This article describes the process through which human capital theory came to dominate
policy in post-compulsory education, to result in the fetishisation of skills. It relates skills …

Pressure is increasing globally to deliver integrated land use at large spatial scales (10–100
s km 2) to address the climate and biodiversity emergencies through delivery of nature …

This paper examines the historical and recent efforts towards constructing an integrated
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei global city-region, arguably the most politically privileged urban …

Based on the growing importance of place-based strategic intelligence, this article puts
forward a conceptual framework for a new methodological approach to influence the …

This article examines the changing landscape of public service provision in the UK during
austerity. Austerity is presented through the notions of retrenchment, decentralisation and …

This review essay discusses the emergence of town and country planning in the Scottish
Borders area through the twentieth century, as exemplified by Douglas Hope's engaging …

Drawing on the sense of community responsibility concept, we explore the enterprise policy
ecosystem in an extensive qualitative study of Scotland. We present a processual model …

City-regionalism has been manipulated as the primary strategy in China to enhance the
competitiveness of local authorities. However, as local governments sometimes fail to share …

This article analyses the changing relations and deal making processes between the State
of Finland and Finnish cities in the context of the so-called partnership approach in regional …

This article applies a modified perspective of inclusive growth in order to understand the
diversity of communities within a remote and predominantly rural region of northern Europe …