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City‐Regions and Social Reproduction: A ‘Place’ for Sustainable Development?

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  • ROB KRUEGER
  • LYDIA SAVAGE

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Recent studies have suggested a city‐region’s competitiveness is based not only on production, but social reproduction. These issues as well as the policy measures adopted by many city‐regions are frequently couched in a discourse of ‘sustainable development’. But as an analytical framework how well does the concept of sustainable development account for the dynamics of social reproduction and the sustainability of a city‐region? This article examines the possible relationship between city‐regions and sustainable development at a conceptual level. We argue that despite some excellent work on the concept of ‘just sustainability’, current constructions of sustainable development are inadequate to capture the broad array of social and economic issues found in the city‐region. As a way forward we initiate a discussion between the sustainability literature and labor geography, and provide a case study of a hospital privatization process in Boston, USA, which has been framed by a politics of city‐regionalism.

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  • Rob Krueger & Lydia Savage, 2007. "City‐Regions and Social Reproduction: A ‘Place’ for Sustainable Development?," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(1), pages 215-223, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:31:y:2007:i:1:p:215-223
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00716.x
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    1. Radu CIOBANU, 2015. "The Role Of European Regions In The Area Of Sustainable Development. A Comparative Analysis Between Romania, Poland And Bulgaria," EURINT, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 2, pages 80-91.
    2. Luca Salvati & Margherita Carlucci & Efstathios Grigoriadis & Francesco Maria Chelli, 2018. "Uneven dispersion or adaptive polycentrism? Urban expansion, population dynamics and employment growth in an ‘ordinary’ city," Review of Regional Research: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, Springer;Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR), vol. 38(1), pages 1-25, February.
    3. Jeffrey M. Berry & Kent E. Portney, 2013. "Sustainability and Interest Group Participation in City Politics," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 5(5), pages 1-21, May.
    4. Louise Anne Reid & Donald Houston, 2013. "Low Carbon Housing: A 'Green' Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1), pages 1-9, January.
    5. Ranalli Flavia & Salvati Luca, 2015. "Land-Use Structure and Urbanization-Driven Land Fragmentation: Revisiting the Monocentric Model in a Sprawling Region," European Spatial Research and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 22(1), pages 61-80, June.
    6. Susan Spierre Clark & Monica Lynn Miles, 2021. "Assessing the Integration of Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Practice: A Review of the Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-23, October.

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