This paper highlights some of the underpinning Communities and Local Government analysis which fed into – and supported a number of recommendations of - the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration (SNR) July 2007.
This paper identifies the economic reasons why place matters and uses this as a rationale for spatial policies and highlights the policy implications, including the importance of intervening at the right spatial level.
CLG Economic Paper 2: Why Place Matters and Implications for the Role of Government Levels
(located on Communities and Local Government site)