ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the economic context to the contemporary city, and it locates these changes within a regional context, with reference to the influential Tay Valley Plan, which set the context not only for the city's physical development but also for its social and economic regeneration. It also considers the policy context for inward investment and its effects, and the more recent attempts to plan for the city at the regional and local levels. In terms of economic factors, following the Distribution of Industry Act 1945, Dundee was designated as a Development Area, and industrial estates were subsequently developed on several greenfield sites on the periphery of the city. Scottish Enterprise Tayside (SET) is the LEC with responsibility for Dundee and is a partner within the Dundee Partnership. Finally, the chapter sets out the parallel strategies that exist at the city level, and the changing local governance context.
