveness

pp 287-306

seventeen - Ethnic minority enterprise in an inner-city context: the case of the independent restaurant sector in Birmingham

pp 307-322

eighteen - Youth employment, racialised gendering and school–work transitions

pp 323-346