{"product_id":"governing-metropolitan-areas-david-k-hamilton-9780415899352","title":"Governing Metropolitan Areas: Growth and Change in a Networked Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eInterest and research on regionalism has soared in the last decade. Local governments in metropolitan areas and civic organizations are increasingly engaged in cooperative and collaborative public policy efforts to solve problems that stretch across urban centers and their surrounding suburbs. Yet there remains scant attention in textbooks to the issues that arise in trying to address metropolitan governance. \u003ci\u003eGoverning Metropolitan Areas\u003c\/i\u003e describes and analyzes structure to understand the how and why of regionalism in our global age. The book covers governmental institutions and their evolution to governance, but with a continual focus on institutions. David Hamilton provides the necessary comprehensive, in-depth description and analysis of how metropolitan areas and governments within metropolitan areas developed, efforts to restructure and combine local governments, and governance within the polycentric urban region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second edition is a major revision to update the scholarship and current thinking on regional governance. While the text still provides background on the historical development and growth of urban areas and governments' efforts to accommodate the growth of metropolitan areas, this edition also focuses on current efforts to provide governance through cooperative and collaborative solutions. There is also now extended treatment of how regional governance outside the United States has evolved and how other countries are approaching regional governance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David K. Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415899354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415899352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 703","brand":"David K. Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056094802175,"sku":"9780415899352","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e451b3f9-9055-46ee-b8e3-dd71b1d0f3c8.jpg?v=1685039484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/governing-metropolitan-areas-david-k-hamilton-9780415899352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}