Reporting on corporate objectives, relating to social and environmental responsibilities, has been gaining credibility since the 1990’s. This has led to the need to identify, measure and report on previously unidentified elements of business’ impacts. How then is this being realised in the...

Proceedings of the Conference on the Secondary Market for Community Development Loans

Many cities in recent decades have encouraged the arts and cultural sectors as a means of achieving regeneration outcomes. Such strategies have been followed particularly by cities with perceived problems in relation to image and identity, linked to the need to promote inward investment and...

In recent years, the policy agenda for urban regeneration in Scotland has focused on social justice and inclusion, reflecting the priorities of the New Labour government and the Scottish Parliament. In addition, there is now a national ‘community planning’ agenda in Scotland, aimed...

The increasing interest in the potential use of fiscal incentives as a mechanism for stimulating urban renewal has been highlighted by a number of influential sources such as the UK governmentís 1999 Urban Task Force Report. However there is a lack of empirical research in the property...

The increasing interest in the potential use of fiscal incentives as a mechanism for stimulating urban renewal has been highlighted by a number of influential policy sources. This paper assesses the application and outcomes of tax-based incentives in urban regeneration, with particular focus...