Centre for Urban Development

and Environmental Management

Staff

Kevin Thomas
Course Leader, MA Local & Regional Regeneration
Tel: +44 (0)113 283 2600 ext. 7639
Email: k.thomas@leedsmet.ac.uk

Research Interests

Kevin Thomas has undertaken a variety of research and consultancy projects for UK government departments, local authorities, enterprise boards, an urban development corporation, and has evaluated EU-funded local economic projects. He has also completed a number of economic sector studies, investigated the regional dimension of economic innovation policy and explored the potential of industrial 'clusters' for local economic development. His current research interests include:

• Knowledge and innovation policies in regional and local economic policies

• Issues on the urban fringe: accommodating growth, protecting biodiversity and exploiting assets

• The prospects for urban regeneration within changing resource and governance regimes

• The production of spatial strategies for cities and sub-regions

Selected Publications

Thomas K and Littlewood S (2005) (2005) ‘Connecting town and country’, paper to the ODPM Sustainable Communities Summit, Manchester.

Thomas K and Roberts P (2000) 'Metropolitan strategic planning in England: Strategies in transition' Town Planning Review, 71 (1) 25-49.

Thomas K (2000) 'Creating regional cultures of innovation? The regional innovation strategies of England and Scotland' Regional Studies, 34 (2) 190-198

Thomas K with Hart T (1999) 'Yorkshire & the Humber' in M Breheny (ed) The people: where will they work? TCPA, London.

Thomas K, Roberts P and Williams G (eds) (1999), Metropolitan Planning in Britain: a comparative study. London, Jessica Kingsley

Thomas K (1996) 'Voluntary organisations and the reconfiguration of local governance: the case of training and enterprise councils' Critical Social Policy, 16 (2) 89-110.

Thomas K, (with G Haughton, S Johnson and L Murphy), (1993) Local Geographies of Unemployment, Avebury, Aldershot.