The Development of Strategic Transport Assets in Greater Manchester and Merseyside

Does Local Governance Matter

Bibliographic Data

ID10409602
AuthorsScott Evans (0000-0003-3186-172X, Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author), S R Evans, M Hutchins (0000-0003-0168-5171)
Year2002
Volume36
Issue4
Pages429-438
Publication date2002-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00343400220131197
OpenAlexW2051383969
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

This article investigates the contribution of local policy interventions to the development of the two key transport 'gateways' in North West England - Manchester Airport and the Port of Liverpool - and maximization of their wider impact. Their recent success has mainly stemmed from market opportunities, managerial competence, bargaining strength and sympathetic national rather than local interventions. However, local institutional conflict delayed modernization of the port of Liverpool. Local governance has had greater bearing upon such assets' wider economic, social and environmental impact. Synergies between transport investment, economic development and tourism have been better exploited in the case of Manchester Airport and the drawbacks of expansion more effectively mitigated. Both case studies highlight the need for central government transport policy to mesh better with local, regional and national urban regeneration policies

Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Local government · Modernization theory · Political science · Port (circuit theory · Psychological intervention · Regional Policy · Regional science · Sociology · Tourism · Finance · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Public Administration · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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