

It provides diagnosis and concepts with a wide array of figures and resources but also experiences of place-based leadership in action and lesson-drawing for practice from international ‘innovation stories’ (case studies). "The book is well-structured and solution-oriented. "This is a useful work for practitioners as well as academics, offering conceptual and instrumental insights that should stimulate cross-disciplinary dialogue." Choice "Robin Hambleton's Leading the Inclusive City: Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet lays the groundwork for an important call to action." Journal of the American Planning Association what can be achieved when civic leaders from local government to activist groups strive to make cities more liveable and inclusive." Town Planning Review " makes an important contribution to the planning discourse by calling for strong place-based leadership and highlighting.

"It is a timely re-formulation and consolidation of various strands in current thinking about places, and its optimistic signposting of a possible future makes it required reading." Local Economy
