Overcompliance in water quality trading programs: findings from a qualitative case study in North Carolina 1 – 17
Zoé A Hamstead, Todd K BenDor
Multiple modernities: transitional Bulgaria and the ecological modernisation of solid waste management 18 – 36
Anne Scheinberg, Arthur P J Mol
The consideration of emergency management issues in spatial planning practices 37 – 53
Jeroen M M Neuvel, Adri van den Brink
Choosing between service fees and budget funding to pay for local services: empirical evidence from Spain 54 – 71
Germà Bel, Antonio Miralles
Beyond new regionalism, beyond global production networks: remaking the Sunan model, China 72 – 96
Y H Dennis Wei
Pesticide governance in export supply chains: the case of vegetable and fruit production in Vietnam 97 – 111
Pham Van Hoi, Arthur P J Mol, Peter Oosterveer
Housing governance and ethopolitics in a postcolonial city: constructing responsible community and consumer identity in Hong Kong 112 – 127
James Lee
Transparency to what end? Governing by disclosure through the biosafety clearing house 128 – 144
Aarti Gupta
Regulating design in Singapore: a survey of the Government Land Sales (GLS) programme 145 – 164
Kah-Wee Lee
Developer collaboration in urban land development: partnership working in Paddington, London 165 – 185
Steven Henderson
Referees 2009 186 – 187
Reviews 188 – 190
Butler on Favell: Eurostars and Eurocities: free movement and mobility in an integrating Europe
Including papers from the ISBE conference
Theme issue: SME policy and the role of government
Guest editor: Colette Henry
Guest editorial
Entrepreneurship and government policy in former Societ republics: Belarus and Estonia compared 195 – 210
David Smallbone, Friederike Welter
Diversity of practical quota systems for farmland preservation: a multicountry comparison and analysis 211 – 224
Rong Tan, Volker Beckmann
Evaluating the impact of progressive beer duty on small breweries: a case study of tax breaks to promote SMEs 225 – 240
John Wyld, Geoff Pugh, David Tyrrall
The role of tax incentives in capital investment and R&D decisions 241 – 256
Francis Chittenden, Mohsen Derregia
Who’s driving take-up? An examination of patterns of small business engagement with Business Link 257 – 275
Andrew Atherton, Jun Yeup Kim, Hyeyoen Kim
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Overcoming barriers to climate change adaptation—a question of multilevel governance? 276 – 289
Helene Amundsen, Frode Berglund, Hege Westskog
Czech physical planning at the crossroads: towards the regulation of large-scale retail developments? 290 – 303
Jana Spilková, Radim Perlín
Networking for development in the North: power, trust, and local democracy 304 – 317
Hilde Bjørnå, Nils Aarsæther
Decentralization and electoral accountability 318 – 334
Ignacio Lago-Peñas, Santiago Lago-Peñas
A fact is a fact, but perception is reality: stakeholders’ perceptions and urban policies in the process of urban restructuring 335 – 348
Anita Kokx, Ronald van Kempen
The contradictions in ‘alternative’ service delivery: governance, business models, and sustainability in municipal water supply 349 – 368
Kathryn Furlong, Karen Bakker
Sectoral volatility and regional growth in the European Union 369 – 380
Roberto Ezcurra
Theme issue: Federalism, decentralization, and the welfare state
Guest editor: Joan Costa-Font
Guest editorial
Decentralisation and devolution in Canadian social housing policy 389 – 404
Roberto Leone, Barbara W Carroll
Territorial politics in hard times: the welfare state under pressure in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom 405 – 419
Scott Greer
Does nationalism trigger welfare-state disintegration? Social policy and territorial mobilization in Belgium and Canada 420 – 434
Daniel Béland, André Lecours
Does devolution lead to regional inequalities in welfare activity? 435 – 449
Joan Costa-Font
Decentralisation and educational achievement in Germany and the UK 450 – 468
Anne West, Jutta Allmendinger, Rita Nikolai, Eleanor Barham
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Factors explaining the regulatory activity of the Spanish Autonomous Communities (1989 – 2001) 469 – 491
Julio López-Laborda, Jaime Vallés-Giménez
Ecological modernisation and the scalar level of contradictions in Southern European water politics: the case of the Odelouca Dam in Portugal 492 – 511
Andreas Thiel
Negotiating local development: the Italian experience of ‘Territorial Pacts’ 512 – 527
Francesco Ramella
Beneath the surface: intranational institutions and management of the United States – Mexico transboundary Santa Cruz aquifer 528 – 551
Anita Milman, Christopher A Scott
The use and usefulness of financial assistance to UK SMEs 552 – 566
Liang Han, Alan Benson
Reviews 567 – 570
Hanlon on Frece: Sprawl and politics: the inside story of smart growth in Maryland
Tilt on Managi, Kaneko: Chinese economic development and the environment
Boykoff on Compston, Bailey (Eds): Turning down the heat: the politics of climate policy in affluent democracies
Editorial
Getting involved in plan making: participation and stakeholder involvement in local and regional spatial strategies in England 574 – 594
Mark Baker, Stephen Hincks, Graeme Sherriff
Local wind or Russian gas? Contextual influences on Polish attitudes to wind energy developments 595 – 608
J Richard Eiser, Katarzyna Aluchna, Christopher R Jones
Overcoming cost-inefficiencies within small municipalities: improve financial condition or reduce the quality of public services? 609 – 629
José Luis Zafra-Gómez, Manuel Antonio, Muñiz Pérez
Organising intergovernmental relations: insights from cultural theory 630 – 645
Tom Entwistle
What factors influence the behaviour of nonprofit organisations? The example of the continuing training sector in France 646 – 665
Franck Bailly, Karine Chapelle
Second homes within Irish housing booms and busts: North – South comparisons, contrasts, and debates 666 – 680
Michelle Norris, Chris Paris, Nessa Winston
From regional systems of innovation to regions as innovation policy spaces 681 – 695
Elvira Uyarra, Kieron Flanagan
Responding to diversity: workforce intermediation in a transitioning regional economy 696 – 713
Nichola J Lowe
Ensuring local community interests in market-oriented urban planning? The role of local politicians 714 – 732
Gro S Hanssen
Does regulation perform better than self-regulation? An analysis of Spanish environmental policies 733 – 758
César Camisón-Zornoza, Montserrat Boronat-Navarro
Reviews 759 – 760
Wilson on Brouwer, van der Heide (Eds): Multifunctional rural land management: economics and policies
Erratum
Volume 28, issue 3, pages 381 – 388
Guest editorial: Decentralization, welfare, and social citizenship in contemporary democracies by Keith Banting, Joan Costa-Font
On page 386, lines 6 – 7, it reads: "If anything, she concludes, variation in welfare services across Spain actually declined after devolution." It should read: "If anything, he concludes, variation in welfare services across Spain actually declined after decolution."