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Christina D. Rosan - Governing the Fragmented Metropolis - 9780812248555 - V9780812248555
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Governing the Fragmented Metropolis

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Description for Governing the Fragmented Metropolis Hardcover. Comparing metropolitan planning processes in Boston, Denver, and Portland, Christina D. Rosan examines the impact that various metropolitan governance arrangements have on regional land use decisions and challenges us to think more critically about the political arrangements necessary to govern sustainable metropolitan regions. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
The City in the Twenty-First Century
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812248555
SKU
V9780812248555
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About Christina D. Rosan
Christina D. Rosan teaches geography and urban studies at Temple University.

Reviews for Governing the Fragmented Metropolis
"Governing the Fragmented Metropolis should be on the shelf of any library with a serious interest in contemporary urban affairs."
Journal of Urban Affairs
"I know of no other work that systematically examines different approaches to regional, public decision making on land use in the United States. This book is a much needed, path-breaking effort to assess the ... Read more

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