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PurposeAims to unpack the development and subsequent growth in the UK of so‐called new localism concepts and policies post‐1997.Design/methodology/approachHighlights both the political rhetoric and the practical applications of such policies. In this context, introduces the articles in this special issue which focus on various dimensions of new localism‐style policy, predominantly in the UK, but provide a series of arguments and illustrate a number of contradictions that are equally applicable in many Western countries.FindingsTension exists between centralising focus and constructing prescribed policy at national state level, and decentralising power and responsibility to a more inclusive group of stakeholders in order to develop increasingly nuanced and locally specific sets of regeneration priorities and outcomes.Originality/valueThe articles in this special issue illuminate a number of lessons for regeneration practitioners and managers, and for academics engaged in research and evaluation of public sector policy.

A compelling and definitive account of why we need to radically rethink our approach to dealing with catastrophic events Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku ";Triple Disaster"; of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012 are seen as surprises that have a low probability of occurring but have a debilitating impact when they do. In this eye-opening journey through modern and ancient risk management practices, Jon Coaffee explains why we need to find a new way to navigate the deeply uncertain world that we live in. Examining how governments have responded to terrorist threats, climate change, and natural hazards, Coaffee shows how and why these measures have proven inadequate and what should be done to make us more resilient. While conventional approaches have focused on planning and preparing for disruptions and enhanced our ability to ";bounce back,"; our focus should be on anticipating future challenges and enhancing our capacity to adapt to new threats

Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012 are seen as surprises that have a low probability of occurring but have a debilitating impact when they do. In this eye-opening journey through modern and ancient risk management practices, Jon Coaffee explains why we need to find a new way to navigate the deeply uncertain world that we live in. Examining how governments have responded to terrorist threats, climate change, and natural disasters, Coaffee shows how and why these measures have proven inadequate and what should be done to make us more resilient. While conventional approaches have focused on planning and preparing for disruptions and enhanced our ability to "bounce back," our focus should be on anticipating future challenges and enhancing our capacity to adapt to new threats

Introduction : terrorism, risk, and the city -- Urban restructuring and the development of defensive landscapes -- Controlling the security discourse in the postmodern city -- Risk society and the global terrorist threat -- Constructing and reinforcing the ring of steel -- Distributing the financial risk of terrorism -- Framing, legitimating, and negotiating the city's response to terrorist risk -- Beating the bombers : a decade of counter terrorism in the city of London -- Terrorism and future urbanism.

Taking in regional management cases in the UK and Europe, as well as with the roles of women and theory, this e-book takes a local perspective on a global issue of how regional public sector management has developed, and how it is to develop in the future

Drawing on, and integrating, emerging theories and practices of urban resilience, this article charts the emergence and progression of different 'waves' of resilience policy in the UK. Specifically, it argues that changing practices of resilience have emerged both as a function of time, and in relation to a range of changing socio-political and economic pressures, which have re-articulated the meaning, scale, operational role of, and responsibility for, resilience. The article seeks to critique resilience policy, raising questions about the usefulness of emerging resilience as the central organising concept for depicting how urban systems respond to contemporary and future crises.

This article argues that the meta-narrative of 'newness' promoted by the current New Labour government embodies numerous assumptions, or theories of change, which add to, rather than reduce, the complexity of working within public sector-led regeneration partnership structures. In particular, it will argue that embedded ways of working within the public sector are also fundamental in explaining the relative success of 'new' partnerships and that the overall aim of governance transformation is inherently beset by conflict and hidden power-relations and is not as easy to achieve as policy guidance suggests. Using this conceptualframe, and drawing on the experiences from a number of pieces of action research in England on regeneration partnerships, this paper offers a critical assessment of the rationale behind such implicit, or explicit, claims that such policy interventions are indeed 'new' or innovative in terms of facilitating the transfer of knowledge or collaboration within or between partnerships.