1st Edition

Comparative Metropolitan Policy Governing Beyond Local Boundaries in the Imagined Metropolis

By Jen Nelles Copyright 2012
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

How are metropolitan regions governed? What makes some regions more effective than others in managing policies that cross local jurisdictional boundaries? Political coordination among municipal governments is necessary to attract investment, rapid and efficient public transit systems, and to sustain cultural infrastructure in metropolitan regions. In this era of fragmented authority, local... Read more

1. Cooperation and Governance in City-Regions  2. Towards a Theoretical Framework of Intermunicipal Cooperation  3. Civic Capital  4. Frankfurt Rhein Main: A Region in Search of an Identity  5. Rhein Neckar: A Region Build from Below  6. Toronto: Strong City, Weak Region  7. Waterloo: Forging a Culture of Cooperation  8. Catalyzing Cooperation: The Best of Two Worlds

Biography

Jen Nelles is a Postdoctoral Fellow at CEPS/INTEAD (Luxembourg) and Research Fellow PROGRIS at the University of Toronto.