Assessing the impact of a plant closure: A case study of the BAe Kingston site closure

Patterns in Local Economic Development in Light of COVID-19

“…A case study approach allows exploration of concepts deeply while illuminating many elements at play in a complex environment ( Flyvbjerg 2006 ) and clarifying areas where there is theoretical uncertainty ( Barzelay 1993 ). Economic development scholars frequently employ case studies to understand complex decision-making and processes, such as how governments respond to the closure of major industries ( Feloy, Field and Dickinson 1992 ; Kalogiannidis 2020 ). Moreover, a single region case can include many different organizations within similar institutional and economic contexts.…”

Planning for the Reuse of Redundant Defence Estate: Disposal Processes, Policy Frameworks and Development Impacts

“…Studies have been made of the impact on the econom ies of: · rural England (EAG/ECOTE C, 1996); · south west England (Braddon et al, 1991); · the county of Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire County Council, 1992); · the west of Scotland (Goudie, 1997); · the cities and towns of Plymouth (Gripaios & Gripaios, 1994), Kingston (Feloy et al, 1992) and Coventry (Quigley, 1991).…”

Markets and the state and the role of local regeneration strategies: A case study of The Defence Sector in the UK in the 1980s

“…The extent of the defence sector has been addressed by a number of local impact and dependency studies (for example Braddon et al, 1991;Feloy et al, 1992;Fife Regional Council 1991;Stone and Peck, 1992), but also at the European level (CEC, 1992). The most common way to measure the extent of the defence sector to produce national comparisons is to examine levels of state military expenditure.…”