Cities between Competitiveness and Cohesion: Discourses, Realities and Implementation (GeoJournal Library)

by Mike Raco (Editor), PeterAche (Editor), HansThorAndersen (Editor), ThomasMaloutas (Editor), TunaTasan-Kok (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $226.63

  This book offers a cross-European analysis of urban and regional strategies of reconciling welfare and competitiveness. It develops an understanding of the strategy challenge to reconcile competitiveness with cohesion, and provides an analysis of cities and regions as actors in multi-level governance settings. The book offers a European comparative view on housing, labour markets, enterprises, ethnical issues, gender dimensions, urban development projects, transport, and sustainability.