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GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE OF METROPOLITAN AREAS IN FEDERAL SYSTEMS
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| By: |
Enid Slack (Editor), Rupak Chattopadhyay (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£45.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199008973 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199008971 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, CANADA |
| Pub. date: |
3 October, 2013 |
| Pages: |
340 |
| Description: |
This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the governance and financing of metropolitan areas in federal countries, with contributions from the field's top scholars. Taking a comparative approach, each chapter examines two large metropolitan areas in a federal country, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume examines the governing structure and finances of metropolitan areas in federal systems. Taking a comparative approach, each chapter examines two large metropolitan areas in a federal country, including Australia (South East Queensland and Perth); Brazil (Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo); Canada (Toronto and Vancouver); Germany (Hamburg and Central Germany); India (Hyderabad and Mumbai); South Africa (Cape Town and Gauteng metropolitan region); Spain (Barcelona and Madrid); Switzerland (Geneva and Zurich); and the United States (Louisville and Los Angeles). Through individual case studies, the contributors present the national context for metropolitan areas (for example, whether local governments are in the national constitution) and the characteristics of two metropolitan areas in the country. The contributors emphasize how the delivery of services is coordinated across municipal boundaries, the extent to which land use planning is coordinated on a metropolitan-wide basis, how cost |
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8 b/w figures; 23 b/w maps; 67 tables |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press, Canada |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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