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Knighted in 1998 'for services to the Town and Country Planning
Association', and in 2003 named by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
as a 'Pioneer in the Life of the Nation', Peter Hall is
internationally renowned for the breadth and depth of his studies
and writings on urban and regional planning. For the last 50 years,
he has captured and helped to create the 'planning imagination'.
Here the editors have brought together in five themes a series of
critical reflections on Peter's vast and diverse contributions.
Those reflections are provided by colleagues familiar with his
work. The five parts are devoted to Peter Hall's breadth of
academic work, covering the history of cities and planning, London,
spatial planning, connectivity and mobility, and urban
globalization. Finally, as a sixth part, the editors have asked
Peter Hall himself to reflect on his career and the sources of his
imagination. The story this book tells is not one of a singular,
totally consistent theoretical and philosophical view elaborated
over several decades. Rather it covers a set of views that
necessarily admits signs of Peter's inconsistency and imperfection
over the years - the insights and imperfections that inevitably
accompany the exercise of a nonetheless remarkably fertile,
restless and inspiring planning imagination.
Knighted in 1998 'for services to the Town and Country Planning
Association', and in 2003 named by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
as a 'Pioneer in the Life of the Nation', Peter Hall is
internationally renowned for the breadth and depth of his studies
and writings on urban and regional planning. For the last 50 years,
he has captured and helped to create the 'planning imagination'.
Here the editors have brought together in five themes a series of
critical reflections on Peter's vast and diverse contributions.
Those reflections are provided by colleagues familiar with his
work. The five parts are devoted to Peter Hall's breadth of
academic work, covering the history of cities and planning, London,
spatial planning, connectivity and mobility, and urban
globalization. Finally, as a sixth part, the editors have asked
Peter Hall himself to reflect on his career and the sources of his
imagination. The story this book tells is not one of a singular,
totally consistent theoretical and philosophical view elaborated
over several decades. Rather it covers a set of views that
necessarily admits signs of Peter's inconsistency and imperfection
over the years - the insights and imperfections that inevitably
accompany the exercise of a nonetheless remarkably fertile,
restless and inspiring planning imagination.
The competition for inward investment among regions and within and
between nations is intense, and the promotional agencies concerned
are increasingly innovative in their competitive strategies. This
book examines the new competition for inward investment and, in
particular, discusses the interconnections between localities that
this creates. Two key dimensions of this are pursued, with examples
from the EU, North America and the Far East. First, the book deals
with the new corporate investment dynamics such as time-based
competition and the increasing significance of repeat investment.
Second, the contributors explore the local and national
institutional dynamics of increasingly creative efforts to attract
mobile investments. These new corporate and institutional dynamics
raise important issues regarding local and national democracy, and
the sustainability of economic development. The New Competition for
Inward Investment is an inter-disciplinary book with an
international focus. As such, the book will appeal to scholars of
international business and especially those interested in the
economic dimensions of globalisation and the globalisation debate.
It will also be of interest to scholars and practitioners of
regional science and regional economic development, including
economic geographers and town planners.
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