Metropolitan Organising Capacity

Author : Leo van den Berg,Erik Braun,Jan van der Meer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429840463

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Metropolitan Organising Capacity by Leo van den Berg,Erik Braun,Jan van der Meer Pdf

Published in 1997. The environment of cities has become increasingly competitive. Tradition location factors, that once tied economic activities firmly to particular areas have become less important. Increasingly the ability of a city to anticipate, respond to and cope with internal and external changes is getting attention. Organizing capacity of cities, or of metropolitan regions is becoming indispensible for sustainable economic and social development. The authors have carried out investigations into eight European cities to increase the insight into the practice of organizing capacity. The analysis of the development and implementation of 15 revitalization projects in these cities shows that organizing capacity calls for a new style of entrepreneurial urban management with public and private networking, leadership, long term strategies and organizing political and public support as key concepts.

Author : Leo Van Den Berg,Jan Van Der Meer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138321273

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Metropolitan Organising Capacity by Leo Van Den Berg,Jan Van Der Meer Pdf

Published in 1997. The environment of cities has become increasingly competitive. Tradition location factors, that once tied economic activities firmly to particular areas have become less important. Increasingly the ability of a city to anticipate, respond to and cope with internal and external changes is getting attention. Organizing capacity of cities, or of metropolitan regions is becoming indispensible for sustainable economic and social development. The authors have carried out investigations into eight European cities to increase the insight into the practice of organizing capacity. The analysis of the development and implementation of 15 revitalization projects in these cities shows that organizing capacity calls for a new style of entrepreneurial urban management with public and private networking, leadership, long term strategies and organizing political and public support as key concepts.

Author : Leo van den Berg,J. van der Meer,Peter Pol
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015056918082

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Social Challenges and Organising Capacity in Cities by Leo van den Berg,J. van der Meer,Peter Pol Pdf

Globalization and the transition to a knowledge and information society have considerably strengthened the position of cities as nerve centres of the new economy. However, these trends have also sharpened competition between cities. The intense competition for mobile investments has meant that not only local authorities, but also national and regional governments, and even the European Commission, have had to focus their attention on urban policy and development. Yet despite the resulting economic progress, many cities are also dealing with a multitude of social problems and an emerging dual society. This volume compares the cities of Eindhoven, Antwerp, Helsinki, Malmo, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Strasbourg and Utrecht to analyse the strategies that have been developed to combat social problems at the various levels of public administration, private parties, NGOs and community groups. It examines how social problems threaten the attractiveness of cities and how different urban revitalization projects deal with this.

Author : Leo van den Berg,Antonio Russo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351881470

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The Student City by Leo van den Berg,Antonio Russo Pdf

Student communities are without doubt a strategic resource for urban development and students are the citizens and the high-skilled working class of tomorrow. They are seen as an 'invisible population' with little say in local policy and decision-making. Co-operation between educational institutions and city planners is often missing and cities tend to neglect the universities' foreign relations. This volume argues that the importance of human capital in the competitiveness of cities demands pro-active, integral city policies targeting this community. Bringing together nine case studies of European cities (Rotterdam, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Munich, Lyon, Lille, Venice, Birmingham and Helsinki), it puts forward a comprehensive strategic plan of action, aiming at the integration of student communities in urban development. The book analyses the essential characteristics of the relationship between students and their host communities, as well as the role of higher education institutions and other actors in building the 'student friendly' city.

Author : Sami Moisio,Natalie Koch,Andrew E.G. Jonas,Christopher Lizotte
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788978057

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Handbook on the Changing Geographies of the State by Sami Moisio,Natalie Koch,Andrew E.G. Jonas,Christopher Lizotte Pdf

This authoritative Handbook presents a comprehensive analysis of the spatial transformation of the state; a pivotal process of globalization. It explores the state as an ongoing project that is always changing, illuminating the new spaces of geopolitics that arise from these political, social, cultural, and environmental negotiations.

Author : Patrick Le Galès
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191589638

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European Cities by Patrick Le Galès Pdf

European cities are on the rise, and are taking advantage of the opportunities of the European integration and globalization processes. But they also face economic changes, social inequalities, poverty and a new set of constraints. Taking examples through the European Union, European Cities explores the impact of the transformation of the nation states on cities and the change of local societies and local governments. It argues that new modes of urban governance are emerging, and that cities are becoming collective actors within European governance. European Cities shows why and how the bulk of European cities still appear to be original forms of compromise, aggregation, representation of diverse interests, and culture. Different modes of governance are gradually being structured in most middle size European cities despite processes of social exclusion segregation accompanied by the increased mobility of some citizens. Are Europeans going to invent a new form of institutionalized and territorialized capitalism, of which medium-sized European cities will be one of the pillars and one of the actors ? Failing that, the effects of changing scales could be expressed as profound transformations of the European urban model. European Societies Series Series Editor: Colin Crouch Very few of the existing sociological texts which compare different European societies on specific topics are accessible to a broad range of scholars and students. The European Societies series will help fill this gap in the literature, and attempt to answer questions such as: Is there really such a thing as a 'European model' of society? Do the economic and political integration processes of the European Union also imply convergence in more general aspects of social life, like family or religious behaviour? What do the societies of Western Europe have in common with those further to the east? This series will cover the main social institutions, although not every author will cover the full range of European countries. As well as surveying existing knowledge in a way that will be useful to students, each book will also seek to contribute to our growing knowledge of what remains in many respects a sociologically unknown continent.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : PSU:000058935248

