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OverviewMetropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning explores the relationship between metropolitan decision-making and strategies to co-ordinate spatial policy. This relationship is examined across 20 cities of Europe and the similarities and differences analysed. Cities are having to formulate their urban policies in a very complex and turbulent environment. They are faced with numerous new pressures and problems and these often create contradictory conditions. The book provides a theoretical framework for exploring these issues and links this to a detailed investigation of each city. In the context of globalisation, cities in the last twenty years have experienced new patterns of activity and these usually transcend political boundaries. The management of these changes therefore requires an effort of co-ordination and different cities have found different approaches. However the institutional setting itself has not remained static. The nation-states in Europe have handed over many responsibilities to the European Union while also increasing devolution to regions and cities. Government has therefore become a more complex multi-level activity. There has also been the move from government to governance. Many different public, quasi-public and private bodies are now involved in making decisions that affect urban development. Metropolitan governance is therefore also a complex multi-actor process. In these conditions of fragmented governance and the widening spatial networking of urban development, the issue of policy co-ordination become ever more important. The exploration of the 20 cities shows that many face similar difficulties while some also provide interesting examples of innovative practice. The book concludes that the way forward is to find strategies to link the different spheres of metropolitan action through 'organising connectivity'. Cities covered: London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Stockholm, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hannover, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, Venice, Milan, Paris, Brussels, Aix/Marseille, Barcelona, Madrid. Jeremy Alden, Bodo Freund, Dietrich Furst and Ansgar Rudolph, Enrico Gualini, Bjorn Harsman, Alan Harding, Hartmut Haussermann, Susanne Heeg, Anton Kreukels, Evert Lagrou, Christian Lefevre, Karel Mai Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anton Kreukels , Willem Salet , Andy ThornleyPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.929kg ISBN: 9780415274494ISBN 10: 0415274494 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 14 November 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart One: General Introduction 1. Institutional and spatial coordination in European metropolitan regions 2. Metropolitan regions in the face of the European dimension Part Two: London, Birmingham, Cardiff/Wales, Stockholm 3. London: Institutional turbulence but enduring nation-state control 4. The Birmingham case 5. The experience of Cardiff and Wales 6. The Stockholm region: metropolitan governance and spatial policy Part Three: Berlin, Frankfurt, Hannover, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Rotterdam 7. Berlin 8. The Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region 9. The Hanover Metropolitan Region 10. Governance in the Stuttgart metropolitan region 11. Amsterdam and the North Wing of the Randstad 12. Rotterdam and the South Wing of the Randstad Part Four: Prague, Vienna, Venice, Milan 13. The Prague metropolitan region 14. Metropolitan governance and regional planning in Vienna 15. Venice 16. The region of Milan Part Five: Paris, Bruxelles, Marseilles-Aix, Barcelona, Madrid 17. Paris 18. Brussels: a superimposition of social, cultural and spatial layers 19. Marseilles-Aix Metropolitan Region (1981-2000) 20. The case of Barcelona 21. Metropolitan government and development strategies in Madrid Part Six: Concluding part: the problem of coordination in fragmented metropolises 22. Practices of Metropolitan Governance in Europe: Experiences and LessonsReviewsAuthor InformationAndy Thornley is Director of Planning Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.Anton Kreukels.> Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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