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Infrastructure Restoration as a Tool for Stimulating Urban Renewal— The Glasgow Canal

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  • Kenneth J. Button

    (Applied Microeconomics Research Group, Department of Economics, Loughborough University)

  • David W. Pearce

    (Department of Economics, University College London)

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This paper is concerned with examining the economic implications of refurbishing major pieces of redundant urban infrastructure, taking the Forth and Clyde Canal as a case study. In particular, it focusses on the role that such infrastructure may play in assisting urban renewal. While conventional, comprehensive cost-benefit analysis techniques offer one broad approach to evaluating such projects, for both institutional and technical reasons, specific refinements are often necessary. A central theme of the paper is that there is a need to develop a tractable framework of economic appraisal for major urban refurbishment projects given the institutional constraints imposed by the funding agencies.

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  • Kenneth J. Button & David W. Pearce, 1989. "Infrastructure Restoration as a Tool for Stimulating Urban Renewal— The Glasgow Canal," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 26(6), pages 559-571, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:26:y:1989:i:6:p:559-571
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988920080671
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