Alan Townsend
Biographic Data
| ID | 3720480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Townsend |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Townsend |
| SIGNATURE | TOWNSEND A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The place of ‘Women's Voices…’ in Janet's life and career, and its ‘aftermath’
Rescaling of Planning and Its Interface with Economic Development
Following the installation of a UK Coalition Government in 2010, ways of governing the spatial organization of development have undergone far-reaching change in England. Within a context of austerity following the abolition of regional policy machinery, and an onerous national target framework, localities are entering a new phase of incentivized development. Consequently, local planning authorities are having to transfer part of their focus from …
Great Britain's Second-Order City Regions in Recessions
Although it is now accepted that the 2008-09 recession accentuated regional differences in Britain, it is more difficult to identify the role of major cities-especially over a longer time scale. With the aid of previously established methods focused on employment, this paper assesses the records of nine second-order city regions in the 2008-09 recession and contrasts them with the previous two recessions. The 2008-09 recession is found to have im…
The Fluctuating Record of Economic Regeneration in England’s Second-order City-regions, 1984–2007
Within the context of theoretical and policy debates about the new economic geography and an urban renaissance, this paper 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. These provincial city-regions are found to have…
Institutions and mediating inward investment in England and the USA
Cox K. and Townsend A. (2005) Institutions and mediating inward investment in England and the USA, Regional Studies 39 , 541–553. In England, a new institutional structure for local and regional development has recently emerged involving some decentralization of responsibility. A major focus has been stimulating and mediating inward investment. The new scale division of labour resembles somewhat that which has long been apparent in the USA. Simil…
Public Speaking Rights, Members and Officers in a Planning Committee
(2002). Public Speaking Rights, Members and Officers in a Planning Committee. Planning Practice & Research: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 59-68
Sales of Business Services From a European City
Theoretical and empirical attention to competition between European cities must lay emphasis on the growth of business services. Does it arise from externalisation of work from industry, or from sales to the rest of the service sector locally, nationally or internationally? In a policy survey of 39 ‘business service’ firms for the Scottish City of Edinburgh it was found, despite the prominence of its financial institutions and a few outstanding e…
Les flux économiques entre université et territoires. Essai de quantification dans le cadre d'une petite ville britannique
Hochschulen und Regionen in Großbritannien. Eine quantifizierende Untersuchung Die Universität Durham, nach Oxford und Cambridge eine der ältesten in England, liegt mitten in einem krisengeschüttelten Industrierevier. Spielt sie in der Wirtschaft ihrer Region eine Rolle ? Eine Methode zur Quantifizierung der direkten und indirekten Effekte zeigt, daß die Universität ebenso viele Arbeitsplätze am Leben hält, wie sie Studenten zählt
Employment Change in UK Steel Closure Areas During the 1980s: Policy Implications and Lessons for Scotland
HUDSON R., SADLER D. and TOWNSEND A. (1992) Employment change in UK steel closure areas during the 1980s: policy implications and lessons for Scotland, Reg. Studies 26, 633–646. The latest phase in the contraction of UK steel production has involved a continued challenge to the future of the industry in Scotland, culminating in British Steel's decision to close its Ravenscraig works there in 1992. The impact of other steel closures within the UK …
The Impact of Technological Change upon the Spatial Pattern of UK Employment within Major Corporations
PECK, F. and TOWNSEND A. (1987) The impact of technological change upon the spatial pattern of UK employment within major corporations, Reg. Studies 21, 225–239. Studies of the effects of technological change on employment have generally adopted an ‘indirect’ regional perspective. The ‘direct’ effects on employment at the level of large plants are amenable to geographical study and may have impacts on inter-related production lines. The case stud…
Spatial aspects of the growth of part-time employment in Britain
Townsend A. (1986) Spatial aspects of the growth of part-time employment in Britain, Reg. Studies 20, 313–330. Part-time employment has a large and growing share of total employment in Britain. It is substituting for the growth of full-time jobs and is the principal employment opportunity for women with children. Its distinct spatial pattern of expansion, 1971–81, is notable for including peripheral regions such as Wales and the South West. As mo…