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Highway Capacity and Freight Mobility by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines Pdf

Author : Edward Weiner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313002236

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Urban Transportation Planning in the United States by Edward Weiner Pdf

The development of U.S. urban transportation policy over the past 50 years illustrates the changing relationship between federal, state, and local governments. This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to the concern for sustainable development and pollution emissions. Focusing on major national events, the book discusses the influence of legislation, regulations, conferences, federal programs, and advances in planning procedures and technology. The book offers an in-depth look at the most significant event in transportation planning—the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962. Creating a federal mandate for a comprehensive urban transportation planning process carried out cooperatively by states and local governments with federal funding, this act was crucial in the spread of urban transporation. Claiming that urban transportation planning is more sophisticated, costly, and complex than its highway and transit planning predecessors, the book demonstrates how urban transportation planning evolved in response to changes in such factors as environment, energy, development patterns, intergovernmental coordination, and federal transit programs. It further illustrates how broader concerns for global climate change and sustainable development have braided the purview of transportation planning.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,5 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 : Christina D. Rosan
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812293258

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Governing the Fragmented Metropolis by Christina D. Rosan Pdf

Today the challenges facing our nation's metropolitan regions are enormous: demographic change, aging infrastructure, climate change mitigation and adaptation, urban sprawl, spatial segregation, gentrification, education, housing affordability, regional equity, and more. Unfortunately, local governments do not have the capacity to respond to the interlocking set of problems facing metropolitan regions, and future challenges such as population growth and climate change will not make it easier. But will we ever have a more effective and sustainable approach to developing the metropolitan region? The answer may depend on our ability to develop a means to govern a metropolitan region that promotes population density, regional public transit systems, and the equitable development of city and suburbs within a system of land use and planning that is by and large a local one. If we want to plan for sustainable regions we need to understand and strengthen existing metropolitan planning arrangements. Christina D. Rosan observes that policy-makers and scholars have long agreed that we need metropolitan governance, but they have debated the best approach. She argues that we need to have a more nuanced understanding of both metropolitan development and local land use planning. She interviews over ninety local and regional policy-makers in Portland, Denver, and Boston, and compares the uses of collaboration and authority in their varying metropolitan planning processes. At one end of the spectrum is Portland's approach, which leverages its authority and mandates local land use; at the other end is Boston's, which offers capacity building and financial incentives in the hopes of garnering voluntary cooperation. Rosan contends that most regions lie somewhere in between and only by understanding our current hybrid system of local land use planning and metropolitan governance will we be able to think critically about what political arrangements and tools are necessary to support the development of environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable metropolitan regions.

Author : Michael Hibbard,Robert Freestone,Tore Øivin Sager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135950583

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Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning by Michael Hibbard,Robert Freestone,Tore Øivin Sager Pdf

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 5 is a selection of some of the best scholarship in urban and regional planning from around the world. The internationally recognized authors of these award-winning papers take up a range of salient issues from the theory and practice of planning. The topics they address include the effects of globalization on world cities, metropolitan planning in France and Australia, and new research in pedestrian and traffic design. The breadth of the topics covered in this book will appeal to all those with an interest in urban and regional planning, providing a springboard for further debate and research. The papers focus particularly on themes of inclusion, urban transformation, metropolitan planning, and urban design. The Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) book series is published in association with the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) and its member national and transnational planning schools associations.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264593565

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OECD Urban Studies Improving Transport Planning for Accessible Cities by OECD Pdf

Cities are places of opportunity. They provide not just jobs but a whole range of public, cultural, social and consumption amenities. Transport is what connects people to these opportunities and cities provide access with varying degrees of success – especially when it comes to modes of transport that favour a green transition. This report argues that building sustainable transport networks for accessible cities requires a holistic planning approach, a sound institutional framework, reliable sources of funding, strong governmental capacity, and should build on community engagement.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Highway research
ISBN : SRLF:D0010941920

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Public Roads by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leo van den Berg
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0754647234

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The Safe City by Leo van den Berg Pdf

Perceived safety is a major factor in a city's attractiveness and fear of crime can have a large impact on location decisions, with ensuing economic consequences. This book examines the role of security in urban development and its local policy implications. Comparing eleven European cities, it analyses how actual and perceived security is evolving, and what the economic, social and spatial consequences are of a changing perceived security.

Author : United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Government publications
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062000802

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Substate Regionalism and the Federal System: Regional governance: promise and performance; case studies by United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Pdf