University and the City

Taylor & Francis

The University and the CityAuthor(s): John Goddard, Paul Vallance\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138798533, 978-1138798533\nSynopsis\nUniversities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts on employment, the built environment, business innovation and the wider society. The University and the City explores these impacts and in the process seeks to expose the extent to which universities are just in the city, or part of the city and actively contributing to its development.\n\nThe precise expression of the emerging relationship between universities and cities is highly contingent on national and local circumstances. The book is therefore grounded in original research into the experience of the UK and selected English provincial cities, with a focus on the role of universities in addressin.