The Fluctuating Record of Economic Regeneration in Englands Second-Order City Regions, 1984-2007

Tony Champion and Alan Townsend

SERC Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: This study examines how far and in what way 'Our cities are back', as claimed by England's Core Cities Group. It focuses on 1984-2007 employment changes for the eight Core Cities and their city regions: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield. City regions are defined on a consistent functional basis and allowance is made for discontinuities in the jobs time-series. These provincial city regions are found to have suffered relatively less than London in the early 1990s recession, but then recovered more slowly to achieve their greatest rates of growth in 1998- 2002 and only then did the Core Cities outpace the rest of their city regions. Employment growth slowed after this, though their population recovery continued.

Keywords: Urban regeneration; employment data; city regions; Core Cities; England (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 O18 R11 R12 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-10
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