Chris Couch
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Couch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Couch |
| SIGNATURE | COUCH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches
Following decades of urban decline in many European cities, there is now an abundant literature identifying a process of reurbanisation, which has now also reached many secondary cities, including those in post-industrialised regions. Reurbanisation is an umbrella concept involving several related but distinct processes, though has its roots in spatial cycle models that consider reurbanisation to be a specific stage in the development of urban re…
Factors driving the regrowth of European cities and the role of local and contextual impacts: A contrasting analysis of regrowing and shrinking cities
This paper undertakes a comparison of two regrowing and two shrinking European cities in order to identify the factors driving demographic regrowth and economic recovery of cities and how and why those factors are at work in some cities that turned from population decline towards new growth while others did not. Our objectives are to systematically elaborate the factors that are influencing urban regrowth, explain how these factors interact and a…
Metropolitan Planning and the Phenomenon of Reurbanisation: The Example of Liverpool
This paper considers the process and dynamics of reurbanisation and its implications for metropolitan planning. After brief consideration of reurbanisation trends in the UK, through a case study of the city of Liverpool in North West England, the paper explores how these recent trends of population regrowth and changing patterns of housing production (including purpose-built student accommodation) have affected the social structure of the city an…
Housing Stakeholder Preferences for the “Soft” Features of Sustainable and Healthy Housing Design in the UK
It is widely recognised that the quantity and sustainability of new homes in the UK need to increase. However, it is important that sustainable housing is regarded holistically, and not merely in environmental terms, and incorporates elements that enhance the quality of life, health and well-being of its users. This paper focuses on the "soft" features of sustainable housing, that is, the non-technological components of sustainable housing and ne…
How does(n't) Urban Shrinkage get onto the Agenda? Experiences from L eipzig, L iverpool, G enoa and B ytom
This article discusses the question of how urban shrinkage gets onto the agenda of public‐policy agencies. It is based on a comparison of the agenda‐setting histories of four E uropean cities, L iverpool ( UK ), L eipzig ( G ermany), G enoa ( I taly) and B ytom ( P oland), which have all experienced severe population losses but show very different histories with respect to how local governments reacted to them. We use the political‐science concep…
The governance of urban shrinkage in cities of post-socialist Europe: Policies, strategies and actors
This paper presents results of an international comparative research project ‘Smart governance of shrinking cities in a European context’. In recent years, many European cities have experienced urban shrinkage (population decline). Whereas there has been a wealth of research into the governance of growing cities, little consideration has been given to the governance of and policy responses to shrinking cities, particularly in relation to the decl…
Housing Vacancy and the Shrinking City: Trends and Policies in the UK and the City of Liverpool
In the context of the discourse around shrinking cities, the aim of the paper was to try and better understand and differentiate the various types and causes of urban housing vacancy and to ask whether policy responses including planning policies appropriately reflect this variety. The paper briefly discusses the issue of shrinking cities, before considering theoretical explanations for housing vacancy and examining the relationships between popu…
A City Profile of Liverpool
Thirty years of urban regeneration in Britain, Germany and France: The importance of context and path dependency
Changing Contexts in Urban Regeneration: 30 Years of Modernisation in Rotterdam
Paul Stouten, 2010 Amsterdam, Techne Press 247 pp., ISBN 978-9-085-94026-5, £42.50 This is a well-written and interesting book that examines the evolution of Dutch urban renewal policy and practice
Reurbanization and Housing Markets in the Central and Inner Areas of Liverpool
British cities appear to be moving from a period of counter-urbanization to a period of reurbanization. One reason for this appears to be the growth of residential development in city centres. At the same time as there has been a boom in city centre housing, many cities appear to have experienced housing market failure in parts of the inner urban area. Through a study of Liverpool this article considers the evidence to support the notion that reu…
Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land-Use Change and Policy
Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land‐Use Change & Policy
Leading landscape photographer and best-selling photography author, Lee Frost tells you how to photograph the landscape in different conditions and locations from rolling countryside to coastal scenes, holiday beaches and picturesque towns to deserts and canyons.
