Neighbourhood Management and the Future of Urban Areas
Neighbourhood Management and the Future of Urban Areas
Anne Power
Contents 1. Introduction: What is Neighbourhood Management? ................................................. 1 2. Approach to the study ................................................................................................ 4 3. Why do we need neighbourhood management?.......................................................... 7 4. What should neighbourhood managers manage?...................................................... 12 5. How neighbourhood management works in practice ................................................ 17 6. Costs and benefits of neighbourhood management................................................... 27 7. Lessons and Ways Forward ..................................................................................... 33
CASEpaper 77 January 2004
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
The ESRC Research Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) was established in October 1997 with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. It is located within the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and benefits from support from STICERD. It is directed by Howard Glennerster, John Hills, Kathleen Kiernan, Julian Le Grand, Anne Power and Carol Propper. Our Discussion Paper series is available free of charge. We also produce summaries of our research in CASEbriefs, and reports from various conferences and activities in CASEreports. To subscribe to the CASEpaper series, or for further information on the work of the Centre and our seminar series, please contact the Centre Administrator, Jane Dickson, on: Telephone: Fax: Email: Web site: UK+20 7955 6679 UK+20 7955 6951 j.dickson@lse.ac.uk
Anne Power
Contents 1. Introduction: What is Neighbourhood Management? ................................................. 1 2. Approach to the study ................................................................................................ 4 3. Why do we need neighbourhood management?.......................................................... 7 4. What should neighbourhood managers manage?...................................................... 12 5. How neighbourhood management works in practice ................................................ 17 6. Costs and benefits of neighbourhood management................................................... 27 7. Lessons and Ways Forward ..................................................................................... 33
CASEpaper 77 January 2004
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE CASE enquiries – tel: 020 7955 6679
i
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
The ESRC Research Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) was established in October 1997 with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. It is located within the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and benefits from support from STICERD. It is directed by Howard Glennerster, John Hills, Kathleen Kiernan, Julian Le Grand, Anne Power and Carol Propper. Our Discussion Paper series is available free of charge. We also produce summaries of our research in CASEbriefs, and reports from various conferences and activities in CASEreports. To subscribe to the CASEpaper series, or for further information on the work of the Centre and our seminar series, please contact the Centre Administrator, Jane Dickson, on: Telephone: Fax: Email: Web site: UK+20 7955 6679 UK+20 7955 6951 j.dickson@lse.ac.uk
References: Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Press release, Guidance of Neighbourhood Management (2003). Housing Commission Report (2002) Birmingham City Council. 9 10 11 Power, A (1997) Estates on the Edge London: Macmillan Press 12 Glennerster, H and Hills, J (eds) (1998) The State of Welfare: The economics of social spending Oxford: Oxford University Press 14 Power, A (1993) Hovels to High Rise London: Routledge