SEE: Regeneration: 4.A8A
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- Created on: 12-03-22 20:41
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- 4A.8: Local government actions
- Local governments compete to create sympathetic business environments for domestic/foreign investors
- Attracting businesses and highly skilled workers increases tax base for local council + employment
- Science and technology parks
- Science parks are industrial zones that focus on research in the quaternary industry
- So, through science parks, local governments attract quaternary investment
- There are over 100 science parks in the UK, most are in London and the South
- CASE STUDY: NETPark in Durham, partnered by Durham Uni
- Hosts 25 companies, employs 400 people
- Science parks are industrial zones that focus on research in the quaternary industry
- Planning decisions
- Most planning decisions are made by local councils
- Local councils draw up plans, called Unitary Development Plans
- These identify: areas for new housing, new roads/infrastructure, areas for commercial development
- CASE STUDY: Metrolink in Manchester is being expanded to the airport, making the area more attractice
- These identify: areas for new housing, new roads/infrastructure, areas for commercial development
- Local governments compete to create sympathetic business environments for domestic/foreign investors
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