Contrasting experience of recession and spatial restructuring: British Shipbuilders, Plessey and Metal Box
Peck F. W. and Townsend A. R. (1984) Contrasting experience of recession and spatial re-structuring: British Shipbuilders, Plessey and Metal Box, Reg. Studies 18, 319–338. Trends in aggregate economic indicators in the recent recession conceal marked variations in the experience of different industrial corporations within the meso-economic sector in the UK. This paper demonstrates such variations by comparing the nature of employment decline in t…
Spatial aspects of the growth of part-time employment in Britain
Townsend A. (1986) Spatial aspects of the growth of part-time employment in Britain, Reg. Studies 20, 313–330. Part-time employment has a large and growing share of total employment in Britain. It is substituting for the growth of full-time jobs and is the principal employment opportunity for women with children. Its distinct spatial pattern of expansion, 1971–81, is notable for including peripheral regions such as Wales and the South West. As mo…
Contrasting experience of recession and spatial restructuring: British Shipbuilders, Plessey and Metal Box
Peck F. W. and Townsend A. R. (1984) Contrasting experience of recession and spatial re-structuring: British Shipbuilders, Plessey and Metal Box, Reg. Studies 18, 319–338. Trends in aggregate economic indicators in the recent recession conceal marked variations in the experience of different industrial corporations within the meso-economic sector in the UK. This paper demonstrates such variations by comparing the nature of employment decline in t…
Employment Change in UK Steel Closure Areas During the 1980s: Policy Implications and Lessons for Scotland
HUDSON R., SADLER D. and TOWNSEND A. (1992) Employment change in UK steel closure areas during the 1980s: policy implications and lessons for Scotland, Reg. Studies 26, 633–646. The latest phase in the contraction of UK steel production has involved a continued challenge to the future of the industry in Scotland, culminating in British Steel's decision to close its Ravenscraig works there in 1992. The impact of other steel closures within the UK …
The Impact of Technological Change upon the Spatial Pattern of UK Employment within Major Corporations
PECK, F. and TOWNSEND A. (1987) The impact of technological change upon the spatial pattern of UK employment within major corporations, Reg. Studies 21, 225–239. Studies of the effects of technological change on employment have generally adopted an ‘indirect’ regional perspective. The ‘direct’ effects on employment at the level of large plants are amenable to geographical study and may have impacts on inter-related production lines. The case stud…
The Fluctuating Record of Economic Regeneration in England’s Second-order City-regions, 1984–2007
Within the context of theoretical and policy debates about the new economic geography and an urban renaissance, this paper 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. These provincial city-regions are found to have…
Great Britain's Second-Order City Regions in Recessions
Although it is now accepted that the 2008-09 recession accentuated regional differences in Britain, it is more difficult to identify the role of major cities-especially over a longer time scale. With the aid of previously established methods focused on employment, this paper assesses the records of nine second-order city regions in the 2008-09 recession and contrasts them with the previous two recessions. The 2008-09 recession is found to have im…
Institutions and mediating inward investment in England and the USA
Cox K. and Townsend A. (2005) Institutions and mediating inward investment in England and the USA, Regional Studies 39 , 541–553. In England, a new institutional structure for local and regional development has recently emerged involving some decentralization of responsibility. A major focus has been stimulating and mediating inward investment. The new scale division of labour resembles somewhat that which has long been apparent in the USA. Simil…
Sales of Business Services From a European City
Theoretical and empirical attention to competition between European cities must lay emphasis on the growth of business services. Does it arise from externalisation of work from industry, or from sales to the rest of the service sector locally, nationally or internationally? In a policy survey of 39 ‘business service’ firms for the Scottish City of Edinburgh it was found, despite the prominence of its financial institutions and a few outstanding e…
Contrasting experience of recession and spatial restructuring: British Shipbuilders, Plessey and Metal Box
Peck F. W. and Townsend A. R. (1984) Contrasting experience of recession and spatial re-structuring: British Shipbuilders, Plessey and Metal Box, Reg. Studies 18, 319–338. Trends in aggregate economic indicators in the recent recession conceal marked variations in the experience of different industrial corporations within the meso-economic sector in the UK. This paper demonstrates such variations by comparing the nature of employment decline in t…
