London

As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, London has become a mass generator of employment and a magnet for inward migration. Yet London is also a divided city, whose expansion has generated many planning challenges.

This book explores the tensions, complexities and difficulties in mobilizing policy agendas in London, but it also argues that public policy still matters and makes a significant difference to outcomes. The authors show how the market-led development of London has meant that the state supports more private-sector-led governance and this has given rise to widespread privatization of the city’s decision-making processes and policy implementation. As a key command and control centre in the global economy, London’s privatized model has become one for other megacities to emulate.

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London

As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, London has become a mass generator of employment and a magnet for inward migration. Yet London is also a divided city, whose expansion has generated many planning challenges.

This book explores the tensions, complexities and difficulties in mobilizing policy agendas in London, but it also argues that public policy still matters and makes a significant difference to outcomes. The authors show how the market-led development of London has meant that the state supports more private-sector-led governance and this has given rise to widespread privatization of the city’s decision-making processes and policy implementation. As a key command and control centre in the global economy, London’s privatized model has become one for other megacities to emulate.

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Overview

As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, London has become a mass generator of employment and a magnet for inward migration. Yet London is also a divided city, whose expansion has generated many planning challenges.

This book explores the tensions, complexities and difficulties in mobilizing policy agendas in London, but it also argues that public policy still matters and makes a significant difference to outcomes. The authors show how the market-led development of London has meant that the state supports more private-sector-led governance and this has given rise to widespread privatization of the city’s decision-making processes and policy implementation. As a key command and control centre in the global economy, London’s privatized model has become one for other megacities to emulate.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788213080
Publisher: Agenda Publishing
Publication date: 07/28/2022
Series: Megacities
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Mike Raco is Professor of Urban Governance and Development at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. His books include State-led Privatisation and the Demise of the Democratic State (2016).

Frances Brill is Margaret Tyler Research Fellow in Geography at Girton College, Cambridge.


Mike Raco is Professor of Urban Governance and Development at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. His books include State-led Privatisation and the Demise of the Democratic State (2016).

Table of Contents

1. Planning challenges and the emergence of a london model
2. Public regulation and planning for the global city
3. Private regulation, governance, and the rise of the para-state capital
4. Governing the financing and funding of the london model
5. London’s housing crisis and emergence of new residential landscapes
6. Tall buildings and the built environment
7. Major infrastructure projects: the building of the Thames Tideway Tunnel and Crossrail
8. People, diversity and community
9. Challenging the para-state: political representation, community politics, and the right to regulate
10. Risks, resilience and failure: what next for the london model?

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