Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages .) |
Series |
Regions and cities ; 70 |
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Cities and regions ; v. 70.
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Contents |
Cities between state and globalization: towards city-regional governance -- Defining city regions: cities between urban and state theories -- Cities and the global: changing relationship between "inside" and "outside" -- Cities, city regions and the state: locating trans-local governance -- City-regional governance: between state hierarchy and "inter-local assemblages" -- City-regional governance as product of impetus, milieu and structure: comparing policies -- Conclusions |
Summary |
Different meanings of 'city-region' between regionalised city and urbanised region3. Cities and the global: changing relationship between 'inside' and 'outside'; Globalisation, territorial fragmentation and localising the virtual: nodes, linkages and inbetween-ness; Globalisation - localising the regional and perforating contiguous territoriality; Globalising the urban - global cities - global city-regions - mega (city)regions; Globalisation and city-regions: it is the 'local' that matters - concluding comments; 4. Cities, city-regions and the state: Locating trans-local governance |
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This book investigates the ways in which city regions view themselves as single entities, how they are governed, what is meant by 'governance', why the question of city-regional governance matters, and the extent to which the balance between internal and external factors is important for finding governance solutions. Examples from North America and Europe are compared and contrasted to gain a better understanding of what matters 'on the ground' to people and policy makers when seeking answers to the challenges of a globalised, rapidly changing world. In order to analyse the condition |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
State-local relations -- Europe
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State-local relations -- North America
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Local government -- Europe
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Local government -- North America
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Local government
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State-local relations
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Europe
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North America
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1317934105 |
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9781317934103 |
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9781315857565 |
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1315857561 |
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9781317934097 |
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1317934091 |
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