SP11. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES (RDAs) &
REGIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES
(updated: May 8, 2006 )

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* indicates most up to date and/or useful references

Advantage West Midlands, Birmingham, tel. (0121) 380 3500:
- website: http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/
'A Regional Partnership to Deliver the Economic Strategy', May 2001.
'Proposals to establish a centre of excellence for minority ethnic business development', October 2002, http://www.minority4business.co.uk
'Interim Economic Impact Assessment of MG Rover Closure', 2005, http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/interim-report-mg-rover-closure-full.pdf

Arup Economics & Planning / Aston Business School, 2001, 'Strategy development and Partnership Working in the RDAs', report for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, DETR Publications Sales Centre, Rotherham, March

Attfield, Andrew, 2002, 'Fatal flaw in the agenda' (Government plans to get RDAs to concentrate on economic development rather than community schemes), Regeneration & Renewal, 19.4.02, p12

Baker, Chris, 2001, 'Taking a turn in the RDA hot seat', Regeneration & Renewal, 20.4.01, p11.

Barraclough, David, 1999, 'What is the relationship between RDA Strategies and regional guidance?' (RTPI evidence to the House of Commmons Environment Sub-Committee), Planning 1310, 19.3.99.

Bell, Graeme, 1998, 'Place your bets on the RDAs', Town and Country Planning 67 (7/8), August/September.

Benneworth, P.S, 2001, 'Regional Development Agencies - their early years 1998-2001', Regional Studies Association, Seaford.

Bentley, Gill & Gibney, John (eds), 2000, 'Regional Development Agencies and Business Change', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 0 7546 1271 6.

British Property Federation, 2005, 'Public Places: Private Money', BPF, London, http://www.bpf.org.uk

Cabinet Office, London:
'Sharing the Nation's Prosperity' (inter- and intra-regional disparities), Cabinet Office, December 1999, on the web at: http://www.number-10.gov.uk
'Reaching Out: the Role of Central Government at Regional and local Level', Report by the Cabinet Office Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU), Cabinet Office Press Office, tel. (020) 270 0043 or TSO, tel. (0870) 600 5522, February 2000, ISBN 0 11 430163 8, and at:- http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/innovation

Carpenter, Jamie, 2004, 'A coup in quangoland' (The Welsh Development Agency's absorption into the Welsh Assembly Government and the implications for England's RDAs), Regeneration & Renewal, 15.10.04, pp24-25

Centre for Local Economic Strategies publications (CLES), 35 Whitworth St. West,
Manchester M1 5NG, tel. (0161) 236 7036:
'Strategies for Success?' A First Assessment of Regional Development Agencies Draft Regional Economic Strategies), £17.50, September 1999.
'The New Regionalism: Strategies and Governance', April 2000.

Cheshire, Paul, 1998, 'Regions in Rivalry: some lessons for policy', Urban Environment Today, 11.6.98.

Commission of the European Communities, 2000, 'The Evaluation of Local Socio-Economic Strategies in Disadvantaged Areas and good practice guide', Septenmber 2000, at http://www.ils.nrw.de/netz/elses

Confederation of British Industry (CBI), London, tel. (020) 7395 8220
- publications website: http://www.cbi.org.uk/bookshop
'RDAs: Getting Down to Business', August 2001.
'RDA Economic Trends', December 2003, http://www.cbi.org.uk/home.html

Cooperative Party, 2001, 'Working With The Grain' (RDAs and the Social Enterprise sector), Cooperative Party, London, tel. (020) 7357 0230.

Core Cities Working Group, 2003, 'The Second Report from the Working Group of Government Departments: The Core Cities and the Regional Development Agencies', Core Cities Working Group, Sheffield, tel. (0114) 273 4112.

Council ('Campaign' since June 2003) for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE),
128 Southwark St, London SE1 0SW,
tel. (020) 7981 2800, fax. (020) 7981 2899, email: info@cpre.org
- website: http://www.cpre.org.uk
'Working Out of Town' (economic and industrial developments on greenfield sites), 2001.

