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Managing infrastructural and service demands in new economic spaces: the new territorial politics of collective provision
Verwaltung der Nachfrage nach Infrastruktur und Dienstleistungen in neuen Wirtschaftsräumen: die neue Territorialpolitik der kollektiven Beschaffung
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Abstract Research on the geography of urban and regional economic development in the U.S.A. and Europe often emphasizes the contribution of supply-side entrepreneurial local policies to the development and competitiveness of new economic spaces (NES) in and around city-regions. Such policies include public-p... view more
Research on the geography of urban and regional economic development in the U.S.A. and Europe often emphasizes the contribution of supply-side entrepreneurial local policies to the development and competitiveness of new economic spaces (NES) in and around city-regions. Such policies include public-private partnerships and new forms of regional governance. As hitherto successful NES mature, a newer set of struggles has emerged in particular cities and regions having important clusters of new economic activities. These involve new demands for collective provision of infrastructure, workforce housing and services. Using evidence from Greater Boston in the U.S. and the Cambridge city-region in the U.K., the paper proposes a set of concepts with which to investigate the new territorial politics of collective provision. This politics is an increasingly significant yet under-theorised aspect of the social regulation and competitiveness of NES.... view less
Keywords
economic development (on national level); public private partnership; Europe; competitiveness; infrastructure; regional development; economic area; United States of America
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Economic Policy
Free Keywords
new economic spaces; collective provision; the state; Europe
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 183-200
Journal
Regional Studies, 44 (2010) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802662666
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)