Footnotes
1. The correlation coefficient between the CGF allocation and population is 0.986 (almost a perfect match). This is significant at the .01 level.
2 .Although Aberdeen has underspent on the Cultural Investment theme, the 2003-2006 programme as a whole has overspent.
3. Aberdeen's leverage ratios were revised very late in the process, when new information was provided by the City Council. Although the overall ratio did not change the amount levered in from the private sector increased considerably whilst public sector leverage decreased.
4 .For example, the Dundee ex-ante appraisal, forecast that under one scenario 19 construction jobs would be created in Angus whilst the authority would benefit from a further 416 when the Waterfront development was operational.
5. Clearly terms such as "iconic" and "visionary" could be defined in many different ways. A useful starting point might be the criteria used in Dundee to select projects (Paragraph 3.8). They cover project scale, impact on the city region and the long term nature of anything to be funded.
6. NESEF has since been restructured and replaced by the Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Forum ( ACSEF).
7. Dundee Central Waterfront - Market Appraisal and Economic Impact Assessment - March 2006
8. Scottish Executive (2003) "Building Better Cities"
9. Ibid p. 42
10. Edinburgh City Council (2006) "Edinburgh and the City Region: Cities Growth Fund 2003-06 Final Annual Report"
11. The Structure Plan is built upon a deep foundation of collaborative working and regional planning on Clydeside, going back at least as far as the 1930s. As such planning and implementation for the City Region was well established and had endured regardless of local authority boundary changes.
12. Parkinson, M., Hutchins, M., Simmi, J., Clark, G., Verdonk, H. (2004) Competitive European Cities: Where do the Core cities Stand. HMSO.
13. Urban Task Force (1999) Towards and Urban Renaissance, HMSO
14. ISIS Waterside Regeneration is a regeneration vehicle formed in Summer 2002 by British Waterway, AMEC developments and Morley Fund Management's Igloo Regeneration Fund
15. Authorisation has to be sought if more than 5% of a project's value is to be vired.
16. The Inverness City Partnership comprises representative of: The Highland Council, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Inverness and Nairn Enterprise, Highlands of Scotland Tourist Board, Inverness Chamber of Commerce, Inverness City Centre Management Initiative and the University of the Highlands and Islands.
17. The Highland Wellbeing Alliance is the strategic Community Planning Partnership for the Highlands whose members include: The Highland Council, NHS Highlands, Communities Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Northern Constabulary, Scottish Council Development and Industry and representatives from the voluntary sector.
18. The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership
19. Scottish Executive (2003) "Building Better Cities", p.9
20. CSC Regeneration and Research Consultants, (date unknown), "East Kent Coalfields and Dover SRB Programme Evaluation: Summary Report", p.4
21. Tilbury Regeneration Delivery Plan 2002/03, p.6
22. Suffolk County Council, (December 2004), "Report to Executive Committee", number EO4/122, p.4
23. Department of Land Economy (2002), "Neighbourhood Regeneration: Lessons and Evaluation Evidence from 10 SRB Case Studies-Mid Term Report" p.17
24. Ibid p.36