Cutler, Richard, 1997, 'The bigger picture', Planning 1246, 29.11.97.

Danson, Michael; Halkier, Henrik & Cameron, Greta, 2000, 'Governance, Institutional Change and Regional Development', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 0 7546 1125 6.

Deas, I & Ward, K, 1999, 'From the "new localism" to the "new regionalism"? The implications of Regional Development Agencies for city-regional relations', Political Geography 19, pp273-292.
Deas, I & Ward, K, 2000, 'The song has ended but the melody has lingered: regional development agencies and the lessons of the urban development corporation experiment', Local Economy 14, pp114-132.

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) (June 2001-May 2002)
- website: http://www.dtlr.gov.uk
'An introductory guide to the European Regional Development Fund', November 2001, http://www.regeneration.dtlr.gov.uk/policies/erdf/index.htm
(Neighbourhood Renewal Unit) 'Collaboration and Co-ordination in Area-based Initiatives', May 2002, available from tel. (0870) 122 6236.

Department of the Environment (DOE) (former; from June 1997 to June 2001 merged with the Department of Transport (DOT) to become the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR):
'Regional Development Agencies: issues for discussion', 1997.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) (June 1997 - June 2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
DETR 1997-99:
'Building Partnerships for Prosperity, Sustainable Growth, Competitiveness and Employment in the English Regions', TSO, December 1997, Documents Division CM3814.
'Building Partnerships in the English Regions', Regional Policy Unit, October 1998. (OFL)
'Guidance for Regional Development Agencies on Sustainable Development and Rural Policy' (consultation paper), DETR, December 1998 and available on the web at http://www.detr.gov.uk/
'Regional Development Agencies Strategies', DETR Free Literature, Wetherby, 1999.
'Supplementary guidance to Regional Development Agencies', 1999, at http://www.local-regions.detr.gov.uk
'The Government Response to the Tenth Report of the Committee: Regional Development Agencies', TSO, tel. (0345) 023474 or from tel. (020) 7219 4972, October 1999.
DETR 2000-01:
'Regional Development Agencies - general information (updated)', March 2000, http://www.local-regions.detr.gov.uk/rda/info/index.htm
'The Government's response to the RDA Strategies', January 2000 and at http://www.detr.gov.uk
(DETR Urban Task Force), 'Paying for an Urban Renaissance' (including targets for RDAs), Urban Task Force, London, tel. (020) 7385 1235, May 2000.
'Regional Development Agencies Core Indicators', July 2000, http://www.local-regions.detr.gov.uk/rda/indicators/index.htm
'Supplementary Guidance to Regional Development Agencies - Chapter 8: Guidance on London Development Agency Strategy', October 2000, http://www.local-regions.detr.gov.uk/rda/guide/suprda08.htm
*'Our Towns and Cities: The future - Delivering an urban renaissance', November 2000, http://www.regeneration.detr.gov.uk/policies/ourtowns/cm4911/index.htm
*'Our Towns and Cities: The future - Delivering an urban renaissance - Regional case studies', November 2000,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=606&heading=Email+Alert
'Strategy Development and Partnership Working in the RDAs', (research carried out by Arup Economics and Planning with Aston University Business School), March 2001, ISBN 1 85112 469, DETR Publication Sales Centre,
Rotherham, S63 9B; summary at at http://www.regeneration.detr.gov.uk/rs/index.htm or from David Walters, tel. (020) 7944 3257.
'Strategy development and partnerships working in the Regional Development Agencies', DETR Publications, tel. (01709) 892318, March 2001, £17.
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=1237&heading=E-mail+alert
'Strengthening Regional Accountability', March 2001, available from Andrew Tucker, RPR4 Division, 1/16, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU, email: andrew_tucker@detr.gsi.gov.uk and at http://www.local-regions.detr.gov.uk/consult/strength/index.htm
'Single Regeneration Budget: Guidance to Regional Development Agencies on approval of successor schemes to the Single Regeneration Budget in 2001-02', April 2001, http://www.regeneration.detr.gov.uk/srb/guidance/index.htm
'Strategy Development and Partnership Working in the RDAs', available from tel. (020) 7989 1318, May 2001.
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)

Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), London:
- website: http://www.dti.gov.uk
'Regional Development Agencies Reported Outputs for the First Quarter of 2002-03', November 2002, and http://www.planning.haynet.com
'Regional Development Agencies' Outputs for the Financial Year 2002-03', July 2002, http://www.dti.gov.uk/rda/info/eofyresults.htm
'England's Regional Development Agencies: Transforming England's regions through sustainable economic development', November 2004,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/singleLink.asp?linkid=4311&heading=e%2dmail%20alert
'Regional Development Agencies' Reported Mid-Year Outputs for the Financial Year 2004-05', December 2004, http://www.dti.gov.uk/rda/

Dewar, David & Forrester, Kim, 1998, 'Losing sight of common goal?', (RDAs and Regional Planning Conferences), Planning 1298, 11.12.98.
Dewar, David, 1999, 'Room to improve' (RDAs), (interview with the Director of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies), Planning 1342, 29.10.99.

DTZ Pieda for East Midlands Development Agency., 2002, 'State of the Region's economy', May, and at
http://www.eastmidlandsobservatory.org.uk/2002/sor1.asp

Dungey, J. & Newman, I., 1999, 'The New Regional Agenda', Local Government Information Unit and South East Economic Development Strategy.

East of England Development Agency,
- website: http://www.eeda.org.uk
'Review - Refreshing the Economic Strategy for the East of England', October 2000 and at http://www.eeda.org.uk'
East of England 2010: Prosperity and Opportunity for All', July 2001.
'Regional Development Agencies and Rural Development: Priorities for Action', November 2001 and at http://www.eeda.org.uk
'Migrant workers in the East of England', Report of a Research project undertaken by Dr Sonia McKay, Senior Research Fellow & Dr Andrea Winkelmann-Gleed', August 2005, http://www.eeda.org.uk/index.asp?docid=1001855
'Gearing up for Growth - Delivering the Regional Economic Strategy in Thames Gateway South Essex', 2005,
http://www.eeda.org.uk/application.asp?app=publication_full.asp&process=full_...

East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA), Nottingham, tel. (0115) 988 8300/8503
- website: http://www.emda.org.uk
'Planning Charter', March 2000.
'Regional delivery plan.' (progress made in the first year of a ten-year strategy), January 2001, http://www.emda.org.uk/news/jan2001/consultation.htm
'Guidance on sub regional strategic partnerships (SSPs)' (?exact title), January 2001, http://www.emda.org.uk/news/jan2001/proposal.htm
'Creating Enterprising Communities', August 2001.
'East Midlands: towards the top 20: a consultation paper', 2002.
'Creative Industries: Mapping Report', June 2003, and at http://www.emda.org.uk
(EMDA & Advantage West Midlands), 'Smart Growth: The Midlands Way', February 2005, http://www.emda.org.uk/midlandsway/

Feature, 1997, 'Regional Development Agencies set for key role in urban regeneration', Urban Environment Today, 11.12.97.
Feature, 1998, 'RDA Power Games in Parliament: MPs seek clarity on new agencies' role', Urban Environment Today, 22.9.98.
Feature, 1998, 'Pointing the way to RDA successes', Urban Environment Today, 29.10.98.
Feature, 2004, 'Brownfields of gold' (partnerships in brownfield developments), Regeneration & Renewal, 30.7.04, pp25-27

Foley, Paul, 1998, 'The Impact of the Regional Development Agency and Regional Chamber in the East Midlands', Regional Studies 32 (8), August.

