The Regional Imperative
The Regional Imperative

Author: Urlan A. Wannop

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1136037527

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Based on cases and interviews in Britain, Europe and the United States, this book explains the recurrence of regional planning and of initiatives in regional governance, in a wide range of advanced industrial countries. Providing an analysis of the nature of regional planning and governance, the book traces the development of regional planning and the institutions associated with it. It also looks at the way that regions have been changing their form under pressure from economic and political developments and examines how regional planning and governance has responded, comparing experience in the UK, the rest of Europe and the US. In concluding that regionalism is an imperative feature of politics in most countries, associated with almost any of the variety of forms of governance, the author offers a major appraisal of the significance of regional planning in an intemational context

Regional Government Innovations
Regional Government Innovations

Author: Roger L. Kemp

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780786413768

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Provides an overview of regional government, discusses twenty-five examples of initiatives promoting regional government, and explores the evolving role of regional government agencies.

Cities in the Pacific Rim
Cities in the Pacific Rim

Author: James Berry

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1135805644

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The cities of the Pacific Rim are in one of the most dynamic spheres of the global economy. In the twenty first century the focus of global affairs is destined to shift from the West to the East. These cities offer a wide range of different responses to the demands that rapid growth puts on planning and infrastructure : from the laxity that has lead to the urban sprawl of Bangkok to the regulation that is characteristic of Singapore. This book considers the interactive relationships between the operation of the planning system and the role and performance of property development and real estate markets in 14 Pacific Rim cities drawn from both the Eastern and Western perspective. The dynamic underlying these relationships considers the interplay between administrative structures, legislative controls and policy issues examining the role of actors and agencies in the property development and investment process.

Growth Within Bounds
Growth Within Bounds

Author: California. Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780756706319

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In 1997 the State of California Legislature created the Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century to review current statutes &, where appropriate, recommend revisions to the laws that govern city, county, and special district boundary changes. Over a period of 16 months, the Commission held 25 days of public hearings, received over 100 recommendations, and had nearly 90,000 visits to the commission's website. Based upon this extensive input and deliberations on the information received, the Commission has issued this report, which concludes with a strategic plan for its implementation by the California Legislature. Illustrated.

The Suburban Squeeze
The Suburban Squeeze

Author: David E. Dowall

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0520327985

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.