Space, scale and state strategy: Rethinking urban and regional governance

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-527

  MacLeod, Gordon ^a   Goodwin, Mark ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; London; Scale; State strategy; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; REGIONAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGLAND; LONDON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032695096     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913299669861026     Document Type: Review

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