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Urban and regional governance in the Asia Pacific

[edited by John Friedmann]

Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, [1999]

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A selection of papers from "a workshop on metropolitan governance in the Asia-Pacific region that was held in Taipei in April 1998"--Introd

Includes bibliographical references

Contents of Works

  • Introduction / John Friedmann
  • The common good : assessing the performance of cities / John Friedmann
  • Governing global Sydney : from managerialism to entrepreneurialism / Peter A. Murphy and Chung-Tong Wu
  • National competitiveness and governance of Seoul, Korea / Won Bae Kim
  • Governing inter-regional conflicts : managing expansion in Pusan Korea / Dong-Ho Shin
  • Urban-regional governance in the age of globalization : the case of metropolitan Osaka / Toshio Kamo
  • Transborder regional governance and planning : the case of Singapore and its neighbors / K.C. Ho
  • Exploring territorial governance and transterritorial society : alternative visions of 21st century Taiwan / Lucie Cheng and Chu-Joe Hsia
  • Governing mega-urban regions : the case of Vancouver / Terry McGee

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Description

This work explores the challenges to urban and regional governance posed by the emergence of mega-urban regions in the Asia Pacific region, examining the experimental government structures in place to govern these areas. It includes case studies of Sydney, Vancouver, Seoul and Osaka.

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