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Managing infrastructural and service demands in new economic spaces: The new territorial politics of collective provision

Gibbs, David C.; Jonas, Andrew E. G.; While, Aidan H.

Authors

Aidan H. While



Abstract

JONAS A. E. G., WHILE A. H. and GIBBS D. C. Managing infrastructural and service demands in new economic spaces: the new territorial politics of collective provision, Regional Studies. Research on the geography of urban and regional economic development in the United States and Europe often emphasizes the contribution of supply-side entrepreneurial local policies to the development and competitiveness of new economic spaces (NES) in and around city-regions. Such policies include public-private partnerships and new forms of regional governance. As hitherto successful NES mature, a newer set of struggles has emerged in particular cities and regions having important clusters of new economic activities. These involve new demands for collective provision of infrastructure, workforce housing, and services. Using evidence from Greater Boston in Massachusetts, United States, and the Cambridge city-region in the UK, the paper proposes a set of concepts with which to investigate the new territorial politics of collective provision. This politics is an increasingly significant yet under-theorized aspect of the social regulation and competitiveness of NES.

Citation

Gibbs, D. C., Jonas, A. E. G., & While, A. H. (2010). Managing infrastructural and service demands in new economic spaces: The new territorial politics of collective provision. Regional studies, 44(2), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802662666

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 1, 2009
Online Publication Date May 6, 2009
Publication Date Mar 1, 2010
Deposit Date Nov 13, 2014
Journal Regional Studies
Print ISSN 0034-3404
Electronic ISSN 1360-0591
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 2
Pages 183-200
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802662666
Keywords General Social Sciences; General Environmental Science
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/461062