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2012
- handle: 10670/1.8emlv7
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Business Improvement Districts Neoliberalisation Policing Policy transfer Security Urban policy mobilities néoliberalization transfert de politiques sécurité mobilité des politiques urbaines renouvellement urbainCiter ce document
Elisabeth Peyroux et al., « Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) », HAL-SHS : géographie, ID : 10670/1.8emlv7
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In many countries across the world, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are seen as a new model of sub-municipal governance to secure private capital for improving the attractiveness of a city's central spaces. Originating from North America (Canada and the United States), this model of self-taxing districts, often based on public-private partnerships, has spread to other continents, including Europe, Australia and Africa. This theme issue explores the internationalization and the contextualization of the BID model in both Northern countries (the United States, Canada, Germany and Sweden) and Southern countries (South Africa). The collection of articles focuses on key debates surrounding BIDs and presents different theoretical perspectives as well as lines of argument in relation to these debates...