UR17. TOWN / CITY CENTRE MANAGEMENT
(updated: May 8, 2006 )

• Detailed Topic Index / Main Planning bibliographies Index
• For relevant addresses, telephone/fax numbers, email & website addresses see
  PLANNING & PLANNING RELATED ORGANISATIONS
  
• See the Index to the Urban Regeneration bibliographies and in particular:-
• Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) / City Challenge / City Marketing / City Pride /
  Community Involvement in Regen. / Conservation & listed bldgs. / Crime & social safety /
  Health, educ. & regen. / Hsg. & regen. / Local economic dev. / N. American UR / Offices / (other) Euro UR /
  Regional Dev. Agencies (RDAs) / Reuse & adaptation of bldgs. /
  Social exclusion & New Deal / SRB / Town centre/city centres / Twenty-four hour cities /
  Urban capacity & density / UDCs / Urban dev. finance / Urban open space & recreation / Urban tourism /
  Urban villages & mixed uses / URCs / UR (gen.) / Waterfront regen.
• and also:
• Beacon Councils, Best Value, Central gov (& plg.), Local gov (& plg.), Partnerships in
  the Central & local government context for planning bibliography
• Parking policy, Pedestrianisation, Retailing & transp. in the Sustainable Urban Travel bibliography
• Plg. aid / Plg. conditions / Plg. consultancy / Plg. enforcement / Plg. implementation / Urban Design in
  the Effectiveness of Planning etc. bib'y
• Retail plg. in the Strategic Planning bibliography
• N.B. also the RTPI library catalogue on the web - go to http://www.rtpi.org.uk/library/lib_search.html
  
  and see also:-
• the ACM Associates (information and advice on town centre management issues) site at:
  http://www.acmnet.freeserve.co.uk
• Member States Urban Exchange Initiative (European Union) website at:
  http://www.regeneration.detr.gov.uk/uei/index.htm
• the National Retail Planning Forum's Bibliography of retail planning compiled by Professor Leigh Sparks of
  Stirling University, launched by the NRPF and the RTPI in October 1999, available from the NRPF, London,
  tel. (020) 7633 0903 or from the Institute for Retail Studies, tel. (01786) 467278, email: Leigh.Sparks@stirling.ac.uk
• TownTalk (UK town centre managers' network): http://www.rotherham.towntalk.co.uk/transport/index.php

OFL = Ordered for Library - please check University Library catalogue for latest on availability:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/
* indicates most useful and/or up to date references

Action for Market Towns (AMT),
tel. (01284) 756567 or (020) 8248 5051:
'Managing Urban Space in Town Centres', HMSO, 1996 (OFL on 12.7.99)
'Market towns: options for a share in the future', 1998.
'Understanding Loyalty Shop Cards', 1999.

Association of Town Centre Management (ATCM), London,
tel. (020) 7222 0120:
'What is Town Centre Management?', ?, http://www.atcm.org.uk/upload/public/Files/1/ATCM%20what%20is%20TCM%20.pdf
ATCM 1992-99:
'Working for the Future of Our Towns and Cities', 1992.
'The Effectiveness of Town Centre Management', 1994.
'About Town', 1996.
'Managing Urban Space in Town Centres', HMSO, 1996. UK/P97/104
'A new town centre manager's survival kit. an introduction to your first 100 days in office', 1997.
'Delivering structures to deliver town centre management', 1997.
'Directory of managed towns', 1997.
'Town Centre Management: A guide to Good Practice', February 1998.
'Yearbook',.
'Step Change' (case for statutory Town Improvement Zones (TIZ) programme), October 1999.
ATCM 2000:-
(ATCM & the British Council of Shopping Centres; study by DTZ consultants), 'Getting it Right: A Good Practice Guide to Successful Town Centre Management', September 2000.
'Report on the Third World Congress on Town Centre Management, London, June 2000', November 2000.
'Entrepreneurial Management for our Town and City Centres', February 2001.
'Sustainable funding', 2002, (with interactive maps are available on CD-ROM and at: http://www.planning.odpm.gov.uk/towncent/index.htm
'Producing Boundaries and Statistics for Town Centres - London Pilot Study Summary Report', July 2002, TSO, ISBN 0 11 753 5737; pack containing book & CD (ISBN 0 11 753 6326); both are available from The Stationery Office, tel. (0870) 600 5522; email: book.orders@tso.co.uk
'Sustainable Funding for Town Centre Management', July 2002.

Beck, Adrian & Willis, Andrew, 1995, 'Crime and Security: Managing the Risk to Safe Shopping', Perpetuity Press, P.O. Box 376, Leicester LE2 3ZZ.

