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View article: Professor Benjamin Davy, 1956–2025
Professor Benjamin Davy, 1956–2025 Open
This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by-nc-nd/4.0/ .
View article: A pendulum or a stopped clock? Rupture, continuity and political change in English sub-national government under Labour
A pendulum or a stopped clock? Rupture, continuity and political change in English sub-national government under Labour Open
This article discusses the most recent round of sub-national (i.e. local and regional) policy development under the incoming (2024) Labour Government. It unpacks the policy landscape which has tentatively emerged since the Starmer Governme…
View article: Mind the widening ‘theory–practice gap’? The retreat to positivism in planning practice
Mind the widening ‘theory–practice gap’? The retreat to positivism in planning practice Open
This article argues that recent times have seen a (re)intensification of positivist decision making in planning practice in England. Ostensibly underpinned by appeals to scientific evidence and ‘objective’ fact, it seems this is resulting …
View article: Editorial
Editorial Open
The causes and impacts of new and enduring regional inequalities have been much debated in many regions and countries around the globe over the past decade. This has been reflected in public and political discourse with references to and i…
View article: <b>Levelling Up and The Privileging of sub-national governance in England in the inter-Brexit space</b>
<b>Levelling Up and The Privileging of sub-national governance in England in the inter-Brexit space</b> Open
Although the UK’s exit from the European Union – ‘Brexit’ – has overwhelmingly dominated the national political discourse since 2016 to the expense of nearly every other domestic issue, the policy agenda in the wake of this process is begi…
View article: Editorial
Editorial Open
This issue (5.2) of Transactions of AESOP brings together a selection of papers which address current themes and issues in planning education. Two of the papers reflect on the experience of teaching modules submitted to recent rounds of th…
View article: Disruptive Localism – <i>How Far Does Clientelism Shape the Prospects of Neighbourhood Planning in Deprived Urban Communities?</i>
Disruptive Localism – <i>How Far Does Clientelism Shape the Prospects of Neighbourhood Planning in Deprived Urban Communities?</i> Open
Funding Information: This work was supported by the Royal Town Planning Institute. The research underpinning this paper was part-funded by the Royal Town Planning Institute and Planning Aid North West. The authors are grateful for the help…
View article: Editorial
Editorial Open
This issue (5.1) of Transactions of AESOP brings together a selection of papers submitted to recent rounds of the Best AESOP Congress Paper Award and an invited paper by Tuna Taşan-Kok the Chair of the AESOP Congress Paper Award Committee.…
View article: The scale of the century? – the new city regionalism in England and some experiences from Liverpool
The scale of the century? – the new city regionalism in England and some experiences from Liverpool Open
Attention to the city regional scale has fluctuated over time as governments in different countries have sought new 'territorial fixes' to respond to changing systems of production, flows of goods, capital and information, environmental ch…
View article: Acting for cities and towns? The perpetual reinvention of categories and tools of national urban policies in France
Acting for cities and towns? The perpetual reinvention of categories and tools of national urban policies in France Open
National urban policy in France has two principal foci: policies that seek to address conurbations and urban areas as a whole (sometimes within a national perspective), and those which address deprived neighbourhoods within cities. More re…
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Editorial Open
This issue of Transactions of AESOP brings together a series of papers which reflect on the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) document which was adopted by the then member states of the European Union (EU) in Potsdam, Germany…
View article: Looking back to look forward
Looking back to look forward Open
The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) (CEC, 1999) was a policy document produced and agreed jointly by EU governments during the 1990s with the support of the European Commission (Faludi and Waterhout, 2002). It was intended …
View article: A many and invisible kingdom? – the lost and found territories of ‘Brexit Britain’
A many and invisible kingdom? – the lost and found territories of ‘Brexit Britain’ Open
Since 2016, various explanations for the 'British exit' ('Brexit') from the EU have been advanced with a key feature of these being a focus on territories. One prominent notion has been that the result reflected a revolt of a 'Left Behind …
View article: Heritage Conservation through Planning: A Comparison of Policies and Principles in England and China
Heritage Conservation through Planning: A Comparison of Policies and Principles in England and China Open
This paper presents a comparative study of conservation planning practice between Chester, England and Qingyan, China. It examines conservation policies and plans in the two cities, and aims to contribute to current international debates s…
View article: Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches
Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches Open
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View article: Editorial
Editorial Open
In summer 2017 during the Annual AESOP Congress in Lisbon we were delighted and proud to present the inaugural issue of Transactions of the Association of the European School. Starting this journal took the editorial team on an enjoyable (…
View article: Characteristic Development Model: A Transformation for the Sustainable Development of Small Towns in China
Characteristic Development Model: A Transformation for the Sustainable Development of Small Towns in China Open
In recent years, the construction of small towns in China has faced many challenges, hindering the sustainable development of small towns. This paper proposes that the traditional development model of small towns no longer meets the curren…
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Editorial Open
We are pleased to present the third issue of Transactions of the Association of the European Schools of Planning, the open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal of AESOP.
The purpose of AESOP is promoting within Europe the developmen…
View article: Greener or leaner? Planning policy after Brexit
Greener or leaner? Planning policy after Brexit Open
Is Brexit a chance to free UK planners from onerous environmental standards, or to set new, clearer environmental goals? While planning is not a core EU competence, membership has helped shape it. Richard Cowell (University of Cardiff, lef…
View article: Post-geography worlds, new dominions, left behind regions, and ‘other’ places: unpacking some spatial imaginaries of the UK’s ‘Brexit’ debate
Post-geography worlds, new dominions, left behind regions, and ‘other’ places: unpacking some spatial imaginaries of the UK’s ‘Brexit’ debate Open
The UK’s 2016 EU referendum and its aftermath have seen the eruption back into mainstream political and media discourse of spatial language and representations. As commentators, politicians and citizens have sought to make sense of the spl…
View article: Editorial
Editorial Open
We are pleased to present the second issue of Transactions of the Association of the European Schools of Planning, the open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal of AESOP. In keeping with the journal’s aim, this issue brings tog…
View article: What about the Urban Periphery? The Effects of the Urban Renaissance in the Mersey Belt
What about the Urban Periphery? The Effects of the Urban Renaissance in the Mersey Belt Open
Cities in the UK have undergone an urban renaissance since the late 1990s, when New Labour started an initiative of the same name. However, the effects of urban growth have been limited mainly to the cores of second-tier cities, creating n…
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Editorial Open
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we introduce this inaugural issue of Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning. The journal is a new venture of AESOP and aims to provide a platform for the planning commu…
View article: Editorial
Editorial Open
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we introduce this inaugural issue of Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning. The journal is a new venture of AESOP and aims to provide a platform for the planning commu…
View article: What about the Urban Periphery? The Effects of the Urban Renaissance in the Mersey Belt
What about the Urban Periphery? The Effects of the Urban Renaissance in the Mersey Belt Open
Cities in the UK have undergone an urban renaissance since the late 1990s, when New Labour started an initiative of the same name. However, the effects of urban growth have been limited mainly to the cores of second-tier cities, creating n…
View article: Aftermath: the consequences of the result of the 2016 EU referendum for heritage conservation in the United Kingdom
Aftermath: the consequences of the result of the 2016 EU referendum for heritage conservation in the United Kingdom Open
In June 2016 a referendum was held in the UK on membership of the European Union.
\nTwo of the territories of the UK, England and Wales voted to leave the EU whilst two,
\nScotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain. The overall result…