CITY REGIONS: CREATING NEW URBAN FUTURES?
Monday 18th October 2004
London Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7
6PA
City-regions are emerging as significant territories with a growing
economic, social and political significance in the context of
heightened globalisation and urbanisation. Some see city-regions as
key nodes within an increasingly interdependent global economy.
Successful regions are interpreted as having successful cities at
their core, capable of contributing to competitiveness and social
cohesion. More critical views draw attention to their socio-spatial
inequalities and lack of sustainable development. The growth and
diversity of city-regions raises an array of economic, social,
cultural and governance challenges for research, policy and practice.
This conference seeks to
critically engage with urban futures generated by the development and
promotion of city- regions.
CONFERENCE PRICES
Students £18 (£17 for groups of 8 or more)
Non-Students £50
Programme
09.30 Registration and coffee
10:00 Introduction and Welcome: Gordon Dabinett,
University of Sheffield Kathryn Pain, Institute of Community Studies
The city region - an overview of the city region, visions, practices
and spatial ideas
10.50 Hugh Sharp, Sheffield City Council
Creating competitive cities and sustainable
communities
11.30 Coffee break
11:45 Allan Cochrane, Open University
Urban citizenship and community in the city - the
role of the
city in making citizens
12:25 Andy Thornley, London School of Economics
Cities in an international context: the Tokyo story
13:05 LUNCH
14:05 Rob Atkinson, University of the West of
England
Creating the city region in the UK: the challenge of neighbourhoods
14:45 Mike Raco, University of Reading
Creating the city region in England: an urban renaissance?
15:25 Summary and Questions
16:00 Close
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