Essays about: "Tommaso Aquili"

Found 1 essay containing the words Tommaso Aquili.

  1. 1. The Austerical City. : London at the crush test of austerity

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Tommaso Aquili; [2018]
    Keywords : London; UK; Austerity; Viability Assessment; Governance; Regeneration; Displacement; Gentrification; Neoliberalism; Heygate; Elephant Castle;

    Abstract : In the UK, the unprecedented cuts to local budgets, implemented by the national governments from 2010 to the present day, have pushed local authorities to reconsider their scope, their role and their action. The ever decreasing budgets have de facto transformed local councils from service providers to territorial entrepreneurs, as the pressing pursuit of revenues has placed the economic profit at the core of the local policy-making. READ MORE