Governing Metropolitan Areas

Author : Karsten Zimmermann,Daniel Galland,John Harrison
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030256326

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Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance by Karsten Zimmermann,Daniel Galland,John Harrison Pdf

The aim of this book is to investigate contemporary processes of metropolitan change and approaches to planning and governing metropolitan regions. To do so, it focuses on four central tenets of metropolitan change in terms of planning and governance: institutional approaches, policy mobilities, spatial imaginaries, and planning styles. The book’s main contribution lies in providing readers with a new conceptual and analytical framework for researching contemporary dynamics in metropolitan regions. It will chiefly benefit researchers and students in planning, urban studies, policy and governance studies, especially those interested in metropolitan regions. The relentless pace of urban change in globalization poses fundamental questions about how to best plan and govern 21st-century metropolitan regions. The problem for metropolitan regions—especially for those with policy and decision-making responsibilities—is a growing recognition that these spaces are typically reliant on inadequate urban-economic infrastructure and fragmented planning and governance arrangements. Moreover, as the demand for more ‘appropriate’—i.e., more flexible, networked and smart—forms of planning and governance increases, new expressions of territorial cooperation and conflict are emerging around issues and agendas of (de-)growth, infrastructure expansion, and the collective provision of services.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264189843

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Cities for Citizens Improving Metropolitan Governance by OECD Pdf

Drawing on the lessons from successful and unsuccessful attempts at the reform of metropolitan governance, this book identifies ways by which central and metropolitan governments can work better to optimise the potential of each urban region.

Author : Enid Slack
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Accessibility
ISBN : 9780814091845

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Managing the Coordination of Service Delivery in Metropolitan Cities: the Role of Metropolitan Governance by Enid Slack Pdf

Abstract: This paper examines different models of governing structure found in metropolitan areas around the world. It evaluates how well these models achieve the coordination of service delivery over the entire metropolitan area as well as the extent to which they result in the equitable sharing of costs of services. Based on theory and case studies from numerous cities in developed and less developed countries, the paper concludes that there is no "one size fits all" model of metropolitan governance. Other observations from the case studies highlight the importance of the process of implementing a metropolitan structure, the need to match fiscal resources with expenditure responsibilities, the need to have a governance structure that covers the entire economic region, and the critical importance of having a strong regional structure that ensures that services are delivered in a coordinated fashion across municipal boundaries.

Author : Hubert Heinelt,Daniel Kübler
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : 041533778X

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Metropolitan Governance by Hubert Heinelt,Daniel Kübler Pdf

This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on metropolitan governing capacity and democratic legitimacy. The authors develop and use an analytical framework focused on the dynamics of place and make an original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance.

Author : Nirmala Rao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134332601

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Cities in Transition by Nirmala Rao Pdf

This is an up-to-date and topical treatment of how six major cities in Europe, North America and Asia are coping with the new demands on urban government. Population expansion, the migration of new peoples and disparities between cities and suburbs are longstanding features of the urban crisis. Today, city governments also face demands for popular participation and better public services while they struggle to position themselves in the new world economy. While each of the cities is located in its unique historical setting, the emphasis of the book is upon the common dilemmas raised by major planning problems and the search for more suitable approaches to governance and citizen involvement. A principal theme is the re-engineering of institutional structures designed to foster local responsiveness and popular participation. The discussion is set in the context of the globalizing forces that have impacted to different degrees, at different times, upon London, Tokyo, Toronto, Berlin, Hyderabad and Atlanta. Cities in Transition is a major and original addition to the comparative literature on urban governance.

Author : Donald Phares
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317469582

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Governing Metropolitan Regions in the 21st Century by Donald Phares Pdf

While government provides the structure of public leadership, governance is the art of public leadership. This timely book examines current trends in metropolitan governance issues. It analyzes specific cases from thirteen major metropolitan regions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, all woven together by an overall framework established in the first three chapters. The distinguished contributors address such governance issues as city-county consolidation, local-federal coordination, annexation and special districting, and private contracting, with special attention to lessons learned from both successes and failures. As urban governance innovations have clearly outpaced urban government structures in recent years, the topics covered here are especially relevant.

Author : Melvin B. Mogulof
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Metropolitan areas
ISBN : OCLC:986948449

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Governing Metropolitan Areas by Melvin B. Mogulof Pdf

Author : Melvin B. Mogulof
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005254944

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Governing Metropolitan Areas by Melvin B. Mogulof Pdf

Author : Anton Kreukels,Willem Salet,Andy Thornley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134496068

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Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning by Anton Kreukels,Willem Salet,Andy Thornley Pdf

Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning explores the relationship between metropolitan decision-making and strategies to co-ordinate spatial policy. This relationship is examined across 20 cities of Europe and the similarities and differences analysed. Cities are having to formulate their urban policies in a very complex and turbulent environment. They are faced with numerous new pressures and problems and these often create contradictory conditions. The book provides a theoretical framework for exploring these issues and links this to a detailed investigation of each city. In the context of globalisation, cities in the last twenty years have experienced new patterns of activity and these usually transcend political boundaries. The management of these changes therefore requires an effort of co-ordination and different cities have found different approaches. However the institutional setting itself has not remained static. The nation states in Europe have handed over many responsibilities to the European Union while also increasing devolution to regions and cities. Government has therefore become a more complex multi-level activity. There has also been the move from government to governance. Many different public, quasi-public and private bodies are now involved in making decisions that affect urban development. Metropolitan governance is therefore also a complex multi-actor process. In these conditions of fragmented governance and the widening spatial networking of urban development, the issue of policy co-ordination become ever more important. The exploration of the 20 cities shows that many face similar difficulties while some also provide interesting examples of innovative practice. The book concludes that the way forward is to find strategies to link the different spheres of metropolitan action through 'organising connectivity'.

