Metropolitan Governance In America

Author : Donald F. Norris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317096948

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Metropolitan Governance in America by Donald F. Norris Pdf

Metropolitan government and metropolitan governance have been ongoing issues for more than sixty years in the United States. Based on an extensive survey and a review of existing literature, this book offers a comprehensive overview of these debates. It discusses how the centrifugal forces in local government, and in particular local government autonomy, have produced a highly fragmented governmental landscape throughout America. It argues that in order for 'governance' to occur in metropolitan areas (or anywhere else, for that matter), there has to be some form of an actual governmental institution that possesses the power and ability to compel compliance. Everything else is just some form of cooperation, and while cooperation is not trivial, it does not enable metropolitan areas to address the really tough and controversial issues that divide rather than unite governments in those areas. The book examines the principal factors that prevent the development of either metropolitan government or metropolitan governance in the USA. Norris looks at several examples where some form of metropolitan government or governance can be said to exist, from voluntary cooperation (the weakest) to government (the strongest). He also examines each type of arrangement for its ability to address metropolitan-wide problems and whether each type is or is not in use in the USA. In sum, the book uncovers the extent of metropolitan government and governance, the possibility for its existence, what attempts (if any) have been made in the past, and the problems and issues that have arisen due to the lack of adequate metropolitan governance.

Author : Alejandra Trejo Nieto,Jose L. Niño Amézquita
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,5 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 : National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Improving the Future of U.S. Cities Through Improved Metropolitan Area Governance
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309065535

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Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America by National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Improving the Future of U.S. Cities Through Improved Metropolitan Area Governance 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 opportunityâ€"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 : Donald N. Rothblatt,Andrew Sancton
Publisher : Institute of Governmental Studies Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : City planning
ISBN : UCBK:C098093633

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Metropolitan Governance Revisited by Donald N. Rothblatt,Andrew Sancton Pdf

Author : David Y Miller,Raymond Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317469544

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Governing the Metropolitan Region: America's New Frontier: 2014 by David Y Miller,Raymond Cox Pdf

This text is aimed at the basic local government management course (upper division or graduate) that addresses the structural, political and management issues associated with regional and metropolitan government. It also can complement more specialized courses such as urban planning, urban government, state and local politics, and intergovernmental relations.

Author : Richard C. Feiock
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,5 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 : Inter American Development Bank,United Nations Human Settlements Programme,Development Bank of Latin America
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,9 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.

Author : Donald Phares
Publisher : Ashgate Pub Limited
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0754610381

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Metropolitan Governance Without Metropolitan Government? by Donald Phares Pdf

"This book examines in detail the issue of the governance of metropolitan regions in North America (US, Canada, Mexico) and also provides an overview of the experience in several European cities. It considers specific cities in the US and Canada and examines how they have dealt with the issues of providing services in a metropolitan context either through formal government structure or informal governance arrangements. The book is unique in the sense that it examines the metropolitan governance issue in a comparative urban context and also in an international context."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Charles M. Haar,John G. Wofford,David L. Kirp,David K. Cohen,Leonard J. Duhl,Allen V. Haefele
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317307655

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Metropolitanization and Public Services by Charles M. Haar,John G. Wofford,David L. Kirp,David K. Cohen,Leonard J. Duhl,Allen V. Haefele Pdf

Metropolitanization and Public Services is third in a series on the governance of metropolitan regions which aims to explore the welfare and development of Metropolitan America. Originally published in 1972, this study discusses who decides which essential public services need to be provided within a metropolitan area by looking at political reform as well as presenting ideas on functional efficiency, costs and benefits and the effectiveness of the political process. This title will be of interest to students of environmental studies.

Author : Donald N. Rothblatt,Andrew Sancton
Publisher : Berkeley : Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0877723346

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Metropolitan Governance by Donald N. Rothblatt,Andrew Sancton Pdf

Author : Donald Phares
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 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 : Michael S Hamilton,Patricia Sue Atkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317452843

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Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability by Michael S Hamilton,Patricia Sue Atkins Pdf

In today's public policy arena the regional level is gaining increased attention as problems in policy and service delivery continue to spill over traditional urban government boundaries. This authoritative work focuses on the growing role of regions in addressing and resolving local governance problems."Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability" provides a concise, up-to-date, and systematic treatment of the problems and issues involved in urban and regional policy concerns. Each policy chapter is written by a respected expert in the area, and the book covers all the key policy issues that confront contemporary metropolitan areas, including transportation, the environment, affordable housing, crime, employment, poverty, education, and regional governance. Each chapter outlines an issue, which is followed by current thinking on problem diagnosis and problem solving, as well as the prognosis for future policy success.

Author : G. Ross Stephens,Nelson Wikstrom
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195112989

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Metropolitan Government and Governance by G. Ross Stephens,Nelson Wikstrom Pdf

Written by two prominent political scientists working in the field of local government theory and practice, Metropolitan Government and Governance offers a comprehensive understanding of the nature of local and metropolitan government and its relationship to the larger intergovernmental system. It examines a wide range of common governmental practices and issues relating to local government in metropolitan areas as well as local government generally in the United States. Stephens and Wikstrom define and present several theoretical and applied perspectives including the consolidationist one-government approach; federative efforts to create two-tier regional governments; the public choice approach which justifies the fragmented governmental structures that exist in most metropolitan areas; incremental change in relationships and roles; and regionalism which promotes regional political cultures. Each of these approaches is illustrated with concrete examples including seven case studies of major structural reforms that highlight strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to this issue. The book also analyzes citizen support and opposition to various types of reform in both central cities and suburban areas. More generally, it discusses the range of options available to urban governments faced with growing problems of decreased federal funding and increasing demands regarding quality-of-life issues. Based on past findings and experience, Stephens and Wikstrom propose a new model for the future governance of America's urban areas. They conclude with the argument that states must assume a more assertive role with regard to the structure of local governmental and service delivery in the nations 300 plus metropolitan regions. Metropolitan Government and Governance is a comprehensive analytical inquiry that is not only highly appropriate for students of political science and public administration, but will also be of value to scholars and policymakers as well.

Author : Ronald J. Oakerson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015002492297

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Governing Local Public Economies by Ronald J. Oakerson Pdf

From inner-city crime and disorder to suburban sprawl that devours resources, all is not well in metropolitan America. While the scholarly community remains sharply divided over issues of metropolitan reform, Ron Oakerson delivers a carefully reasoned, empirically supported defense of the noncentralized metropolis. At its core is a cogent analytic framework that draws on economic reasoning without lapsing into market metaphors. The result is a civic interpretation of metropolitan governance that moves well beyond the often sterile debate over pros and cons. This compelling book not only makes clear the need for metropolitan governance but also sets forth the possibility - and the merit - of achieving metropolitan governance without metropolitan government.

Author : Ralph Wendell Conant,Daniel J. Myers
Publisher : Conant Associates
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0883165775

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Toward a More Perfect Union by Ralph Wendell Conant,Daniel J. Myers Pdf