Capital Cardiff 1975-2020

Alan Hooper is the Founder and a Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter Business School. He is also a Visiting Professor at Bristol Business School. He consults widely on leadership and change-management and speaks regularly on Leadership based on his practical experience, authorship, consultancy and business school lecturing.

"This collection, examining one particular city from a variety of conceptual and empirical viewpoints - offers an interesting and novel synthesis ... The authors have substantial experience of the city and are eminently qualified to contribute to such a text." Dave Valler, Associate Chair, Dept. of Community and Regional Planning Iowa State University

• Preface Alan Hooper Politics, visions and economic realities 1. The evolution of local government 1974-2004 Kevin Morgan /Jon Anderson 2. The European Capital vision - its origins, exemplars and competitors Phil Boland 3. De-industrialisation, decentalisation and the search for post-industrial prosperity Kevin Morgan /Gill Bristow Components of Spatial Planning 4. Planning growth and change - the development plan process and its impacts on urban growth and management Neil Harris 5. Demographic change, housing provision and the social geography of Cardiff Bob Smith / Alan Hooper 6. Replanning the City Centre: from Centre Plan 70 to St Davids Two John Punter 7. A superlative maritime city and the most exciting waterfront in Europe? The regeneration of Cardiff Bay John Punter 8. A tale of two cities: the cultural development of Cardiff John Lovering 9. Cardiff's transportation planning - the unresolved issues Chris Yewlett Environment and Sustainability 10. Environmental Limits and the Pursuit of a Sustainable City Richard Cowell 11. Ecological footprints, and the pursuit of a sustainable city Andrew Flynn /Andrea Collins 12. Cardiff's countryside and its future Richard Cowell /Kevin Bishop The Future 13. The city in the region of the regional city? Kevin Morgan 14. The future of Cardiff and the 2020 vision John Lovering /Gill Bristow 15. A spatially planned sustainable future? Harris, Punter, Smith, Cowell, Yewlett & Hooper