Urban Policy Evaluation

This book is an authoritative overview and discussion of key themes in contemporary urban policy evaluation.

The rapid introduction of new urban policy initiatives looks set to continue in the UK, while there is increasing interest in both North America and Europe in cross-national comparisons, and the possibilities of transferable practice.

This volume focuses on current urban policy evaluation practice, placing the UK in an European context. The authors address key issues in the methodology and politics of evaluation: quantitative and qualitative evaluation and the ways in which institutional and political realities can affect this. The authors put forward examples of pluralistic evaluation. A final section considers the role of cross-national comparisons in urban policy evaluation.

Analysis of urban and regional change has been a major theme in social science research for more than a decade. As a result there is extensive theory and evidence about the way in which economic, social and political forces shape urban fortunes.

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Urban Policy Evaluation - Robin Hambleton and Huw Thomas
The Contours of the Debate
PART ONE: URBAN POLICY IN CONTEXT
The Changing Context for British Urban Policy - Paul Burton and Martin Boddy
An Evaluation of Urban Policy - Michael Bradford and Brian Robson
Public Expenditure Management in Urban Regeneration - Murray Stewart
Urban Policy and Urban Evaluation - Michael Chapman
The Impact of the European Union
PART TWO: METHODOLOGY AND DILEMMAS IN URBAN POLICY EVALUATION
Measurement, Understanding and Perception - Peter Meyer
The Conflicting 'Realities'
The Evaluation of Urban Policy Project Appraisal - Steve Martin and Graham Pearce
Developing Quantitative Indicators for Urban and Regional Policy Analysis - Cecilia Wong
Changes in Local Governance and their Implications for Urban Policy Evaluation - Rob Imrie and Huw Thomas
PART THREE: PLURALISTIC EVALUATION IN PRACTICE
Evaluating Competitive Urban Policy - Nick Oatley and Christine Lambert
The City Challenge Initiative
City Challenge - a Sustainable Mechanism or Temporary Gesture? - Simin Davoudi and Patsy Healey
A Comparative Assessment of Government Approaches to Partnership with the Local Community - Annette Hastings and Andrew McArthur
PART FOUR: THE ROLE OF CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS
Reviving the Valleys? Urban Renewal and Governance Structures in Wales - Kevin Morgan
Urban Policy in England and France - Howard Green and Philip Booth
Robin Hambleton
Cross-National Urban Policy Transfer - Insights from the USA