Governing global city regions in China and the West

As metropolitan regions continue to fuse into giant megalopolises, nations are confronted with new challenges for governing large metropolitan regions. This monograph addresses three main themes in the burgeoning study of global cities and regional governance in a comparative context. First, what is...

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Published in:Progress in planning 2010, Vol.73 (1), p.1-75
Main Authors: Vogel, Ronald K., Savitch, H.V., Xu, Jiang, Yeh, Anthony G.O., Wu, Weiping, Sancton, Andrew, Kantor, Paul, Newman, Peter, Tsukamoto, Takashi, Cheung, Peter T.Y., Shen, Jianfa, Wu, Fulong, Zhang, Fangzhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative organization
China
Comparative analysis
Global cities
Governance
Metropolitan areas
Metropolitan regions
Regional governance
Regionalism
Urban growth
Urban structure
Western countries
World economy
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Summary:As metropolitan regions continue to fuse into giant megalopolises, nations are confronted with new challenges for governing large metropolitan regions. This monograph addresses three main themes in the burgeoning study of global cities and regional governance in a comparative context. First, what is the importance of city regionalism in the world economy and how are they formed? Second, what is the politics of city regionalism and what political-administrative forms can it take? Third, are these processes the same in China and the West?
ISSN:0305-9006
1873-4510
DOI:10.1016/j.progress.2009.12.001