Boots the Chemists, 1 Thane Road, Nottingham NG7 3AA:
'Caring for our town centres,' (Town Centre Management), available from Richard Holmes, PR Manager, BTC Head Office, Nottingham NG2 3AA, tel. (0115) 959 5202, 1994.
'Boots Town Centre Tool Kit', Boots The Chemists Town Centre Planning Department, Nottingham 1996.

British Council for Shopping Centres, 1998, 'Crime Prevention in Shopping Centres: Guide to Good Practice', BCSC, London.

British Property Federation (BPF), ?, 'Town Centre Management; A Policy Initiative by the BPF', available from tel. (020) 7828 0111.

Bromley, Rosemary & Thomas, Colin, 1993, 'Retail Change: Contemporary Issues', UCL Press, London.

Brookes, Hazel, 2003, 'The benefits of a night on the town' (the implications of the new late-night drinking bill), Regeneration & Renewal, 4.4.03, p14
Brookes, Hazel, 2003, 'Regenerating the Evening Economy', Tate Hadden Associates, tel. (01902) 662858.

Burton, Ian, 1994, 'Towns put best foot forward', Planning no. 1074, 24.6.94.

Carnie, John, 1999, 'Marketing the town centre' (the role of strategic marketing in renewal), Planning 1341, 22.10.99.

Chesterton, 1997, 'Managing Urban Spaces in Town Centres: Good Practice Guide', Report for Association of Town Centre Management by Chesterton, sponsored by the DOE, Scottish Enterprise, Boots the Chemists, Marks & Spencer, The Stationery Office, June.

City of Edinburgh District Council, 1999?, 'Managing Edinburgh's City Centre', City of Edinburgh District Council, tel. (0131) 200 2000.

Comedia Consultancy publications, available from Comedia, The Round, Bourne Green,
Gloucesterhsire, GL6 7AL, tel. (01452) 770624:
'Out of Hours: A Study of Economic, Social and Cultural Life in 12 Town Centres in the British Isles', Comedia, London., 1992.

Cooper, Nigel, 1997, 'We have to keep a finger on the pulse' (Town Centre health checks), Planning 1226, 11.7.97.

Crofton-Biggs, Michael, 1996, 'Small town managers in search for commitment' (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council experience), Planning 1152, 19.1.96.

Davis, Colin, 1997, 'Improving Design in the High Street', A Royal Fine Arts Commission Guide sponsored by the DOE and Land Securities, Architectural Press, London.

Department of Environment; former (DOE) publications (1970-1997):
'Managing Urban Space in Town Centres', HMSO, June 1996.
*DOE Planning Policy Guidance Note 6, 'Town Centres and Retail Development,' (rerevision), HMSO, July 1996.
DOE & URBED, 'Town Centre Partnerships', HMSO, London, June 1997. (OFL)
(DOE & Association of Town Centre Management), 'Managing Urban Spaces in Town Centres: A Good Practice Guide', HMSO, London, June 1997.

*Department of Retailing and Management (Manchester Metropolitan University), 1998, 'Retailing Involvement in Town Centre Management', MMU, tel. (0161) 247 6065.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) (June 1997 - June 2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
'Government Response to the 1994 House of Commons Environment Committee Inquiry into future of town centres', TSO, July 1997.

Donaldsons:
'Town Centre Health Checks', Donaldsons, 70 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6PE, 1994.
'The Effectiveness of Town Centre Management', study for the ATCM, published by PTRC, Glenthorne House, Hammersmith Grove, London W6 OLG, 1994.
'Historic Burghs' Association of Scotland Small Towns Study', Donaldsons, tel. (0131) 228 2871, 1998.

DTZ Pieda, 2001 , 'Routes to Success: Competitive town and city centres: the influence of accessibility', report for the Association of Town Centre Management and th British Council of Shopping Centres, May, available from tel. (020) 7222 1122 (£20 for ATCM/BCSC members).

Ellis, G & Mackay, S., 2000, 'City management profile: Belfast', (Elsevier Science) Cities 17 (1), 28.1.00.

*Evans, Richard, 1997, 'Regenerating Town Centres', Manchester University Press, Cambridge.

Falk, Nick, 1994, 'Time for Town Centre action before the rot sets in,' Planning no. 1069, 20.5.94
Falk, Nick, 1997, 'Funding the Future City', Planning 1224, 27.6.97.

Farrer, Jacqui & Smith, Geoff, 1995, 'Centre Management Bandwagon rolls on', Planning no. 1139, 6.10.95.

Feature, 2001, 'Design and management key to preventing graffiti' (importance of careful design of public spaces and active management and maintenance of the physical environment), Urban Environment Today, 10.5.01, pp10-11.
Feature, 2001, 'Town centre management: boosting private sector input', Urban Environment Today 128, 6.8.01, pp10-11.

