• Local Economic Development
• Planning Practice
• International Planning

• a study of European funded business development programmes carried out for the Scottish Office,
• evaluations of small firm support policies for a number of Local Enterprise Companies,
• an evaluation of the impact of community enterprises within Scotland, undertaken for a consortium of local authorities and Scottish Enterprise,
• industrial sectoral studies funded by ESRC, and
• work on economic and social cohesion in European structural Funds for the European Commission

Over 20 academic articles have been produced on these topics in the last 4 years, along with about 100 papers delivered to conferences. Staff also act as advisers to major bodies, e.g. the Rowntree Foundation's "Action on Estates Programme" and the Strathclyde European Business Development Advisory Group .

Current and future work is promoting staff expertise and interests relating to social economy, priorities in urban regeneration, community development and the increasing interest in evaluation being shown by local authorities and other agencies. This includes collaborative work with researchers in other Departments within Strathclyde University and in other Universities world-wide.

The key staff involved in this area are Prof. Keith Hayton, Dr Andy McArthur, Peter Booth and John Gray.

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Here the themes relate to the impacts of statutory planning policy, procedures and processes.

• a review of the revised Use Classes Order, commissioned by the Scottish Office primarily to assess its impact on business development
• the development of a sustainable development research specialism, recognised by invitations to address conferences and contribute to publications
• other work has looked at planning agreements, regional and local planning within Scotland and the planning appeal system. Sponsors have included the Rowntree Foundation, the International Commission of Jurists and the Leverhulme Trust

The key staff involved in this area are Janet Brand, Anthony Coon, Dr Dory Reeves and Dr Frank Ennis.

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This field of study has a growing importance within the Department as evidenced by:

• the organisation and hosting of the 9th Congress on the Association of European Schools of Planning [AESOP] in August 1995, which brought 250 delegates from 28 countries to the University
• the number invitations to staff to address international conferences, in e.g. Istanbul, Toronto, Detroit, Manchester, Amman, China
• the publication of recent books and articles on planning in the occupied West Bank, planning in post-apartheid South Africa and regional planning in Europe and North America
• the recent establishment of the European Urban Institute in collaboration with Scottish Homes, the Glasgow Development Agency, Glasgow University and two local authorities. Based in Glasgow this is developing as a significant player in comparative European research in the areas of urban regeneration and housing. Two Professors are directors of the company, involved in formulating business strategy.
• entering into an agreement in 1995 with the North Western Institute of Architectural Engineering in Xi'an, China. This commits both bodies to student exchanges and doctoral training and it is expected that joint research projects will follow
• the appointment of distinguished visiting professors from the Universities of Dortmund, Germany [Klaus Kunzmann] and Delaware, USA [Dan Rich], whose areas of expertise relate closely to the Department's interest in Local Economic Development; they play an important role in advising research students and giving lectures within their areas of specialisation.
• over the past four years the Department has acted as host to over 30 visiting academics and professionals coming from such countries as China, Norway, America, Australia, Nigeria and a number of European Union member states.
• besides those mentioned above, the development of academic links with a number of other Planning Schools in other countries including the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany and the Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, Canada.

The key staff involved are Prof. K. Hayton, Prof. Wannop, Anthony Coon and Peter Booth.
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