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Fluid Spatial Imaginaries: Evolving Estuarial City‐regional Spaces
Author(s) -
Haughton Graham,
Allmendinger Philip
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2427.12211
Subject(s) - gateway (web page) , context (archaeology) , construct (python library) , corporate governance , hull , sociology , perspective (graphical) , economic geography , regional science , geography , economy , computer science , management , engineering , archaeology , economics , artificial intelligence , marine engineering , world wide web , programming language
This article looks at successive attempts to create new spatial imaginaries around three estuary‐based city regions in England: the London–Thames Gateway, the Atlantic Gateway/Mersey Belt (Manchester and Liverpool), and Hull and the Humber ports. We develop a framework of analysis for new planning and regeneration spaces that takes forward debates on relational and territorial geographies, spatial imaginaries and the creation of new regional identities as governance objects. Specifically, we adopt a long‐term and comparative perspective that allows an examination of how successive efforts at regional building are both path‐dependent and context‐specific, as new approaches reflect emerging ideas about how best to construct successful regions in a changing global economy.