How has the recession impacted on firms, people and places? How
have local and regional authorities responded? This book aims to
answer these questions by offering an overview of the impacts of
the recession on people and places and how it has affected local
authorities in the UK and other OECD countries. Being 'close to the
ground', local authorities are usually at the forefront of dealing
with the impacts of recession on people and places. During
recessions, they face important challenges: on the one hand they
have to cope with increasing demand for services and on the other
hand they may face a decrease in their income due to the slowdown
in the economy. And with the shift from local government to local
governance in the last 10 years, they also have an increasing role
in terms of coordinating various organisations in the delivery of
local services.
This book begins by looking at the potential impacts of
downturns and economic shocks on firms, workers, communities and
places, both in the short and long term (Part I). Part II then
looks at interventions and responses that local authorities can put
in place on their own or in partnership with other local, regional
and/or national actors to try to deal with these differential
impacts. Building on these insights, part III offers international
perspectives, outlining the role of local authorities during the
recession in France, Canada and Australia. These examples and cases
highlight some key variations in the availability of resources at
the local level across countries and shed light on the way
particular economic situations and governance contexts influence
local authorities' responses. This section also includes work by
the OECD LEED Programme which surveys cities worldwide and which
looks at the application of the 'Barcelona Principles'.
Overall, the volume makes a fresh contribution to understanding
local economic development and governance by providing a unique
perspective and original data on the way local authorities have
dealt with the recent economic shock across countries. Looking
ahead, the book also raises some important issues in relation to
local and regional governance and policies to foster long term,
sustainable economic recovery. This edited volume will be
accessible to and suitable for students and researchers studying
economic change, the recession, planning, public policy and
industrial policy interventions, and political science.
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