Controlling urban sprawl: Some experiences from Liverpool
Decline and sprawl: An evolving type of urban development – observed in Liverpool and Leipzig
Much of the empirical research on urban sprawl has been carried out in North America and most theoretical studies on this problem have been concerned with expanding urban areas. This study differs, firstly in that it is concerned with sprawl in two European cities, Liverpool in England and Leipzig in Germany, and secondly because both these cities are in decline. This presents an opportunity to explore whether the process of urban sprawl is someh…
Renewal Areas in North West England
Urban regeneration and sustainable development in Britain
Housing Development in the City Centre
(1999). Housing Development in the City Centre. Planning Practice & Research: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 69-86
A Comparative Study of Plans and Policies for Town Centre Renewal in France and the UK
(1997). A Comparative Study of Plans and Policies for Town Centre Renewal in France and the UK. Planning Practice & Research: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 99-108
Aspects of Structural Change in Speculative Housing Production: A Case Study in Merseyside
In this paper I describe, and attempt to provide explanations for, changes in the structure of speculative-housing production in Wirral, in Merseyside, from 1971 to 1985. I begin with a description of the changing structure of the industry nationally, noting particularly the trend towards seller concentration. Differences between these national trends and those pertaining to Wirral are reported, including the increase in the market dominance of l…
Controlling urban sprawl: Some experiences from Liverpool
Urban regeneration and sustainable development in Britain
Housing Vacancy and the Shrinking City: Trends and Policies in the UK and the City of Liverpool
In the context of the discourse around shrinking cities, the aim of the paper was to try and better understand and differentiate the various types and causes of urban housing vacancy and to ask whether policy responses including planning policies appropriately reflect this variety. The paper briefly discusses the issue of shrinking cities, before considering theoretical explanations for housing vacancy and examining the relationships between popu…
A City Profile of Liverpool
Factors driving the regrowth of European cities and the role of local and contextual impacts: A contrasting analysis of regrowing and shrinking cities
This paper undertakes a comparison of two regrowing and two shrinking European cities in order to identify the factors driving demographic regrowth and economic recovery of cities and how and why those factors are at work in some cities that turned from population decline towards new growth while others did not. Our objectives are to systematically elaborate the factors that are influencing urban regrowth, explain how these factors interact and a…
Aspects of Structural Change in Speculative Housing Production: A Case Study in Merseyside
In this paper I describe, and attempt to provide explanations for, changes in the structure of speculative-housing production in Wirral, in Merseyside, from 1971 to 1985. I begin with a description of the changing structure of the industry nationally, noting particularly the trend towards seller concentration. Differences between these national trends and those pertaining to Wirral are reported, including the increase in the market dominance of l…
Aspects of Structural Change in Speculative Housing Production: A Case Study in Merseyside
In this paper I describe, and attempt to provide explanations for, changes in the structure of speculative-housing production in Wirral, in Merseyside, from 1971 to 1985. I begin with a description of the changing structure of the industry nationally, noting particularly the trend towards seller concentration. Differences between these national trends and those pertaining to Wirral are reported, including the increase in the market dominance of l…
A Comparative Study of Plans and Policies for Town Centre Renewal in France and the UK
(1997). A Comparative Study of Plans and Policies for Town Centre Renewal in France and the UK. Planning Practice & Research: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 99-108
Housing Development in the City Centre
(1999). Housing Development in the City Centre. Planning Practice & Research: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 69-86
Renewal Areas in North West England
Urban regeneration and sustainable development in Britain
Decline and sprawl: An evolving type of urban development – observed in Liverpool and Leipzig
Much of the empirical research on urban sprawl has been carried out in North America and most theoretical studies on this problem have been concerned with expanding urban areas. This study differs, firstly in that it is concerned with sprawl in two European cities, Liverpool in England and Leipzig in Germany, and secondly because both these cities are in decline. This presents an opportunity to explore whether the process of urban sprawl is someh…
Controlling urban sprawl: Some experiences from Liverpool
Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land‐Use Change & Policy
Leading landscape photographer and best-selling photography author, Lee Frost tells you how to photograph the landscape in different conditions and locations from rolling countryside to coastal scenes, holiday beaches and picturesque towns to deserts and canyons.
Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land-Use Change and Policy
Reurbanization and Housing Markets in the Central and Inner Areas of Liverpool
British cities appear to be moving from a period of counter-urbanization to a period of reurbanization. One reason for this appears to be the growth of residential development in city centres. At the same time as there has been a boom in city centre housing, many cities appear to have experienced housing market failure in parts of the inner urban area. Through a study of Liverpool this article considers the evidence to support the notion that reu…
Thirty years of urban regeneration in Britain, Germany and France: The importance of context and path dependency
Changing Contexts in Urban Regeneration: 30 Years of Modernisation in Rotterdam
Paul Stouten, 2010 Amsterdam, Techne Press 247 pp., ISBN 978-9-085-94026-5, £42.50 This is a well-written and interesting book that examines the evolution of Dutch urban renewal policy and practice
Housing Vacancy and the Shrinking City: Trends and Policies in the UK and the City of Liverpool
In the context of the discourse around shrinking cities, the aim of the paper was to try and better understand and differentiate the various types and causes of urban housing vacancy and to ask whether policy responses including planning policies appropriately reflect this variety. The paper briefly discusses the issue of shrinking cities, before considering theoretical explanations for housing vacancy and examining the relationships between popu…
A City Profile of Liverpool
How does(n't) Urban Shrinkage get onto the Agenda? Experiences from L eipzig, L iverpool, G enoa and B ytom
This article discusses the question of how urban shrinkage gets onto the agenda of public‐policy agencies. It is based on a comparison of the agenda‐setting histories of four E uropean cities, L iverpool ( UK ), L eipzig ( G ermany), G enoa ( I taly) and B ytom ( P oland), which have all experienced severe population losses but show very different histories with respect to how local governments reacted to them. We use the political‐science concep…
The governance of urban shrinkage in cities of post-socialist Europe: Policies, strategies and actors
This paper presents results of an international comparative research project ‘Smart governance of shrinking cities in a European context’. In recent years, many European cities have experienced urban shrinkage (population decline). Whereas there has been a wealth of research into the governance of growing cities, little consideration has been given to the governance of and policy responses to shrinking cities, particularly in relation to the decl…
Housing Stakeholder Preferences for the “Soft” Features of Sustainable and Healthy Housing Design in the UK
It is widely recognised that the quantity and sustainability of new homes in the UK need to increase. However, it is important that sustainable housing is regarded holistically, and not merely in environmental terms, and incorporates elements that enhance the quality of life, health and well-being of its users. This paper focuses on the "soft" features of sustainable housing, that is, the non-technological components of sustainable housing and ne…
Metropolitan Planning and the Phenomenon of Reurbanisation: The Example of Liverpool
This paper considers the process and dynamics of reurbanisation and its implications for metropolitan planning. After brief consideration of reurbanisation trends in the UK, through a case study of the city of Liverpool in North West England, the paper explores how these recent trends of population regrowth and changing patterns of housing production (including purpose-built student accommodation) have affected the social structure of the city an…
Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches
Following decades of urban decline in many European cities, there is now an abundant literature identifying a process of reurbanisation, which has now also reached many secondary cities, including those in post-industrialised regions. Reurbanisation is an umbrella concept involving several related but distinct processes, though has its roots in spatial cycle models that consider reurbanisation to be a specific stage in the development of urban re…
Factors driving the regrowth of European cities and the role of local and contextual impacts: A contrasting analysis of regrowing and shrinking cities
This paper undertakes a comparison of two regrowing and two shrinking European cities in order to identify the factors driving demographic regrowth and economic recovery of cities and how and why those factors are at work in some cities that turned from population decline towards new growth while others did not. Our objectives are to systematically elaborate the factors that are influencing urban regrowth, explain how these factors interact and a…
Political science (18 works) · Geography (16 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (16 works) · Economics (13 works) · Economic geography (11 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (9 works) · Regional science (9 works) · Engineering (7 works)