Spatial aspects of the growth of part-time employment in Britain
Townsend A. (1986) Spatial aspects of the growth of part-time employment in Britain, Reg. Studies 20, 313–330. Part-time employment has a large and growing share of total employment in Britain. It is substituting for the growth of full-time jobs and is the principal employment opportunity for women with children. Its distinct spatial pattern of expansion, 1971–81, is notable for including peripheral regions such as Wales and the South West. As mo…
The Impact of Technological Change upon the Spatial Pattern of UK Employment within Major Corporations
PECK, F. and TOWNSEND A. (1987) The impact of technological change upon the spatial pattern of UK employment within major corporations, Reg. Studies 21, 225–239. Studies of the effects of technological change on employment have generally adopted an ‘indirect’ regional perspective. The ‘direct’ effects on employment at the level of large plants are amenable to geographical study and may have impacts on inter-related production lines. The case stud…
Employment Change in UK Steel Closure Areas During the 1980s: Policy Implications and Lessons for Scotland
HUDSON R., SADLER D. and TOWNSEND A. (1992) Employment change in UK steel closure areas during the 1980s: policy implications and lessons for Scotland, Reg. Studies 26, 633–646. The latest phase in the contraction of UK steel production has involved a continued challenge to the future of the industry in Scotland, culminating in British Steel's decision to close its Ravenscraig works there in 1992. The impact of other steel closures within the UK …
Les flux économiques entre université et territoires. Essai de quantification dans le cadre d'une petite ville britannique
Hochschulen und Regionen in Großbritannien. Eine quantifizierende Untersuchung Die Universität Durham, nach Oxford und Cambridge eine der ältesten in England, liegt mitten in einem krisengeschüttelten Industrierevier. Spielt sie in der Wirtschaft ihrer Region eine Rolle ? Eine Methode zur Quantifizierung der direkten und indirekten Effekte zeigt, daß die Universität ebenso viele Arbeitsplätze am Leben hält, wie sie Studenten zählt
Sales of Business Services From a European City
Theoretical and empirical attention to competition between European cities must lay emphasis on the growth of business services. Does it arise from externalisation of work from industry, or from sales to the rest of the service sector locally, nationally or internationally? In a policy survey of 39 ‘business service’ firms for the Scottish City of Edinburgh it was found, despite the prominence of its financial institutions and a few outstanding e…
Public Speaking Rights, Members and Officers in a Planning Committee
(2002). Public Speaking Rights, Members and Officers in a Planning Committee. Planning Practice & Research: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 59-68
Institutions and mediating inward investment in England and the USA
Cox K. and Townsend A. (2005) Institutions and mediating inward investment in England and the USA, Regional Studies 39 , 541–553. In England, a new institutional structure for local and regional development has recently emerged involving some decentralization of responsibility. A major focus has been stimulating and mediating inward investment. The new scale division of labour resembles somewhat that which has long been apparent in the USA. Simil…
The Fluctuating Record of Economic Regeneration in England’s Second-order City-regions, 1984–2007
Within the context of theoretical and policy debates about the new economic geography and an urban renaissance, this paper 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. These provincial city-regions are found to have…
Rescaling of Planning and Its Interface with Economic Development
Following the installation of a UK Coalition Government in 2010, ways of governing the spatial organization of development have undergone far-reaching change in England. Within a context of austerity following the abolition of regional policy machinery, and an onerous national target framework, localities are entering a new phase of incentivized development. Consequently, local planning authorities are having to transfer part of their focus from …
Great Britain's Second-Order City Regions in Recessions
Although it is now accepted that the 2008-09 recession accentuated regional differences in Britain, it is more difficult to identify the role of major cities-especially over a longer time scale. With the aid of previously established methods focused on employment, this paper assesses the records of nine second-order city regions in the 2008-09 recession and contrasts them with the previous two recessions. The 2008-09 recession is found to have im…
The place of ‘Women's Voices…’ in Janet's life and career, and its ‘aftermath’
Economics (9 works) · Geography (6 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (6 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Regional resilience and development (4 works) · Townsend (4 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Finance (3 works)