`The contributions vary from the pedestrian (but useful and systematic) through to the offbeat and original. There is something for everyone here′ - Local Government Studies`This collection identifies a series of issues which lie at the core of urban policy and its evaluation and as such it deserves to be read by anyone claiming a serious interest in the subject′ - International Planning Studies`The book manages to provide a useful and coherent account of contemporary issues in urban policy as well as a welcome consideration of its evaluation′ -William Walton, University of Aberdeen`A body of useful case-study material and the development of important methodological issues which are not often tackled in the literature in regard to researching the urban context′ - Environment and Planning`It is up-to-date, readable, and provides an impression of academics’ current thinking on urban policy. I imagine it will be widely recommended as a key text for Urban Studies courses, as well as being a source of reference for research work′ -European Urban and Regional Studies

• Urban Policy Evaluation - Robin Hambleton and Huw ThomasThe Contours of the Debate PART ONE: URBAN POLICY IN CONTEXTThe Changing Context for British Urban Policy - Paul Burton and Martin BoddyAn Evaluation of Urban Policy - Michael Bradford and Brian RobsonPublic Expenditure Management in Urban Regeneration - Murray StewartUrban Policy and Urban Evaluation - Michael ChapmanThe Impact of the European Union PART TWO: METHODOLOGY AND DILEMMAS IN URBAN POLICY EVALUATIONMeasurement, Understanding and Perception - Peter MeyerThe Conflicting ‘Realities’The Evaluation of Urban Policy Project Appraisal - Steve Martin and Graham PearceDeveloping Quantitative Indicators for Urban and Regional Policy Analysis - Cecilia WongChanges in Local Governance and their Implications for Urban Policy Evaluation - Rob Imrie and Huw ThomasPART THREE: PLURALISTIC EVALUATION IN PRACTICEEvaluating Competitive Urban Policy - Nick Oatley and Christine LambertThe City Challenge InitiativeCity Challenge - a Sustainable Mechanism or Temporary Gesture? - Simin Davoudi and Patsy HealeyA Comparative Assessment of Government Approaches to Partnership with the Local Community - Annette Hastings and Andrew McArthurPART FOUR: THE ROLE OF CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONSReviving the Valleys? Urban Renewal and Governance Structures in Wales - Kevin MorganUrban Policy in England and France - Howard Green and Philip BoothRobin HambletonCross-National Urban Policy Transfer - Insights from the USA

`The contributions vary from the pedestrian (but useful and systematic) through to the offbeat and original. There is something for everyone here′ - Local Government Studies`This collection identifies a series of issues which lie at the core of urban policy and its evaluation and as such it deserves to be read by anyone claiming a serious interest in the subject′ - International Planning Studies`The book manages to provide a useful and coherent account of contemporary issues in urban policy as well as a welcome consideration of its evaluation′ -William Walton, University of Aberdeen`A body of useful case-study material and the development of important methodological issues which are not often tackled in the literature in regard to researching the urban context′ - Environment and Planning`It is up-to-date, readable, and provides an impression of academics’ current thinking on urban policy. I imagine it will be widely recommended as a key text for Urban Studies courses, as well as being a source of reference for research work′ -European Urban and Regional Studies

• Urban Policy Evaluation - Robin Hambleton and Huw ThomasThe Contours of the Debate PART ONE: URBAN POLICY IN CONTEXTThe Changing Context for British Urban Policy - Paul Burton and Martin BoddyAn Evaluation of Urban Policy - Michael Bradford and Brian RobsonPublic Expenditure Management in Urban Regeneration - Murray StewartUrban Policy and Urban Evaluation - Michael ChapmanThe Impact of the European Union PART TWO: METHODOLOGY AND DILEMMAS IN URBAN POLICY EVALUATIONMeasurement, Understanding and Perception - Peter MeyerThe Conflicting ‘Realities’The Evaluation of Urban Policy Project Appraisal - Steve Martin and Graham PearceDeveloping Quantitative Indicators for Urban and Regional Policy Analysis - Cecilia WongChanges in Local Governance and their Implications for Urban Policy Evaluation - Rob Imrie and Huw ThomasPART THREE: PLURALISTIC EVALUATION IN PRACTICEEvaluating Competitive Urban Policy - Nick Oatley and Christine LambertThe City Challenge InitiativeCity Challenge - a Sustainable Mechanism or Temporary Gesture? - Simin Davoudi and Patsy HealeyA Comparative Assessment of Government Approaches to Partnership with the Local Community - Annette Hastings and Andrew McArthurPART FOUR: THE ROLE OF CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONSReviving the Valleys? Urban Renewal and Governance Structures in Wales - Kevin MorganUrban Policy in England and France - Howard Green and Philip BoothRobin HambletonCross-National Urban Policy Transfer - Insights from the USA