Sum m ary. In resp onse to the glob al restru cturing of industry in the 1970s and 1980s, the elected govern m ents of econ om ically depressed cities have increasin gly adopted grow th-orien tated local econ om ic develop m ent policies. A key com ponent of pro-grow th local econ om ic develop m ent strategi es,
adopted by UK city govern m ents and central govern m ent agen cies has been investm ent in, and prom otion of, high-pro® le prestige prop erty develop m ents and civic boosteris m activitie s. T his paper provid es a review of the local econ om ic develop m ent resp onses of three UK local authorities (B irm ingham , Shef® eld and M anchester) to econ om ic restru cturing and the intensi® cation of inter-city com petition . T hrou gh an exam ination of thethree case studies, the paper highligh ts: the debate con cernin g the valid ity of pro-gro wth, local econ om ic develop m ent policies; the ration ales behind the adoption of such policies; the ® nancing and im plem entation of pro-grow th strategi es; econ om ic im pacts; and the distrib ution al con sequences of pro-grow th strategi es focu sed on prestige develop m ents.
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