Author : Committee on Improving the Future of U.S. Cities Through Improved Metropolitan Area Governance,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309519670

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Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America by Committee on Improving the Future of U.S. Cities Through Improved Metropolitan Area Governance,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council Pdf

America's cities have symbolized the nation's prosperity, dynamism, and innovation. Even with the trend toward suburbanization, many central cities attract substantial new investment and employment. Within this profile of health, however, many urban areas are beset by problems of economic disparity, physical deterioration, and social distress. This volume addresses the condition of the city from the perspective of the larger metropolitan region. It offers important, thought-provoking perspectives on the structure of metropolitan-level decisionmaking, the disadvantages faced by cities and city residents, and expanding economic opportunity to all residents in a metropolitan area. The book provides data, real-world examples, and analyses in key areas: Distribution of metropolitan populations and what this means for city dwellers, suburbanites, whites, and minorities. How quality of life depends on the spatial structure of a community and how problems are based on inequalities in spatial opportunity--with a focus on the relationship between taxes and services. The role of the central city today, the rationale for revitalizing central cities, and city-suburban interdependence. The book includes papers that provide in-depth examinations of zoning policy in relation to patterns of suburban development; regionalism in transportation and air quality; the geography of economic and social opportunity; social stratification in metropolitan areas; and fiscal and service disparities within metropolitan areas.

Author : Hubert Heinelt,Daniel Kübler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134305025

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Metropolitan Governance in the 21st Century by Hubert Heinelt,Daniel Kübler Pdf

This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on metropolitan governing capacity and democratic legitimacy. The authors develop and use an analytical framework focused on the dynamics of place and make an original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance.

Author : Richard C. Feiock
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1589013727

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Metropolitan Governance by Richard C. Feiock Pdf

Metropolitan Governance is the first book to bring together competing perspectives on the question and consequences of centralized vs. decentralized regional government. Presenting original contributions by some of the most notable names in the field of urban politics, this volume examines the organization of governments in metropolitan areas, and how that has an effect on both politics and policy. Existing work on metropolitan governments debates the consequences of interjurisdictional competition, but neglects the role of cooperation in a decentralized system. Feiock and his contributors provide evidence that local governments successfully cooperate through a web of voluntary agreements and associations, and through collective choices of citizens. This kind of "institutional collective action" is the glue that holds institutionally fragmented communities together. The theory of institutional collective action developed here illustrates the dynamics of decentralized governance and identifies the various ways governments cooperate and compete. Metropolitan Governance provides insight into the central role that municipal governments play in the governance of metropolitan areas. It explores the theory of institutional collective action through empirical studies of land use decisions, economic development, regional partnerships, school choice, morality issues, and boundary change—among other issues. A one-of-a-kind, comprehensive analytical inquiry invaluable for students of political science, urban and regional planning, and public administration—as well as for scholars of urban affairs and urban politics and policymakers—Metropolitan Governance blazes new territory in the urban landscape.

Author : David K. Hamilton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0815325533

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Governing Metropolitan Areas by David K. Hamilton Pdf

First published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Alejandra Trejo Nieto,Jose L. Niño Amézquita
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000506358

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Metropolitan Governance in Latin America by Alejandra Trejo Nieto,Jose L. Niño Amézquita Pdf

This book represents a powerful analysis of the challenges of metropolitan governance in all its messiness and complexity. It examines Latin American metropolitan governance by focusing on the issue of public service provision and comparatively examining five of the largest and most complex urban agglomerations in the region: Buenos Aires, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City and Santiago. The volume identifies and discusses the most pressing challenges associated with metropolitan coordination and the coverage, quality and financial sustainability of service delivery. It also reveals a number of spatial inequalities associated with inadequate provision, which may perpetuate poverty and other inequalities. Metropolitan Governance in Latin America will be valuable reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers tackling themes of urban planning, spatial inequality, public service provision and Latin American urban development.

Author : Inter American Development Bank,United Nations Human Settlements Programme,Development Bank of Latin America
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597823111

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Steering the Metropolis by Inter American Development Bank,United Nations Human Settlements Programme,Development Bank of Latin America Pdf

A distinctive feature of urbanization in the last 50 years is the expansion of urban populations and built development well beyond what was earlier conceived as the city limit, resulting in metropolitan areas. This is challenging the relevance of traditional municipal boundaries, and by extension, traditional governing structures and institutions. "Steering the Metropolis: Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Urban Development,” encompasses the reflections of thought and practice leaders on the underlying premises for governing metropolitan space, sectoral adaptations of those premises, and dynamic applications in a wide variety of contexts. Those reflections are structured into three sections. Section 1 discusses the conceptual underpinnings of metropolitan governance, analyzing why political, technical, and administrative arrangements at this level of government are needed. Section 2 deepens the discussion by addressing specific sectoral themes of mobility, land use planning, environmental management, and economic production, as well as crosscutting topics of metropolitan governance finance, and monitoring and evaluation. Section 3 tests the concepts and their sectoral adaptations against the practice, with cases from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe.