Ron Griffiths
Biographic Data
| ID | 3941456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ron Griffiths |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ron |
| FAMILY NAME | Griffiths |
| SIGNATURE | GRIFFITHS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 124 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
City/culture discourses
In the current era of globalization, manufacturing decline and place marketing, many cities have turned to culture as a favoured means of gaining competitive advantage. The European Capital of Culture (ECOC) programme has been a significant catalyst for culture-led regeneration. In 2008 the ECOC title will be held by a UK city, and in 2000 the UK government launched a major competition to decide the nomination. This article reports on a study of …
Knowledge production and the research-teaching nexus
Discussion about the nexus between research and teaching in higher education has so far tended to take place at a generic level, with comparatively little attention paid to the significance of subject‐based variations. Drawing on an educational development project involving four UK universities, the article considers the research–teaching nexus from the standpoint of the built environment disciplines. It reviews some ideas about the nature and me…
Capitalising on culture
English Over the last two decades, the cultural sphere appears to have gained a more central role in urban policy and urban governance. This article gives an outline of the changing cultural policy landscape in the UK over the last decade, and then explores the significance of this changing landscape from the standpoint of one of the country's main regional cities. It argues that there has been a growing congruence between national and local cult…
Testing Governance
This paper explores issues of urban governance through a case study of a major, waterfront regeneration project in an English city (Bristol). The first part of the paper sets the development of this project within the broader theoretical context of urban regime theory and changing structures of governance in the city. The paper then outlines the attempts to build a city-wide consensus in Bristol around a viable development project in a situation …
Cultural industries, cultural clusters and the city
Cultural policy and the cultural economy in Bristol
Eurocities
Cultural strategies and new modes of urban intervention
All eyes on Manchester
"All eyes on Manchester: Sport and urban regeneration." Planning Practice & Research, 8(2), pp. 3–4
The Politics of Cultural Policy in Urban Regeneration Strategies
It has become common to find arts and culture-related policies playing a key part in the urban revitalisation strategies pursued by city authorities in Europe and North America. This article has three main purposes. First, it considers the factors which have led city authorities to place emphasis on culture-related policies, looking in particular at the way cities have been affected by changes in the organisation of production and in their class …
The place of race on the town planning agenda
Planning in retreat? Town planning and the market in the eighties
Cultural industries, cultural clusters and the city
The Politics of Cultural Policy in Urban Regeneration Strategies
It has become common to find arts and culture-related policies playing a key part in the urban revitalisation strategies pursued by city authorities in Europe and North America. This article has three main purposes. First, it considers the factors which have led city authorities to place emphasis on culture-related policies, looking in particular at the way cities have been affected by changes in the organisation of production and in their class …
Knowledge production and the research-teaching nexus
Discussion about the nexus between research and teaching in higher education has so far tended to take place at a generic level, with comparatively little attention paid to the significance of subject‐based variations. Drawing on an educational development project involving four UK universities, the article considers the research–teaching nexus from the standpoint of the built environment disciplines. It reviews some ideas about the nature and me…
Testing Governance
This paper explores issues of urban governance through a case study of a major, waterfront regeneration project in an English city (Bristol). The first part of the paper sets the development of this project within the broader theoretical context of urban regime theory and changing structures of governance in the city. The paper then outlines the attempts to build a city-wide consensus in Bristol around a viable development project in a situation …
Cultural strategies and new modes of urban intervention
Capitalising on culture
English Over the last two decades, the cultural sphere appears to have gained a more central role in urban policy and urban governance. This article gives an outline of the changing cultural policy landscape in the UK over the last decade, and then explores the significance of this changing landscape from the standpoint of one of the country's main regional cities. It argues that there has been a growing congruence between national and local cult…
Planning in retreat? Town planning and the market in the eighties
The place of race on the town planning agenda
All eyes on Manchester
"All eyes on Manchester: Sport and urban regeneration." Planning Practice & Research, 8(2), pp. 3–4
The Politics of Cultural Policy in Urban Regeneration Strategies
It has become common to find arts and culture-related policies playing a key part in the urban revitalisation strategies pursued by city authorities in Europe and North America. This article has three main purposes. First, it considers the factors which have led city authorities to place emphasis on culture-related policies, looking in particular at the way cities have been affected by changes in the organisation of production and in their class …
Eurocities
Cultural strategies and new modes of urban intervention
Cultural policy and the cultural economy in Bristol
Testing Governance
This paper explores issues of urban governance through a case study of a major, waterfront regeneration project in an English city (Bristol). The first part of the paper sets the development of this project within the broader theoretical context of urban regime theory and changing structures of governance in the city. The paper then outlines the attempts to build a city-wide consensus in Bristol around a viable development project in a situation …
Cultural industries, cultural clusters and the city
Capitalising on culture
English Over the last two decades, the cultural sphere appears to have gained a more central role in urban policy and urban governance. This article gives an outline of the changing cultural policy landscape in the UK over the last decade, and then explores the significance of this changing landscape from the standpoint of one of the country's main regional cities. It argues that there has been a growing congruence between national and local cult…
Knowledge production and the research-teaching nexus
Discussion about the nexus between research and teaching in higher education has so far tended to take place at a generic level, with comparatively little attention paid to the significance of subject‐based variations. Drawing on an educational development project involving four UK universities, the article considers the research–teaching nexus from the standpoint of the built environment disciplines. It reviews some ideas about the nature and me…
City/culture discourses
In the current era of globalization, manufacturing decline and place marketing, many cities have turned to culture as a favoured means of gaining competitive advantage. The European Capital of Culture (ECOC) programme has been a significant catalyst for culture-led regeneration. In 2008 the ECOC title will be held by a UK city, and in 2000 the UK government launched a major competition to decide the nomination. This article reports on a study of …
Political science (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Environmental planning (6 works) · Urban planning (6 works) · Civil engineering (5 works) · Law (5 works)