Fuller, C; Bennett, R.J & Ramsden, M, 2002, 'The Economic Development Role of English RDAs: The Need for Greater Discretionary Power', (Taylor & Francis) Regional Studies, 36 (4), June, pp 421-428, http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=UH05A8CBQ8NNDKTV

Fyson, Anthony, 1999, 'Missing elements of the regional agencies' policies' (inconsistencies with planning guidance), Planning 1344, 12.11.99.

Garlick, Richard, 1998, 'A Chance to take the lead' (town planners and the RDAs), Planning 1297, 4.12.98.
Garlick, Richard, 2000, 'A remedy for imbalances?', (on the Government response to RDAs' economic development strategies), Planning 1352, 21.1.00.
Garlick, Richard, 2001, 'Fear of RDAs new funding facility' (RDAs, economic development and community-oriented schemes), Regeneration & Renewal, 2.2.01.
Garlick, Richard, 2001, 'RDAs' success is dependent on genuine freedom', Regeneration & Renewal, 2.2.01.

Gibbs, David, 1998, 'Regional Development Agencies and Sustainable Development', Regional Studies 32 (4), June.

Goddard, J.B & Chatterton, P, 1999, 'Regional development agencies and the knowledge economy: harnessing the potential of universities', Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 17, pp685-699.

Gough, Jamie, 2003, 'The Genesis and Tensions of the English Regional Development Agencies: Class Relations and Scale', European Urban and Regional Studies 10 (01), January, http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/issue/abstract/ab032523.html

Government Office for the East Midlands, 2003, 'Stakeholders' Views of Regional Development Agencies: East Midlands Development Agency', GOEM, Nottingham, July, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=15930&heading=e-mail+alert

Greenhaigh, Paul & Shaw, Keith, 2003, 'RDAs and the Future of Physical Regeneration of England', report for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) & the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), February, and at http://www.cabe.org.uk/BPi2Uop6nCO=w89OmvX1taw/publications/index.html
Greenhaigh, Paul & Shaw, Keith, 2003, 'Regional development agencies and physical regeneration in England: can RDAs deliver the urban renaissance? ', Planning Practice and Research, 18 (2-3) May-August, p.161, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=JCA07N0FAPBTL539

Halkier, Henrik & Danson, M (eds.), 1999, 'Regional Development Agencies in Europe', Jessica Kingsley, London.

Hall, Stephen & Mawson, John, 1999, 'Challenge Funding, Contracts and Area Regeneration', Study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, available from Biblios, tel. (01403) 711143.

Hammond, Catherine, 2006, 'Regional development agencies working to find way forward', Planning 1651, 13.6.06, p26

Hancock, Heather, 2004, 'How the RDAs can free up their cash', Regeneration & Renewal, 22.7.04, p14

Harding, A et al., 1999, 'Regional development agencies and English regionalisation: the question of accountability', Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 17 (6), pp669-683.

Henderson, Roger; Shutt, John, 2004, 'Responding to a coalfield closure: old Issues for a new regional development agency', Local Economy 19 (1), February, p25, http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com.

Hinds, Jeremy, 1997, 'Raising the regions', (on Regional Development Agency proposals), Planning 1226, 11.7.97.

Hirst, Clayton, 1997, 'The reasons behind regions', Planning 1223, 20.6.97.

HM Treasury, London
- website: http://www.treasury.gov.uk
 'Devolving Decision-Making', March 2004,
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/budget_04/associated_documents/bud_bud04_addevolved2.cfm
'Devolving decision making: 3 – Meeting the regional economic challenge: The importance of cities to regional growth', March 2006, at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/budget_06/assoc_docs/bud_bud06_adcities.cfm

House of Commons Environment Transport and Regional Affairs Committee
- reports available from The Staionery Office, tel. (0870) 600 5522
'First Report: Regional Development Agencies', HC415, Session 1997-98'. (and Second Special Report: Government Response to the First Report of the Committee, HC645).
Tenth Report - Regional Development Agencies', HC 232-I, Session 1998-99, May 1999, available from the Parliamentary Bookshop, or TSO, London.
'Fifth Special Report: Government Response to the Tenth Report of the Committee: Regional Development Agencies', HC 867, Session 1998-99.
'The Implications of the European Commission Ruling on Gap Funding Schemes for Urban Renaissance in England', September 2000.

