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Opportunities and Challenges of Metropolitan Governance

A special issue of Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2020) | Viewed by 7323

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jack W. Meek

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College of Business and Public Management, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA 91750, USA
Interests: metropolitan governance; managing complex systems & networks; civic engagement

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Administrative Sciences examines “Opportunities and Challenges of Metropolitan Governance”. The special issue is interested in research that addresses how metropolitan areas and regions are responding to patterns of globalization (climate change, migration, expanding trade, information expansion, human mobility), natural disasters (weather fire, earthquake, and others), population growth, and/or metropolitan wealth inequities. The Special Issue is interested in how metropolitan governments are addressing transportation infrastructure demands, housing needs, environmental quality, and water distribution and quality through the adoption of innovative practices and policy choices that enable adaptive and transformative governance capacities and enhance public welfare in metropolitan areas.

The Special Issue welcomes contributions from a variety of disciplines, including urban planning, public administration, urban affairs, land use, and related fields. The Special Issue welcomes a variety of perspectives (complexity sciences, computational modeling, systems analysis, policy studies, urban design, administrative studies, organizational and management theory, public health), as well as a variety of analytical techniques and methodologies. The subject areas of interest for this Special Issue include topics such as housing policy and strategies, transportation management, use and implementation of smart technologies, infrastructure project management, community development, and health and urban populations.

Research that demonstrates paths toward achieving sustainable, resilient, and viable communities that promote social equity and diversity through the adaptive qualities of metropolitan regional strategies is most welcome.

Dr. Jack W. Meek
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • metropolitan governance
  • urban planning
  • urban management
  • resilience
  • globalization
  • adaptive management

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The Dynamics between State Control and Metropolitan Governance Capacity
by Helena Tolkki and Arto Haveri
Adm. Sci. 2020, 10(2), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci10020026 - 26 Apr 2020
Cited by 4 | Viewed by 3501
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Due to the national importance of metropolitan areas, central governments seek to make them as attractive and competitive as possible. In many cases, this is done through state control over metropolitan areas and their governance arrangements. This article examines the relationship between state [...] Read more.
Due to the national importance of metropolitan areas, central governments seek to make them as attractive and competitive as possible. In many cases, this is done through state control over metropolitan areas and their governance arrangements. This article examines the relationship between state control and metropolitan governance capacity based on a comparative case study of four metropolitan areas: Auckland, Dublin, Montreal and Oslo. These areas represent different models of metropolitan governance, as well as different forms of state control. We studied state control by focusing on political and administrative decentralization: how independently can the metropolitan government make decisions and perform its tasks? The conclusion is that the different dimensions of decentralization are connected to capacity, but not straightforwardly. This study indicates that state involvement through different forms of control can increase metropolitan governance capacity, but only if it is combined with mandate and supportive policy actions. Full article
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Models of Collaborative Governance: The City of Los Angeles’ Foreclosure Registry Program
by Helen Morales and Jack Meek
Adm. Sci. 2019, 9(4), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci9040083 - 24 Oct 2019
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The economic recession of 2007–2013 brought many challenges to nations and cities throughout the world. Los Angeles experienced a foreclosure crisis that brought instability in the real property market, resulting in property loss and loss of revenue from property taxes and increasing demands [...] Read more.
The economic recession of 2007–2013 brought many challenges to nations and cities throughout the world. Los Angeles experienced a foreclosure crisis that brought instability in the real property market, resulting in property loss and loss of revenue from property taxes and increasing demands on city resources from blighted properties. The paper begins with a background of the problem related to blighted properties and proceeds a literature review related to the five phases to the development and implementation of a governance network. The paper then examines a case study—the City of Los Angeles Foreclosure Registry Program’s governance network to reduce blight—to assess the phases taken to learn if the theory of network design offers meaningful direction and insight. The paper closes with an evaluation of the consistency regarding the literature related to the five phases of governance network development and its implementation by the City of Los Angeles. Full article
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