Regional Development Agencies and the 'New Regionalism' in England

Webb, Darren; Collis, Clive

doi:10.1080/00343400020002985

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“…The single case study has been criticised on the grounds that findings from one unrepresentative region cannot be generalised (Webb and Collis, 2000). However, others, such as Creswell (1994), point out circumstances where studying a single bounded entity in detail, within its real-life context with a variety of methods, over an extended period is a preferred strategy.…”

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confidence: 95%

A collaborative approach to address the cumulative impacts of mine-water discharge: Negotiating a cross-sectoral waterway partnership in the Bowen Basin, Australia

Eberhard¹,

Johnston²,

Everingham

2013

Resources Policy

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A collaborative approach to address the cumulative impacts of mine-water discharge: Negotiating a cross-sectoral waterway partnership in the Bowen Basin, Australia

Eberhard¹,

Johnston²,

Everingham

2013

Resources Policy

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“…Several commentators have noted that RDAs tend to emphasise economic development over their social and regeneration remit even though the bulk of their budgets have been for regeneration and despite their responsibility for the Single Regeneration Budget (Lloyd, 1999;Morgan, 1999;Robinson, 2000;Robson et al, 2000;Webb & Collis, 2000) and this has been seen as a barrier to engaging RDAs on housing issues (Nathan et al, 1999). The differences in RDA treatment of housing between early Economic Strategies and later action plans is perhaps explained by Stewart et al (2002), who identify a drifting apart of economic and social agendas at the regional level, with social and regeneration issues increasingly seen as the responsibility of GOs, while RDAs are taking a narrower 'physical/economic' focus.…”

Section: Regional Development Agenciesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Integration in the Regions: Cross-sectoral Housing Policy Co-ordination at Regional Level

Slocombe

2003

Housing Studies

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This paper considers policy integration between housing and other sectors at regional level, focusing on Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and regional planning. Regional housing structures and policies have had only a marginal impact on other sectors and this seems to be due in part to the fragmented nature of the housing sector, in particular to limited private sector involvement in regional housing structures. RDA emphasis on economic growth over social and regeneration issues also acts as a barrier to RDA engagement with housing. Housing involvement in planning is hindered by lengthy and cumbersome planning processes. Fragmentation and lack of coordination, in fact, seem to be characteristic of the regional level in England and this acts as a general barrier to integration, along with the lack of a mechanism for dealing with conflicting priorities, pointing to a pressing need for the government's proposed directly elected Regional Assemblies.

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“…This question is very much to the fore in the United Kingdom with 'new regionalism' (Webb and Collis, 2000), but also in France in the context of the growing decentralisation of public action. Firstly, the decentralisation movement of the 1980s (Deferre Act), which went along with the deconcentration of government services, led to the creation of 're´gions' alongside the 'de´partements' and 'communes', as independent territorial authorities and which saw their economic power strengthened (BerrietSolliec, 2002).…”

Section: Article In Pressmentioning

confidence: 99%