Economic Development
Research on the theme of economic development covers a range of theoretical and policy related issues in developed, developing and transition economy settings with links to research on spatial planning, property and regeneration within the School.
In particular, research on economic development focuses on diverse aspects of the economy of ever large and complex city-regions, processes of industry clustering and innovation; the local and regional economic development impacts of multinational companies, foreign direct investment and trade openness; and the political economy of urban regeneration.
A developing part of this research theme is the China Planning Research Group (CPRG). CPRG is an inter-departmental initiative which aims to promote a collaborative space of research within UCL, and universities across London, to provide a multi-disciplinary perspective on China's recent development.
Research Projects
Cultural Clusters in
Chinese Cities
Jung Won Sonn
Governing Post Suburban Growth
Nick Phelps
Political Economy of Planning in
South Korea
Jung Won Sonn (with Dongwan Kim and Dongheon Lee)
Urban and Regional Dimensions of
Knowledge Production
Jung Won Sonn (with Michael Storper and Dongheon Lee)
Shrinking to Grow: The Urban
Regeneration Challenge in Leipzig and Manchester
Peter Hall, Alan Mace, Nick Gallent,
et al
Decentring Nation: The New Geography
of Urban and Regional Development in Indonesia
Nick Phelps
BIDs, Economic Recession and the
Future of Stakeholder-led Public Realm Management
Claudio de Magalhães
Urban and Regional
Dimensions of Knowledge Production
Jung Won Sonn
Sustainability and the Financing of Property Development: Research Agenda
Michael Edwards, Claudio de Magalhães, Dr
Nikos Karadimitriou and Khalil Rehman