Empowering Metropolitan Regions Through New Forms of Cooperation
Empowering Metropolitan Regions Through New Forms of Cooperation

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Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780754672418

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Empowering Metropolitan Regions through New Forms of Cooperation analyzes the development of cross-border and cross-sector partnerships in various European cities and regions. It provides insight into the factors of failure and success in relation to the coalition forming process by comparing various attempts at this in European regions. The comparative analysis of these attempts to establish cooperation between municipalities sheds light on the importanceof a regional approach to governance in dealing with challenges that cross the borders of cities.

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

Author: Don Phares

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 0765631571

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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.

Place Matters
Place Matters

Author: Peter Dreier

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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The central thesis of Place Matters is that economic segregation between rich and poor and the growing sprawl of American cities and suburbs are not solely the result of individual choices in free markets. Rather, these problems have been powerfully shaped by short-sighted government policies.