As metropolitan regions continue to fuse into giant megalopolises, nations are confronted with new challenges for governing large metropolitan regions. This monograph addresses …
This controversial new look at democracy in a multicultural society considers the ideals of political inclusion and exclusion, and recommends ways to engage in democratic politics in …
How can the United States create the political will to address our major urban problems— poverty, unemployment, crime, traffic congestion, toxic pollution, education, energy …
SM Wheeler - Journal of the American Planning Association, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This article analyzes the emergence of a “new regionalism” and situates this movement within the historical evolution of regional planning. Key characteristics include (1) a focus on …
SM Wheeler - Journal of planning education and research, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
This article establishes a framework for thinking about sustainable development in the metropolitan context by investigating the origins of the sustainability concept and its …
K Ward, AEG Jonas - Environment and Planning A, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper sets out a sympathetic critique of a series of writings that we refer to as new regionalist approaches to the city. We review the recent work on state restructuring/rescaling …
This major comparative text on urban planning, and the global and regional context in which it takes place, examines what have been traditionally regarded as' world cities'(New York …
Governance of Europe's City Regions considers the changing role of the European Union in regional issues, explores how national governments have become increasingly involved at …
Traditionally, we take a nationalist view of our economy. Our politics and economics are wedded in the political economy of the nation state and the nationalist economic policies …