Urban and regional governance in the Asia Pacific
By: [edited by John Friedmann].
Contributors: Friedmann, John.; University of British Columbia. Institute of Asian Research.
Publisher: Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia; UBC Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Local government -- Asia -- Congresses.; Local government -- Pacific Area -- Congresses.; Metropolitan government -- Asia -- Congresses.; Administration locale -- Pacifique, Région du -- Congrès.
Genres: Congresses.; Congrès.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
A selection of papers from "a workshop on metropolitan governance in the Asia-Pacific region that was held in Taipei in April 1998"--Introd.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / John Friedmann; title: The common good : assessing the performance of cities / John Friedmann; title: Governing global Sydney : from managerialism to entrepreneurialism / Peter A. Murphy and Chung-Tong Wu; title: National competitiveness and governance of Pusan Korea / Dong-Ho Shin; title: Urban-regional governance in the age of globalization : the case of metropolitan Osaka / Toshio Kamo; title: Transborder regional governance and planning : the case of Singapore and its neighbors / K.C. Ho; title: Exploring territorial governance and transterritorial society : alternative visions of 21st century Taiwan / Lucie Cheng and Chu-Joe Hsia; title: Governing mega-urban regions : the case of Vancouver / Terry McGee.