House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts:
'Regional Grants in England', February 2004, and at http://www.planningresource.co.uk
'Success in the Regions', December 2004, http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/committee_of_public_account...

House of Commons Select Committee on Education and Employment, 1998, 'The Relationship between Training and Enterprise Councils and the proposed RDAs', March.

House of Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry:
'Enterprise Policy in the Regions', 2001, ISBN 0102331014, TSO and at http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cmtrdind.htm
'Support to Businesses from Regional Development Agencies', June 2004, http://www.parliament.uk

House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, 2003, 'Science and the RDAs: SETting the Regional Agenda', July 2003, http://www.parliament.uk/hlscience

Hudson, Paul, 2004, 'The role of RDAs and RSS in the South East', Paper presented at the 2004 Planning Summer School, Reading, September, http://www.planningsummerschool.org/papers/year2004/

Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), London, tel. (020) 8986 5488:
'Venture Capital and Regional Development' (key role for RDAs), December 1999.

Institute of Directors, 2005, 'Transforming England's Regions? A Business View of the Regional Development Agencies', August,
http://www.iod.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/GBP/IODDirectLink...

Johnston, Bryan, 1997, 'Putting flesh on the RDA bones', Planning 1231, 15.8.97
Johnston, Bryan, 1998, 'Councils toast shift of power', Planning 1263, 10.4.98.
Johnston, Bryan, 1999, 'Many of many hats' (interview with Councillor Martin Doughty of Derbyshire County Council and his interests in regional and rural economic development), Planning 1323, 18.6.99.
Johnston. Bryan, 1999, 'Regions will test priorities' (RDAs and RPGs), Planning 1324, 25.6.99.
Johnston, Bryan, 2000, 'Tackling the regional development gap' (one year after the advent of the RDAs), Planning 1363, 7.4.00.
Johnston, Bryan, 2000, 'Region making use of all its initiativves' (East Midlands), Planning 1364, 14.4.00.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation publications, available from the Policy Press, Bristol, tel. (0117) 954 6800:
'Regional Agencies and Area-Based Regeneration', £13.95, May 2000.

Kochan, Ben, 1999, 'RDAs to get key role to revitalise industry', Urban Environment Today, 7.1.99.
Kochan, Ben, 1999, 'SRBs and RDAs: Forging New Relationships?', Urban Environment Today, 4.2.99.
Kochan, Ben & Ledbury, Matthew, 1999, 'Masterplans seek to play to regional strengths' (RDAs' economic strategies), Planning 1342, 29.10.99

Lewis, John, 1997, 'The devil that lurks in the small print', Planning 1236, 19.9.97.

Liberal Democrat Party, 2001, 'Restoring the Balance: Liberal Democrat thinking on regional government', October, available from Jonathan Wallace, Local Government Association, London, tel. (020) 7664 3000.

Lloyd, P.E, 1999, 'The Regional Development Agencies and social inclusion: widening the agenda', Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 17 (6), pp701-713.

Local Government Association, 1997, 'Regional Strategic Planning: the new local government guidance', LGMB, Luton, July.

London Development Agency, tel. (020) 7983 4800:
'Success Through Diversity: London's Economic Development Strategy', July 2000 and at http://www.lda.gov.uk

London Development Partnership, 2000, 'Building London's Economy', LDP, March: summary at: http://www.planning.haynet.com

Loney, Nick, 2004, 'Here a trickle; there a torrent' (RDAs and supporting community finance providers), Regeneration & Renewal, 18.6.04, p18-19

Lynch, Peter, 1999, 'New Labour and the English Regional Development Agencies: Devolution as Evolution', Regional Studies 33 (1), February, pp73-78.

