Geographical displacement or diffusion of benefit around area-based interventions? Evidence from the new deal for communities

Whitworth, Adam and McLennan, David (2010) Geographical displacement or diffusion of benefit around area-based interventions? Evidence from the new deal for communities. People, Place and Policy, 4 (3). pp. 76-88. (https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.0004.0003.0001)

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Abstract

Area-based interventions (ABIs) have been a popular policy approach since the 1960s at least in the UK context yet they are bedevilled by concerns that gains in the intervention area may be a result of displacement of problems to neighbouring areas. The arrival of the New Labour government in 1997 saw a surge in ‘localism’ of a variety of forms, including the innovative and intensive New Deal for Communities ABI. This paper presents findings of a national evaluation of the crime strand of the NDC Programme which focussed on assessing evidence of geographical displacement.

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