Forsberg, H; Medway, D & Warnsby, G., 1999, 'Town centre management by cooperation. Evidence from Sweden', (Elsevier Science) Cities 16 (5), October, pp315-322

Fraser, Duncan, 2000, 'City Centre Management', Paper presented to the 2000 Town and Country Planning Summer School, available at http://www.planningsummerschool.com/

*Government Office for the North-West, 1999, 'Town Centre Management in the North-West of England', HONW, Manchester, tel. (0161) 952 4024.

Grail, Julie, 1999, 'Town Centre Management', Chapter 10 in Allmendiger, Philip; Prior, Alan & Raemaekers, Jeremy, 1999, 'Introduction to Planning Practice', John Wiley, Chichester. GP5511.INT

Guy, Clifford, ?1994, 'Town Centre Investment and Management,' Paper in Planning Research no. 143, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 906, Cardiff CF1 3YN, tel. (01222) 874882.

GVA Grimley, 2000, 'North-West Town Centres 2000', available from Mark Perry at Meredith Thomas, tel. (0161) 839 0838, December.

Harris, C; Jones, P; Hillier, D, 1998, 'CCTV surveillance systems in town and city centre management', Property Management 16 (3), pp160-165.

Hayward, Richard, 1995, 'The town centres we deserve? Guidance for planning, design and management; a review article', Town Planning Review, 66 (3).
*Hayward, Richard, 1999, 'Better Towns and Cities' (comprehensive introduction to town centre management), Butterworth-Heinemann, London, £30.00, ISBN 075063734X

Healey & Baker, 29 Great George Street, London W1A 3BQ:
'Measuring Vitality and Viability - A Critical Analysis of the Tests of PPG6', Healey & Baker, London, 1995.
'Britain's best working cities', Healey & Baker, London, 1997.

Haywood, Ian, 1998, 'City management: London', Cities 15 (5), December.

Hedges, Ian, 1999, 'Central planning' (town centre management proposalsn in Orpington, Kent), Surveyor, 28.10.99.

Hogg, Sophie; Medway, Dominic & Harvey, Jim, 2000, 'Measuring the effectiveness of town centre management', Town and Country Planning 69 (4), April.
Hogg, Sophie; Medway, Dominic, 2000, 'Key Performance Indicators in Town Centre Management', Department of Retailing and Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University, tel. (0161) 247 6796, £25.
Hogg, Sophie & Medway, Dominic, '2001, Finding the right performance indicators to measure impact', Urban Environment Today 112, 4.1.01.

Institute of Popular Culture (Manchester Metropolitan University), 2000, 'Town Centre Mangers' (?exact title), available from MMU, tel. (0161) 247 6588, April.

Johnson, Tim, 2002, 'New town centre management styles needed to unlock private funding', Urban Transport Today 154, 22.8.02, pp6-7

Johnston, Bryan & Burton, Ian, 1996, 'Town centre managers look for ways forward', Planning 11689, 10.5.96.

Joyce, Paul, 1995, 'Town Centre Management', (Ambit Publications) Report (for the Natural and Built Environment Professioanls), Issue 3, April.

Kochan, Ben, 1999, 'TCMs make a Difference but it's still a Tough Task', Urban Environment Today, 29.4.99.

Leeds City Centre Management Initiative, 2001, 'Building on Success - Leeds City Centre Management Initiative Strategic Plan 2001-2005', available from Leeds City Centre Management Initiative, Cathedral Chambers, Great George Street, Leeds LS2 8BP, tel. (0113) 247 471, February.

Lockwood, John I, 1999, 'The Lockwood survey 1999: setting the scene for the next century: how effectively are towns and cities being managed? A review of 250 key locations and the contribution that town centre management is making to their health and vitality', ? Oversize HT133.L6

Manchester City Centre Management Company, 2001, 'Manchester - The Living Face Brochure', Manchester City Centre Management Company, tel. (0161) 234 3232, October.

Manchester Metropolitan University Locational Planning and Marketing Group, 1998, 'Retailer Involvement in Town Centre Management', available from tel. (0161) 247 6065.

*McCintosh, Angus, 1997, 'Towns and Cities: Competing for Survival', E & F Spon, London.

McSharry, John, 1998, 'Retail industry is lfet out in the cold' (retail industry role in town centre management), Planning 1289, 9.10.98.

Medway, Dominic, et al., 1999, 'Money answereth all things? (payment in kind support for town centre management schemes), Town and Country Planning 68 (3), March.

Mellis, Heather, 1997, 'New champions of town centres', Planning 1238, 3.10.97.

