City region limits: Questioning city-centric growth narratives in medium-sized cities

Beel, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1146-229X and Jones, Martin (2021) City region limits: Questioning city-centric growth narratives in medium-sized cities. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 36 (1). pp. 3-21. ISSN 0269-0942

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Abstract

This City Deal will provide the region and its partners with the new ways of working and resources to unlock significant economic growth across the Swansea Bay City Region. It is a Deal where both Welsh and UK Governments have committed to jointly invest, subject to the submission and approval of full business cases in relation to the 11 identified projects and the agreement of governance arrangements for the deal, up to £241 million on specific interventions which seek to support and further build on the region’s strengths which include health, energy and manufacturing sectors and are underpinned by a world-class digital infrastructure, successful universities and innovative health boards.