Governing the Fragmented Metropolis: Planning for Regional Sustainability Contributor(s): Rosan, Christina D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812248554 ISBN-13: 9780812248555 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning - Political Science | American Government - Local |
Dewey: 307.121 |
LCCN: 2017303494 |
Series: City in the Twenty-First Century |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Today the challenges facing our nation's metropolitan regions are enormous: demographic change, aging infrastructure, climate change mitigation and adaptation, urban sprawl, spatial segregation, gentrification, education, housing affordability, regional equity, and more. Unfortunately, local governments do not have the capacity to respond to the interlocking set of problems facing metropolitan regions, and future challenges such as population growth and climate change will not make it easier. But will we ever have a more effective and sustainable approach to developing the metropolitan region? The answer may depend on our ability to develop a means to govern a metropolitan region that promotes population density, regional public transit systems, and the equitable development of city and suburbs within a system of land use and planning that is by and large a local one. If we want to plan for sustainable regions we need to understand and strengthen existing metropolitan planning arrangements. |