Metropolitan governance and economic competitiveness
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| contents | Metropolitan governance and economic competitiveness Lamia Kamal Chaoui Vincenzo Spiezia Estudios Territoriales R12 R58 clusters urban finance metropolitan regions As globalisation progresses, the pursuit of competitiveness in urbanregions has become a major local and national policy objective.Government intervention in cities is progressively combiningremedial actions aimed at combating negative consequences ofurbanisation (sprawl, social and environmental problems) andproactive actions to strengthen competitiveness. Among policies tostrengthen urban competitiveness are: (i) Supporting clustering byenhancing local social capital (networking, forums for exchange,cluster animation), (ii) Developing links between institutions of highereducation, research institutions, private industry and government andsupply skilled human capital that can operate effectively in theknowledge and information-based industries; and (iii) strengtheningcommunication roads, airports, railroad links and electroniccommunications. Implementing all these policies requires developing strong leadershipand a common strategy. Metropolitan governance emerges as a keyissue for the implementation of policy actions and strategies. As majorcities in OECD countries expand geographically outward, oldadministrative boundaries usually remain in place, creating apatchwork of municipalities within the urban area, each with its ownvested interests to defend. This creates a complex policy environment inwhich area-wide consensus is difficult to reach on medium andlong-term goals in environmental quality, economic development andcompetitiveness, social cohesion, equitable public finance, and the leveland quality of public services across the urban region.A bench of experiences of metropolitan governance reforms has beenundertaken in different OECD countries. Often, these reforms intend to identify solutions for producing scale economies and addressing territorial spillovers between different jurisdictions. Most of theapproaches attempt to solve the negative consequences of institutionalfragmentation without proposing a proactive answer for the designand the implementation of a coordinated economic developmentstrategy for the entire metropolitan region. Metropolitan developmentagencies emerge as an interesting experiment to respond to suchobjectives. 2004 artículo científico 1697-6223 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50400202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=504 Urban Public Economics Review application/pdf Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Urban Public Economics Review (España) Num.2 |
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| spellingShingle | Metropolitan governance and economic competitiveness Lamia Kamal Chaoui Estudios Territoriales R12 R58 clusters urban finance metropolitan regions Metropolitan governance and economic competitiveness Lamia Kamal Chaoui Vincenzo Spiezia Estudios Territoriales R12 R58 clusters urban finance metropolitan regions As globalisation progresses, the pursuit of competitiveness in urbanregions has become a major local and national policy objective.Government intervention in cities is progressively combiningremedial actions aimed at combating negative consequences ofurbanisation (sprawl, social and environmental problems) andproactive actions to strengthen competitiveness. Among policies tostrengthen urban competitiveness are: (i) Supporting clustering byenhancing local social capital (networking, forums for exchange,cluster animation), (ii) Developing links between institutions of highereducation, research institutions, private industry and government andsupply skilled human capital that can operate effectively in theknowledge and information-based industries; and (iii) strengtheningcommunication roads, airports, railroad links and electroniccommunications. Implementing all these policies requires developing strong leadershipand a common strategy. Metropolitan governance emerges as a keyissue for the implementation of policy actions and strategies. As majorcities in OECD countries expand geographically outward, oldadministrative boundaries usually remain in place, creating apatchwork of municipalities within the urban area, each with its ownvested interests to defend. This creates a complex policy environment inwhich area-wide consensus is difficult to reach on medium andlong-term goals in environmental quality, economic development andcompetitiveness, social cohesion, equitable public finance, and the leveland quality of public services across the urban region.A bench of experiences of metropolitan governance reforms has beenundertaken in different OECD countries. Often, these reforms intend to identify solutions for producing scale economies and addressing territorial spillovers between different jurisdictions. Most of theapproaches attempt to solve the negative consequences of institutionalfragmentation without proposing a proactive answer for the designand the implementation of a coordinated economic developmentstrategy for the entire metropolitan region. Metropolitan developmentagencies emerge as an interesting experiment to respond to suchobjectives. 2004 artículo científico 1697-6223 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50400202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=504 Urban Public Economics Review application/pdf Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Urban Public Economics Review (España) Num.2 |
| title | Metropolitan governance and economic competitiveness |
| topic | Estudios Territoriales R12 R58 clusters urban finance metropolitan regions |
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