Montgomery, John, 1994, 'The evening economy of cities', Town and Country Planning 63 (1), November.
Montgomery, John, 1995, 'Urban Vitality and the Culture of Cities', Planning Practice and Research, 10 (2), May.
Montgomery, John, 1996, 'Cities need colour', Planning Week 4 (45), 7.11.96.

Mountford, Graham, 2001, 'Town Centre Events', (in Bracknell), Town and Country Planning Summer School, University of Exeter, September, http://www.planningsummerschool.com/main_site/planningpapers.html

Nichols, Pau, 2002, 'Integrated teams needed for managing public space', Urban Environment Today 142, 7.3.02, p14.

Norris, Steven, 2002, 'Value-added pacts' (a proper financial footing for town centre management schemes), Planning 1490, 11.10.02, p16

Oc, Taner & Tiesdell, Steven, 1996, 'City Centre management and safer city centres: approaches in Coventry and Nottingham; (Elsevier Sciences) Cities 15, pp85-103.
Oc, Taner & Tiesdell, Steven, 1997, 'Safer City Centres: Reviving the Public Realm', Paul Chapman Publishing, London .(OFL)

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (took over responsibility for planning, housing and regeneration from
the DTLR in May 2002)
- replaced in May 2006 by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
- website: http://www.odpm.gov.uk
'Good Practice in Managing the Evening and Late Night Economy', October 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=21880&heading=e-mail+alert
'How To Manage Town Centres', March 2005, http://www.cleanersafergreener.gov.uk/flash/index.html

Ogg, Andrew, 2002, 'Helping retail fit into the new urban form' (BCSC reports), Urban Environment Today 142, 7.3.02, pp12-13

Page, S.J. & Hardyman, R, 1996, 'Place marketing and town centre management: A new tool for urban revitalisation?', (Elsevier Science) Cities, 13 (3), pp153-164.

Pal, J. & Saunders, E, 1995, 'Measure of support for town centre managers', Planning 1130, pp6-7.

Paumier, C, et al., 199?, 'Designing the Successful Downtown', Urban Land Institute, USA.

Pearson, Martin, 1997, 'Town Centre vision needed to create thriving retail environment', Urban Environment Today, 24.7.97.

Quin, Simon, 2004, 'BIDS and city centre management', Paper presented at the 2004 Planning Summer School, Reading, September, http://www.planningsummerschool.org/papers/year2004/

Romney, Robert, 1998, 'There's value in improving those town centre shopping centres', Urban Environment Today, 17.9.98.

Shelton, Tony, 1998, 'City Centre Management', Paper presented to the 1998 Town and Country Planning Summer School, available at http://www.planningsummerschool.com/

Stubbs, B; Warnaby, G & Medway, D, 2002, 'Marketing at the public/private sector interface; town centre management schemes in the south of England', (Elsevier Science) Cities ISSN: 0264-2751, 19 (5), October, pp 317-326
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Tallentire, Alan, 1999, 'Town centre management initiatives need a sound management footing', Urban Environment Today, 13.5.99.

Town Centres Ltd, 2001, 'Equipping Town Centre Partnerships for Kent', Kent Architecture Centre, Maidstone, tel. (01634) 401166, £30.

Urban Management Initiatives (UMI), The Poplars, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield HD4 7PB, tel. (01484) 664808:
'What is Happening in our town centres?,' (a survey of 46 town centres between 1990-95), UMI for Boots the Chemist, April 1996.
'How are Britain's towns and cities shaping up to the new Millennium', 1997.
'The Lockwood Survey', November 1997
'The Lockwood Survey 1999', 1999
'Setting the Scene for the Next Century: How Effectively are Towns and Cities Being Managed?, 1999.
'Caputring, Catering and Caring for Customers', March 2001.

URBED for the Association of Town Centre Management / (former) DOE, 1997, 'Town Centre Partnerships: A Survey of Good Practice and Report of an Action Research Report', The Stationery Office, June.

Veater, Jacqueline, 2001, 'What you need to Know about Town Centre Management', Town and Country Planning Summer School, University of Exeter, September, http://www.planningsummerschool.com/main_site/planningpapers.html

Walsh, Bernadine, 1998, 'Which Way to Success? The Town Centre Challenge', Urban Environment Today, 17.9.98.

Warnaby, Gary & Medway, Dominic, 'Town centre management and marketing', Town and Country Planning 71 (6), June, pp174-176.
Warnaby, Gary; Bennison, David; Davies, Barry J., 2005, 'Marketing town centres: Retailing and town centre management', Local Economy 20 (2), p183,
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=M23102P02JP76200

Wilkinson, Pete, 1997, 'Building on the first phase of town centre management' (Leicester experience), Urban Environment Today, 23.1.97.

Wooley, H, 2000, 'Town centre management awareness: an aid to developing young people's citizenship', (Elsvier Science) Cities 17 (6).

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