St. Louis Plans
St. Louis Plans

Author: Mark Tranel

Publisher: Missouri History Museum

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1883982618

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"Reviews the history of various aspects of planning in St. Louis City and County and provides insight into planning successes and challenges"--Provided by publisher.

Governing Metropolitan Regions in the 21st Century
Governing Metropolitan Regions in the 21st Century

Author: Donald Phares

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-01-28

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1317469577

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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.

Regional Politics
Regional Politics

Author: H. V. Savitch

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1996-07-29

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0803958919

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Bringing together the thoughts of outstanding contributors, Regional Politics presents a comparative study on the emerging regional nature of local and urban politics. Recent studies tend to focus on the politics and power of internal cities or on suburban areas that have gained incredible strength in the past decade. However, this important volume explores how politics work in the extended metropolis or "functional city"--which includes and surrounds the urban core and whose economy, society, and politics are integrally joined. Contributors center on detailed case studies of 10 cities with a look at the development of regional patterns, an analysis of the impact regionalism has on urban politics, and an outline for an overall approach. The comprehensive and state-of-the-art expertise presented in this volume makes Regional Politics ideal for planners, policymakers, academics, researchers, and students in the areas of urban politics, state and local government, and public policy.