Alastair Adair

Biographic Data

ID1502428
NAMEAlastair Adair
GIVEN NAMESAlastair
FAMILY NAMEAdair
SIGNATUREADAIR A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ulster
ORCID0000-0001-8248-9863
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS85
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX5

  • The role of UK universities as economic drivers in a localisation agenda

    Open AccessLaura Mccann, Norman Hutchison et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2023Cited by: 2References: 30

    Universities are important players in city and regional economic growth and prosperity. However, the relationship between ‘town and gown’ has often been criticised as not always being aligned, limiting the potential economic and societal benefits a close relationship might bring to the city and region. As a major policy initiative following the 2008 financial crisis, the UK coalition government introduced City Deals in 2012 to support local econo…

  • Calibration of stakeholder influence in the UK higher education sector

    Open AccessLaura Mccann, Norman Hutchison et al.ARTICLEStudies in Higher Education2022Cited by: 3References: 25

    Over the last 20 years, the UK Higher Education sector has experienced a significant change to its funding base with a shift away from government funding, to operating within a highly competitive marketised environment. This shift has impacted the governance and management structures within the sector, with universities encouraged to adopt a more corporate and managerial style. Moreover, over this period, universities have evolved and adapted to …

  • Financing Property's Contribution to Regeneration

    Open AccessAlastair Adair, Jim Berry et al.ARTICLEUrban Studies2003Cited by: 13References: 14

    Attracting investment and finance into inner-city and other renewal areas poses particular difficulties and is frequently reliant on strong public-sector commitment through special incentives or other mechanisms to provide the conditions to lever private-sector activity. This paper initially links the concept of market failure and the rationale for regeneration and examines policy responses from UK, European and US perspectives, followed by a con…

  • House Prices and Accessibility

    Alastair Adair, Stanley McGreal et al.ARTICLEHousing Studies2000Cited by: 33References: 17

    The debate surrounding the sustainability of urban areas and the need to reduce dependency upon the car as the primary mode of transportation has rekindled interest in the relationship between accessibility, price and location of owner occupied housing. Traditionally, attempts at quantification have used hedonic analysis employing straight-line distance measurements to focal points such as the CBD as an indicator of accessibility. This paper focu…

  • The financing of urban regeneration

    Open AccessAlastair Adair, Jim Berry et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2000Cited by: 13References: 3

  • The Local Housing System in Craigavon, N. Ireland

    Open AccessAlastair Adair, A S Adair et al.ARTICLEUrban Studies2000Cited by: 7References: 10

    The definition, identification and factors influencing the operation of local housing markets are relatively underresearched within the UK. This paper reports upon the outcomes of an investigation into the behaviour of housing markets within the local government area of Craigavon, Northern Ireland. The research investigated three interrelated themes of segregation, socio-tenurial polarisation and sub-markets. The findings indicate a high degree o…

  • Evaluation of Investor Behaviour in Urban Regeneration

    Open AccessAlastair Adair, Jim Berry et al.ARTICLEUrban Studies1999Cited by: 11References: 9

    The financing of urban regeneration and levering of private-sector investment remains a major policy issue. This article, utilising the results of a behavioural survey, analyses the motivations of investors and their participation across a range of regeneration initiatives. The pattern of investment activity over the market cycle, reasons for holding an urban regeneration portfolio, evaluative factors and perspectives concerning the attraction of…

  • Hedonic modelling, housing submarkets and residential valuation

    Alastair Adair, A S Adair et al.ARTICLEJournal of Property Research1996

    Implicit in the comparative method of valuation is the concept of housing submarkets yet little attempt has been made to link research into housing market areas with the valuation process. Hedonic models based on price data from Belfast infer that submarkets may be identified over a wider spatial scale than previously considered. Implications for the valuation process relate to the selection of comparable evidence and the quality of variables tha…

  • Policy Review Section

    J Mawson, K Shaw et al.ARTICLERegional Studies1996References: 7

    In this issue of the Policy Review Section, Keith Shaw of the Division of Government, University of Northumbria, Fred Robinson of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham and Margaret Curran of the Tyne and Wear Research and Intelligence Unit, examine the findings of a local authority survey of the membership of quangos in the North East. They argue that main areas of the public sector in the region are controlled by an…

  • Fiscal policy, taxation incentives and inner‐city housing development

    Alastair Adair, James Berry et al.ARTICLEHousing Studies1995Cited by: 3References: 7

    This paper considers the risk and uncertainty attached to inner‐city environments and analyses the use of taxation incentives as a policy instrument in generating demand‐led residential development in such localities. Initially an international perspective is outlined; however, particular attention is focused on Dublin, Ireland, where taxation breaks specifically orientated at both owner and occupiers and investors have been a prime influence in …