Contents:
Preface. Introduction. Part 1. The Governance and Policy Context 1. Urban Governance and the Enterpreneurial City 1.1 Explaining Urban Change Processes 1.2 A Question of Governance 1.3 Collaborative Action and Partnership 1.4 Competitiveness and the Entrepreneurial City 2. The City Centre as a Focus for Policy Concern 2.1 The City Centre Legacy 2.2 The Public Policy Response: A Historic Perspective 2.3 Competitive Urban Policy: The Current Agenda 2.4 Responding to the Challenge. Part 2. The Local Framework 3. Manchester's Governance and Emerging Policy Framework 3.1 Historical Development and Legacy 3.2 City Governance: The Emerging Agenda 3.3 City Governance: The Contemporary Perspective 3.4 City Centre Development Framework 4. Mobilising Regeneration Capacity 4.1 The Bombing of the City Centre 4.2 Establishing a Framework for Recovery 5. From Masterplan to Implementation Framework 5.1 The City Centre's Established Vision 5.2 The Initial Masterplanning Framework 5.3 Establishing a Framework for Masterplan Delivery 5.4 From Masterplan to Implementation Plan. Part 3. Delivering the Vision 6. Managing Programme Delivery 6.1 Agency Structures and Operation 6.2 Managing Programme Delivery 6.3 Implementing a Forward Strategy 7. Commercial Competitiveness 7.1 City Centre Development Context 7.2 The Masterplan's Commercial Framework 7.3 Delivering the Commercial Strategy 7.4 The Project Dimension 7.5 Commercial Impact of the Renewal Programme 8. Creating Urban Quality Within the Core 8.1 Local Development Context 8.2 Balancing Aesthetic Quality with Commerce 8.3 Reconfigurating Commercial Footprints 8.4 Achieving Urban Quality through Competition 8.5 Built Form Quality and the Core 9. Urban Consumption And Cultural Vitality 9.1 Policy and Development Context 9.2 Developing and Delivering a Cultural Perspective 9.3 Developing and Delivering Residential Space 9.4 Strategic Development of the Millennium Quarter 9.5 Reflecting on the Impact of Masterplan Delivery 10. Enhancing City Centre Access And Mobility 10.1 The Established Policy Framework 10.2 The Masterplan's Transport Strategy 10.3 Managing Implementation 10.4 The Project Dimension 10.5 The Transport Impact of the Renewal Programme. Part 4. New Opportunities and Challenges 11. Continuing City Centre Competitiveness 11.1 City Centre Development 1996-2002 11.2 The City's Contemporary Policy Framework 11.3 A Continuing Challenge for the Entrepreneurial Agenda. Bibliography. Appendix 1. Individual Interviews. Appendix 2. Focus Group Meetings Appendix 3. Index.

Metropolitan Planning in Britain is the first comparative analysis and assessment of metropolitan areas and their strategic planning for almost two decades. Changes in population distribution, styles of local government, business practices, and attitudes to the environment have all had an impact on cities in recent years which planners and other policy makers must take into consideration. Based on a series of research projects and the activities of a study group supported by the Regional Studies Association, the book examines in detail nine major urban areas, their specific characters and requirements, and how metropolitan planning is adapting to fulfil those requirements. It also discuses the possible future evolution of metropolitan planning, especially in the light of new regional arrangements and devolution.

Metropolitan Planning in Britain is the first comparative analysis and assessment of metropolitan areas and their strategic planning for almost two decades. Changes in population distribution, styles of local government, business practices, and attitudes to the environment have all had an impact on cities in recent years which planners and other policy makers must take into consideration. Based on a series of research projects and the activities of a study group supported by the Regional Studies Association, the book examines in detail nine major urban areas, their specific characters and requirements, and how metropolitan planning is adapting to fulfil those requirements. It also discuses the possible future evolution of metropolitan planning, especially in the light of new regional arrangements and devolution.

The Enterprising City Centre reveals exemplars of local partnership working, the development and delivery of realistic implementation plans, and the range of instruments available to create both an improved quality to the urban environment and enhanced commercial and cultural competitiveness of our major city centres. That this was largely delivered in Manchester within a five year period of intensive development and renewal activity amply demonstrates the value of such experience for wider dissemination.