This article provides a critical overview of contemporary debates on metropolitan
governance and region-wide cooperation in US city-regions. Many commentators have …

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 …

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 …

This article establishes a framework for thinking about sustainable development in the
metropolitan context by investigating the origins of the sustainability concept and its …

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 …