03888oam 2200685I 450 991078526890332120230725024924.01-135-22912-01-135-22913-91-282-78229-097866127822990-203-86551-010.4324/9780203865514 (CKB)2670000000045892(EBL)565428(OCoLC)664551662(SSID)ssj0000418868(PQKBManifestationID)11299191(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418868(PQKBWorkID)10382336(PQKB)11152104(MiAaPQ)EBC565428(Au-PeEL)EBL565428(CaPaEBR)ebr10416696(CaONFJC)MIL278229(OCoLC)671767664(EXLCZ)99267000000004589220180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGovernance and planning of mega-city regions an international comparative perspective /edited by Jiang Xu and Anthony G.O. YehMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (289 p.)Routledge studies in human geographyDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-86733-0 0-415-56089-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Governance and planning of mega-city regions: Diverse processes and reconstituted state spaces; Part I: Multi-level governance and planning in Europe; 2 The polycentric metropolis: A Western European perspective on mega-city regions; 3 Innovations in governance and planning: Randstad cooperation; 4 Strategic planning and regional governance in Europe: Recent trends and policy responses; Part II: Multi-polity governance and planning in federacy; 5 Novel spatial formats: Megaregions and global cities6 America 2050: Towards a twenty-first-century national infrastructure investment plan for the United States7 Mega-city regional cooperation in the United States and Western Europe: A comparative perspective; 8 Regions of cities: Metropolitan governance and planning in Australia; 9 The Upper Spencer Gulf Common Purpose Group: A model of intra-regional cooperation for economic development; Part III: State-led governance and planning under transition; 10 Coordinating the fragmented mega-city regions in China: State reconstruction and regional strategic planning11 Spatial planning for urban agglomeration in the Yangtze River DeltaIndexNeoliberalism's market revolution has had a tremendous effect on contemporary mega-city regions. The negative consequences of market-oriented politics for territorial growth have been recognized. While a lot of attention has been given to how planners and policy makers are fighting back political fragmentation through innovative governance and planning, little has been done to reveal such practices through an international comparative perspective.Governance and Planning of Mega-City Regions provides a comparative treatment and examination of how new approaches in goveRoutledge studies in human geography.City planningCross-cultural studiesRegional planningCross-cultural studiesCity planningRegional planning307.1216Xu Jiang1968-1178797Yeh Anthony G. O.1952-1513824MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785268903321Governance and planning of mega-city regions3753933UNINA