Understanding inclusive growth at local level: changing patterns and types of neighbourhood disadvantage in three English city-regions

Hughes, Ceri; Lupton, Ruth

doi:10.1093/cjres/rsaa035

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“…Over the last decade, the inclusive growth agenda has gained significant momentum across OECD countries (Lee, 2019) and it is increasingly shaping metropolitan-level policy discourse, especially in terms of local transportation networks and infrastructure projects (Hughes and Lupton, 2021; Joy and Vogel, 2021). As a city, Montreal was one of the first to sign-on to the OECD's ‘inclusive cities campaign’ back in 2016.…”

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Inclusive growth, public transit infrastructure investments and neighbourhood trajectories of inequality in Montreal

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Investing in accessible, affordable and sustainable modes of transportation is increasingly seen as an important policy tool for fostering the development of more inclusive cities and combating the rise in inequality. In this article, we review how the concept of inclusive growth has gained traction at the local level framed within a discourse of building more equitable and sustainable cities with a particular emphasis on transportation infrastructure projects as a way of operationalizing the concept as a policy tool. Using Montreal as a case study, we then proceed to evaluate two competing proposals for major public transit infrastructure projects (the Pink line and the REM Phase II) to see if one may potentially offer more inclusive outcomes in terms of transit access and mobility. We do so by first examining changes in the spatial configurations of neighbourhood income disparities in the city between 1981 and 2016. After identifying a pattern of growing spatial polarization between higher- and lower-income neighbourhoods, we use a buffer analysis of transit stations to assess which of the two proposed transit infrastructure projects is best positioned to curb the growth of neighbourhood disparities. Our results suggest the proposed Pink line project provides more coverage in terms of accessibility and connecting economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods from Montreal Nord to Lachine with the downtown core.

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Inclusive growth, public transit infrastructure investments and neighbourhood trajectories of inequality in Montreal

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“…A clear implication for urban versions of these alternative approaches is that they will need to have a clearer spatial orientation and perspective. This is a call to think about and articulate the specific types of places at certain spatial scales amenable to such alternatives and to understand the wider economic and geographical relations and processes of which they are part (Hughes and Lupton, 2021). Given the bounded, territorial and unbounded, relational nature of contemporary urban phenomena (MacKinnon and Shaw, 2010), there is a need for nested approaches and strategies which address relations between cities and regions as well as within them.…”

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‘Beyond GDP’ in cities: Assessing alternative approaches to urban economic development

Crisp,

Waite,

Green

et al. 2023

Urban Studies

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Crises spur reflection and re-evaluation of what matters and what is valued. The impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis, COVID-19 pandemic and climate emergency are reigniting debates about the nature of economic development approaches and what they aim to achieve in urban settings. Addressing a substantive gap in contemporary debates by helping to navigate a burgeoning and diverse field, this paper provides a critical and comparative assessment of five leading agendas that have been positioned as alternative and progressive policy responses to urban economic change: inclusive growth; the wellbeing economy; community wealth building; doughnut economics; and the foundational economy. Taking an international perspective, the paper provides a comparative review of their stated visions, mechanisms for change, and the spatial scales through which they are led and implemented. Our argument is that these alternative approaches to urban economic development are shaping creative, innovative and progressive responses to longstanding urban problems within policy and practice communities but require on-going scrutiny and evaluation to realise their potential to meaningfully achieve transformative change.

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Fostering Urban Inclusive Green Growth: Does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Matter?

Wu,

Luo,

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Understanding inclusive growth at local level: changing patterns and types of neighbourhood disadvantage in three English city-regions

Cited by 11 publications

References 34 publications

Inclusive growth, public transit infrastructure investments and neighbourhood trajectories of inequality in Montreal

Inclusive growth, public transit infrastructure investments and neighbourhood trajectories of inequality in Montreal

‘Beyond GDP’ in cities: Assessing alternative approaches to urban economic development

Fostering Urban Inclusive Green Growth: Does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Matter?

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