Cities for Citizens [electronic resource]: Improving Metropolitan Governance /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2001.
In OECD countries, metropolitan areas often enjoy above-average rates of growth; they compete for foreign direct investment, have a leading position in the knowledge-based economy, and attract a disproportionately large share of immigrants. Yet they also are burdened with many problems including congestion, and the renewal of infrastructure, the spread of distressed urban areas. Better strategies for the development of metropolitan areas are vital if their rate of economic growth is to remain strong, but the governance structures currently in place are often outdated and ill-adapted to the tasks they face, especially given the sprawl of many metropolitan cities across many jurisdictions.Drawing on the lessons from successful and unsuccessful attempts at the reform of metropolitan governance, this book identifies ways by which central and metropolitan governments can work better to optimise the potential of each urban region.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Why does metropolitan governance matter?""; ""Can the culture of governance be changed?""; ""Better governance for more competitive and liveable cities""; ""What are the financial challenges facing cities?""; ""What institutional reforms are needed?""; ""Area-wide strategies""; ""Principles of Metropolitan Governance""; ""Part I.  Improving the governance of metropolitan""; ""Chapter 1.  Why Does Metropolitan Governance Matter?""; ""National and international trends affecting metropolitan governance""
""Changes in public governance""""Population growth and world urbanisation""; ""Metropolisation of the world economy-implications for national economies""; ""New technologies""; ""Devolution and decentralisation""; ""Key issues of metropolitan governance""; ""Changing role of central government and a new role for metropolitan areas""; ""Optimising competitiveness and liveability at the metropolitan level""; ""Reforming metropolitan institutions and urban public finance""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 2.  Can the â€œCultureâ€? of Metropolitan Governance Be Changed?""
""Towards more effective partnerships""""From area-wide technical structures to area-wide political structures""; ""Developing organisational capacity""; ""Box 1.  Institutional reform in Toronto, Canada""; ""Improving the effectiveness of area-based initiatives""; ""Box 2.  Difficulties which area-based strategies may encounter""; ""Addressing the democratic deficit""; ""Changing the culture of governance â€? Creating the right institutions for the participation...""; ""Electoral reform and participation""; ""New actors""; ""Governance, social capital and democracy""
""Box 3.  Urban good governance and participatory development, Berlin, 1995""""Cultural change and new technology""; ""Impact of telematics on the city and people""; ""New technologies and urban policy""; ""Specific urban policy areas needing attention""; ""Box 4.  Urban governance and new technologies""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 3.  Better Governance for More Competitive and Liveable Cities: Creating the Strategies""; ""Striking the right balance between policies for competitiveness and policies for  social cohesion...""; ""Better governance â€? The key to resolving the dilemma?""
""The entrepreneurial city""""Innovations in governance and strategic planning in support of more competitive and liveable...""; ""Introducing area-wide metropolitan governments""; ""Box 5.  Role of the Federal Government in improving liveability â€? United States""; ""Improving the co-ordination and integration of sectoral policies at the metropolitan level""; ""Partnerships""; ""Box 6.  Partnerships for social and economic development in France, 1980-97""; ""Box 7.  US EPA Brownfields Initiative""; ""Governance and strategic planning in support of clusters and innovation""
""Box 8.  Economic and social development strategy of Toronto""
Includes bibliographical references.
In OECD countries, metropolitan areas often enjoy above-average rates of growth; they compete for foreign direct investment, have a leading position in the knowledge-based economy, and attract a disproportionately large share of immigrants. Yet they also are burdened with many problems including congestion, and the renewal of infrastructure, the spread of distressed urban areas. Better strategies for the development of metropolitan areas are vital if their rate of economic growth is to remain strong, but the governance structures currently in place are often outdated and ill-adapted to the tasks they face, especially given the sprawl of many metropolitan cities across many jurisdictions.Drawing on the lessons from successful and unsuccessful attempts at the reform of metropolitan governance, this book identifies ways by which central and metropolitan governments can work better to optimise the potential of each urban region.
City planning
Metropolitan government