University and the city / by John Goddard

By:

Goddard, John

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2014. Oxford Univ. Pressshire:Description: xiii, 216 pISBN:

9781138798533

Subject(s):

Universities and colleges--Economic aspects

DDC classification:

338.47378 GOD-U

Contents:

1. Introduction -- Part I 2. The University in the City I: Place and community -- 3. The University in the City II: Economic impacts -- 4. Universities, Innovation and Economic Development -- 5. City Social and Economic Development: Drivers and barriers to university engagement in three European cities -- Part II 6. Higher Education and Cities in the UK -- 7. Universities, Sustainability and Urban Development -- 8. Universities and Health: Institutional relationships in the city -- 9. Universities and the Cultural Sector of Cities -- 10. The Embeddedness of Universities in the City and the City in the University .

Summary: Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts - on employment, the built environment, business innovation and the wider society. This book explores these impacts and in the process seeks to expose the extent to which universities are just in the city, or part of the city and actively contributing to its development.

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1. Introduction --
Part I 2. The University in the City I: Place and community --
3. The University in the City II: Economic impacts --
4. Universities, Innovation and Economic Development --
5. City Social and Economic Development: Drivers and barriers to university engagement in three European cities --
Part II 6. Higher Education and Cities in the UK --
7. Universities, Sustainability and Urban Development --
8. Universities and Health: Institutional relationships in the city --
9. Universities and the Cultural Sector of Cities --
10. The Embeddedness of Universities in the City and the City in the University .

Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts - on employment, the built environment, business innovation and the wider society. This book explores these impacts and in the process seeks to expose the extent to which universities are just in the city, or part of the city and actively contributing to its development.

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