Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century : Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa / Philip Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Philip, 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Provides a comparative study of the complex governance challenges confronting city-regions in each of the BRICS countries. It traces how governance approaches emerge from the disparate intentions, actions and practices of multiple collaborating and competing actors, working in diverse contexts of political settlement and culture.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of maps

Preface

Acknowledgements

Acronyms

Cartography

Introduction: Exploring hyper-complexity

1 The global view: The city-region as material form, discourse and governmental practice

2 The governance of Brazil's metropolitan regions

3 The governance of Russia's urban agglomerations

4 Metropolitan and city-region governance in India

5 Governing the city clusters of China

6 City-region governance in South Africa

7 Concluding and comparative insights

References

Index

Back Cover

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Harrison, Philip Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century

ISBN:

1-77614-854-1

OCLC:

1408997912