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Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions : In Search of Urban Gargantuas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge series in regional and federal studiesPublication details: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781135283780
  • 1135283788
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions : In Search of Urban Gargantuas.DDC classification:
  • 320.8/5/094 21
LOC classification:
  • JS3000
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Contents:
Cover; Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Urban power structures: territories, actors and institutions in Europe; 2 The metropolitan city of Bologna: from the 'Third Italy' to the Second Republic?; 3 The institutional dynamic of the urban region of Bordeaux: from the 'Chaban system' to Alain Juppé; 4 Building a new territory: the urban region of Lyons; 5 Manchester: an old metropolis.
6 Local government versus metropolitan government: the example of the Lake Geneva region7 Institutional policies in a federal state: the creation of the Association of the Urban Region of Stuttgart; 8 Turin: the vain search for Gargantua; 9 Greater Rotterdam: between local territoriality and national uniformity; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: A comparative analysis of eight different urban areas - Bologna, Bordeaux, Geneve-Lausanne, Lyons, Manchester, Rotterdam, Stuttgart and Torino - examining key urban issues that are high on the policy agenda of every national government.
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Cover; Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Urban power structures: territories, actors and institutions in Europe; 2 The metropolitan city of Bologna: from the 'Third Italy' to the Second Republic?; 3 The institutional dynamic of the urban region of Bordeaux: from the 'Chaban system' to Alain Juppé; 4 Building a new territory: the urban region of Lyons; 5 Manchester: an old metropolis.

6 Local government versus metropolitan government: the example of the Lake Geneva region7 Institutional policies in a federal state: the creation of the Association of the Urban Region of Stuttgart; 8 Turin: the vain search for Gargantua; 9 Greater Rotterdam: between local territoriality and national uniformity; Bibliography; Index.

A comparative analysis of eight different urban areas - Bologna, Bordeaux, Geneve-Lausanne, Lyons, Manchester, Rotterdam, Stuttgart and Torino - examining key urban issues that are high on the policy agenda of every national government.

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