The need for sustainability in urban regeneration has come to be widely accepted, sustainability is seen to be of central importance in government policy, urban regeneration projects tie themselves in knots to show that they are achieving sustainable development However, for such a dominant concept there seems to be very little agreement about what sustainability actually is

The effect of ICT advances on the distribution of urban economic activity is a popular topic for undergraduate geographers and economists This article provides some case studies which can be used to back up arguments surrounding the debate over whether technological advance causes decentralisation or clustering of economic activity

The way in which the ‘resource curse’ affects countries’ political development is a topic of some debate This article provides a review of a selection of academic articles relating to the political effects of the ‘resource curse’

Whether or not natural resource abundance is a blessing or a curse is a common essay and examination topic for development studies This article outlines some useful third world case studies to consider when outlining the arguments surrounding the topic

Main points of Rostow’s stages of growth model: - Rostow’s stages of growth model is of the Neo-Classical tradition - The model takes a linear view of development, this means that countries are believed to develop in the same way over time