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The inner city as a political issue has had a rare longevity. From Harold Wilson's expansion of the Urban Programme in 1968, through the new economic perspective embodied in the 1977 White Paper, to Margaret Thatcher's declaration of having 'a big job to do in those inner cities' on election night in 1987 — the issue has always been prominent.
This paper examines ways in which the issue has been 'framed' over the last decade. It draws on contrasts between state and market mechanisms, the relationships between central and local government and emerging ideologies of the city itself. The author concludes by proposing a new regulatory framework for the development of a national urban policy.

Urban Policy and Practice is a practical and critical guide to urban policy in contemporary Britain. The book covers a range of topics including: * Quality and consumerism in the public sector * Community development * Public Health * Environmental issues * Local intervention in the creation of skills and jobs Case studies are drawn from housing, planning, the social services, economic development, and local government finance. Throughout, the concern is for a clear analysis of corporate strategies, democratic control and sustainable development

Rethinking Urban Policy -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Overview -- A FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY -- FLEXIBLE POLICIES FOR CHANGING CITIES -- The New Urban System -- Basic Concepts for Urban Economic Strategy -- Investing Private and Public Capital in the Urban Future -- Investing in the Future of the Urban Labor Force -- Stabilizing Metropolitan Economies -- Fostering Local Institutions to Manage the Transition -- RETHINKING URBAN POLICY -- 2 The Economy and Cities -- INTRODUCTION -- Concentration Amidst Decentralization -- Demography and Urban Change -- THE SHIFT TOWARD SERVICES -- Classifying Service Industries -- Nonprofit and Government Services -- The Growth of Producer Services -- Consumer Services -- BLUE-COLLAR CITIES, WHITE-COLLAR JOBS -- Increasing the Proportion of ''Knowledge'' Jobs -- Technology and the Future of Work -- Segmentation of the Labor Market -- Summary -- THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING -- REGIONAL GROWTH AND DECLINE -- 3 The New Urban System -- A CLASSIFICATION OF URBAN AREAS BY FUNCTION -- COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTERS -- Diversified Service Centers -- National Centers -- Regional Centers -- Subregional Centers -- Transformation in the Diversified Service Centers -- Specialized Service Centers -- Functional Centers -- Other Specialized Service Centers -- SUBORDINATE CENTERS -- Consumer-Oriented Centers -- Production Centers -- IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW URBAN SYSTEM -- 4 Basic Concepts for Urban Economic Strategy -- RECONCILING NATIONAL, URBAN, AND SECTORAL INTERESTS -- The Formation and Flow of Capital -- The Distribution of Economic Opportunity -- Economic and Social Stability -- Expansion of Local Economic Opportunity -- LINKAGES BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC MAINSTREAM AND THE PLACES AND PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND -- TRANSITIONAL AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES -- Transitional Strategy -- Long-Term Strategy -- CONCLUSION.

In parallel to a sweeping structural reform agenda, Mexico announced in 2013 a new approach to housing and urban policy. Calling for a more explicit qualitative focus on housing and the urban environment, the policy shift is a welcome development. Mexico urbanised more rapidly than most OECD countries in the past half-century, in part as a result of the expansion of housing finance led by INFONAVIT and facilitated by policies aiming to expand access to formal housing. Yet the quantitative push for formal housing came with quantitative costs: inefficient development patterns resulting in a holl

- Preface - Foreword and acknowledgements - Acronyms and abbreviations - Executive summary - Assessment and recommendations - Viet Nam's urban structure and development trends - Viet Nam's National Urban Policy Framework - Making Vietnamese cities sustainable and productive through green growth policies - Governing urbanisation in Viet Nam.