MacDonald, Kelvin, 1999, 'Time to ease the pressure', Planning no. 1313, 9.4.99.

Maude, Philip & Goodman, David, 1999, 'Conflict resolution' (RDAs and national and local priorities), Planning 1329, 30.7.99.

Morgan, Phil & Nathan, Max, 1999, 'Finding regional distinctiveness will be the key to success', Urban Environment Today no. 72, 10.6.99.

Morris, Huw, 2003, 'Red tape bedevils agencies', (National Audit Office report on RDAs 'Success in the Regions'), Planning 1547, 28.11.03, p8

Mutale, Emmanuel & Edwards, Michael, 2002, 'The London Development Agency and Local Regeneration Issues: an Overview of Urban Regeneration Management', Local Economy (Taylor & Francis Ltd) 17 (1), February, pp. 25-34, http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=B4RQEJVEGLYJL5P5

Nathan, M; Roberts, P; Ward, M & Garside, R, 1999, 'Strategies for Success? A First Assessment of Regional Development Agencies', Draft Regional Economic Strategies', Centre for Local Government Economnic Strategies, Manchester.

National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service, 2004, 'Will the single pot tackle social regeneration?', http://www.nacvs.org.uk/resources/research/singlepot.shtm

National Audit Office, 2003, 'Success in the Regions', NAO, and at http://www.planning.haynet.com

Newby, Les, 2000, 'RDAs need to make more steps towards regional sustainability', Urban Environment Today, 10.2.00.
Newby, Les, 2001, 'Turning on the regional agenda: why the local level should stay tuned', 'eg' (University of Westminster) 7 (6), June.

North-West Development Agency, 2002, 'England's North-West: Creative Industries Strategy', NWSA, tel. (01925) 400100

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
'Single Regeneration Budget Guidance Manual: Regional Development Agencies', May 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=15223&heading=e-mail+alert
'Making it happen: The Northern way', January 2004, http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_communities/documents/sectionhomepage/odpm_communities_page.hcsp
'Guide to Improving the Economic Evidence Base Supporting Regional Economic and Spatial Strategies', September 2005,
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/documents/page/odpm_plan...
‘Meeting the Regional Economic Challenge’, March 2006, http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1164544

One North-East, 2001, 'One North-East's Action Plan', available from One North-East, Great North House, Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ND, August and at http://www.onenortheast.co.uk

Peck, Frank & Mcguiness, David, 2003, 'Regional Development Agencies and Cluster Strategies: Engaging the Knowledge-base in the North of England', Local Economy 18 (1), February, p49, http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=FWNE29YXYEJ4H0W5

Regional Futures Network, Regional Futures, tel. (01242) 266776.
- website: http://www.regionalfutures.org.uk
'Connecting Regional and Local: Will it all End in Tiers?', 2003.
'Improving regional to local connections', 2003, http://www.regionalfutures.org.uk

Roberts, Peter, 1997, 'Welcome first steps' (TCPA's response to the RDAs consultation paper), Town and Country Planning 66 (9), September.
Roberts, Peter, 1998, 'No time for faint hearts or rivalry', Town and Country Planning 67 (2), March.
Roberts, Peter & Lloyd, Gregory 1998, 'Developing Regional Potential: Monitoring the Performance of the Regional Development Agencies', Centre for Planning Research, University of Dundee.
Roberts, Peter, 1998, 'Developing Regional Potential: Monitoring the Formation of Regional Development Agencies', BURA, London.
Roberts, Peter, 1999, 'Guiding regional development agencies', Town and Country Planning 68 (1), January.
Roberts, Peter W & Lloyd, M. Gregory, 1999, 'Institutional aspects of regional planning, management and development: models and lessons from the English experience', Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 26, pp517-531.
Roberts, Peter W & Lloyd, M. Gregory, 2000, 'Regional Development Agencies in England - New Strategic Regional Planning Issues', Regional Studies 34 (1), February.
Roberts, Peter W & Lloyd, M. Greg, 2000, 'Regional Development Agencies in England: New Strategic Regional Planning Issues?, (Carfax/Taylor & Francis Ltd) Regional Studies 34 (1).
Roberts, P & Benneworth, P.S, 2001, '"Pathways to the future? an initial assessment of RDA Strategies and their contribution to integrated regional development', Local Economy 16 (2), pp142-159.

