LEADER 05648oam 2200733I 450 001 9910790543803321 005 20230207232036.0 010 $a1-136-47785-3 010 $a0-415-27932-1 010 $a1-315-01540-4 010 $a1-136-47778-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315015408 035 $a(CKB)2550000001117721 035 $a(EBL)1397173 035 $a(OCoLC)870590616 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001171276 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11960356 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001171276 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11175962 035 $a(PQKB)10947022 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1397173 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1397173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10764293 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL518159 035 $a(OCoLC)861692348 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB137246 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001117721 100 $a20180706d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWorking capital $elife and labour in contemporary London /$fNick Buck. [et al.] ; in association with Belinda Brown. [et al.] 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (425 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-27931-3 311 $a1-299-86908-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [393]-402) and index. 327 $aCover ; Half-title; Dedication ; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; The Authors; Preface; 1 Competition, Cohesion, Governance: The Urban Triangle; London and the New Urban Agenda; Competitiveness, Cohesion and Governance: Issues and Debates; Cities and Competitiveness; Cohesion, Exclusion and Social Capital; Policy Issues and Urban Governance; Conclusion: From Theory to Research; 2 Spaces and People: Changing Geographies of the Region; Structures and Processes: London and Its Region Since 1950; The London of 1950 327 $aAn Intermediate Geography: London in 1975The Changed Geography of London 2000; Mapping London's Geographies; The Changing Geography of Employment; Social Structure; House Prices: An Index of Social Change; Social Patterns Across the Region: Households, Ethnicity and Deprivation; The Eight Localities; Reading/Wokingham (East and Central Reading and Earley); Hounslow (Heston and Great West Road); Wandsworth (Battersea and Clapham); Southwark (Bankside, Bermondsey and Peckha; Newham (Stratford and Upton Park); Redbridge (Gants Hill and Ilford); Greenwich (Charlton and Eltham) 327 $aDartford/Gravesham (Kent Thames-side)Conclusion: Unpicking the London Puzzle; 3 Complex Business: Growth and Volatility in London's Economies; Assessing London's Recent Competitive Performance; Employment Change; Productivity; International Markets; Overall Competitive Performance; Instability and Volatility in the Regional Economy; Key Sectors and Clusters; The Economic Base of the Regional Economy; Global City Functions; Capital City Functions; Innovative and Knowledge-Based Activities; Cultural Services; The Local Economies; Reading (Centre and East); Hounslow (Great West Road) 327 $aWandsworth (Battersea and Clapham)The City of London; Southwark (Bankside and Bermondsey); Newham (Stratford); Redbridge (Ilford); Greenwich (Charlton); Dartford (Thames-Side); Social Influences on Business Performance; Labour Supply; Entrepreneurship; Local Networks; Crime and Other Threats; Conclusion: Is London Competitive?; 4 More Opportunity, More Inequality: Social Structure and Economic Change in London; Population Change and Its Consequences; The Changing Ethnic Composition; Occupation and Social Class: Is London a 'Global City'?; Earnings and Incomes in London 327 $aThe Role of the Housing MarketCommuting; Neighbourhood Change and Social Segregation; Conclusion: Social and Neighbourhood Change in London; 5 'Education, Education, Education': The Role of Schooling in London; Skills and Human Capital; Educational Outcomes and School Performance in the London Region; Socio-Economic Influences on School Performance; The School Quality Factor; The Competitive London Schools Market; Parents' Educational Strategies; Effects of the Quasi-Market; Further and Higher Education in the Competitive City; Ethnicity, Immigration and Schooling in London 327 $aConclusion: Education, Economy and Society in London 330 $aFor decades the cities of the developed world were seen as problem-beset relics from times of low mobility and slow communications. But now, their potential to sustain creativity, culture and innovation is perceived as crucial to success in a much more competitive global ecomony. The vital requirement to secure and sustain this success is argued to be the achievement of social cohesion.

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