*Robson, Brian; Peck, Jamie & Holden, Adam, 2000, 'Regional Agencies and Area Based Regeneration', The Policy Press, Bristol, for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York. ISBN 1 86134 257 8.
Robson, Brian & Holden, Adam, 2000, 'RDAs should have regeneration plans', Urban Environment Today, 18.5.00, p11.

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), 2000, 'Alternatives to the Partnership Investment Programme', RICS, London, tel. (020) 7334 3751, February.

*Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 1999, 'The Environment and the Regional Economy: Opportunities for the Regional Development Agencies', RSPB, Sandy, Bedfordshire.

Samuel, Bill, 2000, 'Regional Development Agencies and Planning', Paper presented to the 2000 Town and Country Planning Summer School, available at http://www.planningsummerschool.com/

Southwest England Regional Development Agency:
'The Why and How of Community Regeneration', Report by the University of Gloucestershire, March 2003, at http://www.glos.ac.uk
'The Way Ahead', March 2005, http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/what-we-do/regeneration/delivering-sustainab.

Shuttleworth, Lord, 1997, 'RDAs: implications for Rural England', Rural Focus ((former) Rural Development Commission), Autumn.

Silke, Eugene, 1999, 'RDAs ; getting down to work' (impact of the new RDAs on transport and land use), Highways and Transportation, April , pp8-9.

Skea, Jim, 1999, 'New Governance, New Hope?' (Regional Development Agencies and Sustainability), Local Environment (University of Westminster 5 (9), October.

Smith Institute, 2002, 'Age of Regions: Meeting the Productivity Challenge', Smith Institute, London, tel. (020) 7592 3629/3618, October.

Smith, Nigel, 2000, 'RDAs must take the initiative on property development', Urban Environment Today, 29.6.00.

Smith, Steven P & Sheate, Williams R, 2001, 'Sustainability Appraisals of Regional Planning Guidance and Regional Economic Strategies in England: An Assessment', Journal of Environmental Management Systems (Carfax / Taylor & Francis Group) 44 (5), pp735-755

Social Enterprise Coalition, 2003, 'Social Enterprise in the English RDAs and in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland', Social Enterprise Coalition, http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk

South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), tel. (01483) 484200:
'Regional Economic Strategy for the South East of England', January 2003.
'Regional Economic Strategy Review', November 2005, http://www.seeda.co.uk/res/index.asp

South East England Regional Assembly
- website: http://www.southeast-ra.gov.uk
'The Impact of the South-East Development Agency, based on Select Committee findings', 2002, available at http://www.southeast-ra.gov.uk

South-West Development Agency, Bristol, tel. (0117) 900 1845:
'The Way Ahead', February 2005, http://download.southwestrda.org.uk/file.asp?File=/regeneration/general/EXEC_...

Stonham, Peter, 1997, 'RDAs; Superquangos or valuable development tools?', Urban Environment Today, 7.8.97.

Stott, Martin. 2000 , 'Future Work: Regional manoeuvres' (discussion of English regional institutions), Town and Country Planning 69 (6), June

Syrett, Stephen & Baldock, Rob, 2003, 'Reshaping London's Economic Governance: The Role of the London Development Agency', European Urban and Regional Studies 10 (01), January, http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/issue/abstract/ab033323.html

The National Association for Councils of Voluntary Service, 2004, 'Will the Single Pot Tackle Social Regeneration?', The National Association for Councils of Voluntary Service, http://www.nacvs.org.uk

The Northern Way, 2005, 'Northern Way Action Plan; http://www.thenorthernway.co.uk/documents.html

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