Fragments of Regionalism: The Limits of Southern California Governance

Bollens, Scott A.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9906.1997.tb00399.x

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“…Again, however, the way these territorial outcomes relate to objective material interests needs to be investigated. In his study of regional governance in Southern California, Bollens (1997) suggests that, in practice, public accountability in regional institutions is often sacrificed for the sake of functional effectiveness.…”

Section: Rescaling and Reregulating The Environment In England?mentioning

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Rescaling and Regional Governance: The English Regional Development Agencies and the Environment

Gibbs

Jonas

2001

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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The establishment of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) in the English regions will bring about an important change in UK regional governance. A key area of contention and struggle is likely to occur over the contribution of the RDAs to sustainable development. Although the pursuit of sustainable development is a stated goal of the RDAs, in this paper we argue that this goal is likely to be compromised by tensions and contradictions emerging in the evolving new governance landscape of England. In terms of promoting sustainable-development policy, the regional scale of the UK state is becoming materially and discursively significant, and a particular focus of struggles around economic and environmental issues. These struggles strategically intersect with wider processes of reregulation and rescaling in the UK state. We not only consider the practical policy implications of integrating the economy and environment at the regional scale, but also analyse emerging tensions in regional governance in the light of processes of social reregulation and rescaling within the UK state. We argue that theoretical approaches to the latter need to incorporate the uneven process of rescaling and the contingent nature of regional state forms and institutions.

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Section: Rescaling and Reregulating The Environment In England?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Rescaling and Regional Governance: The English Regional Development Agencies and the Environment

Gibbs

Jonas

2001

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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“…However, these initiatives occurred in contexts where a strong public motivation was present, and do not extend to managing overall growth and quality of life in these regions. Singlepurpose regional agencies may also compartmentalize planning and work against broader development of a regional public interest (BOLLENS, 1997).…”

Section: Regional Sustainability Planning To Datementioning

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Regions, Megaregions, and Sustainability

Wheeler

2009

Regional Studies

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WHEELER S. Regions, megaregions, and sustainability, Regional Studies. The rapid expansion of urbanized regions is problematic for sustainable development. Urbanization at large scales has inherent sustainability problems, and planning institutions and governance mechanisms have had limited success at the metropolitan scale, let alone at a megaregional one. A vision of more sustainable regional development includes an emphasis on balanced local communities to reduce regional mobility demands; the management of land, resources, and population to live within regional limits; efforts to improve equity and build social capital; and on economic development that strengthens the quality of the region's social and ecological systems rather than the quantity of production and consumption. Regional planningRegions Megaregions Metropolitan Sustainability Sustainable development WHEELER S. Régions, mégarégions et durabilité, Regional Studies. L'expansion rapide des régions urbanisées est un problème pour le développement durable. L'urbanisation à grande échelle induit des problèmes inhérents de durabilité et les instances de planification ainsi que les mécanismes gouvernementaux ont connu un succès limité à l'échelle métropolitaine sans parler du niveau méga-régional. Une vision du développement régional plus durable nécessite de mettre l'accent sur l'équilibre des communautés locales afin de réduire les demandes en mobilité régionale, la gestion des terres, les ressources, le souhait des populations de vivre à l'intér-ieur des limites régionales, des efforts pour améliorer l'équité et construire un capital social; il faut mettre l'accent sur le développe-ment économique qui renforce la qualité des systèmes sociaux et écologiques de la région plutôt que sur la quantité de la production et de la consommation. Regionalplanung Regionen Megaregionen Metropolitan Nachhaltigkeit Nachhaltige Entwicklung WHEELER S. Regiones, megaregiones y sostenibilidad, Regional Studies. La rápida expansión de regiones urbanizadas es un problema para el desarrollo sostenible. La urbanización a gran escala presenta problemas inherentes de sostenibilidad y las instituciones de planificación y los mecanismos de gobierno tienen un éxito limitado a nivel metropolitano, no digamos ya a escala megaregional. Para obtener un desarrollo regional con una visión más sostenible se debería dar prioridad a las comunidades localmente equilibradas para reducir las demandas de movilidad regional, a la administración de las tierras, los recursos y la población que vive en límites regionales; a los esfuerzos para mejorar la igualdad y crear capital social y a un desarrollo económico que refuerza la calidad de los sistemas sociales y ecológicos de la región en vez de centrarnos en la cantidad de producción y consumo.

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“…While there has been considerable attention to the national, state and local roles in the intergovernmental system, less attention has been given to the roles that voluntary regional councils play in this intergovernmental fabric (Wright 1982;Ross and Wikstrom 2000;Stephens and Wikstrom 2007). There has been even less research that focuses specifically on regional councils and on their operations and limitations as actors within regional governance (Wikstrom 1977;Gage 1993;Wallis 1993;Bollens 1997;Wallis 2001;Collins and Poitras 2002;Norris 2002;Hamilton 2002;Visser 2002;Visser 2004;Riverstone 2005). …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The metropolitan landscape is a highly fragmented mix of intergovernmental and regional structures that include multipurpose single regional districts as well as multiple regional structures that do different things or serve different areas within a larger region (Hamilton et al 2004;Bollens 1997;Paytas 2002). Furthermore, the intergovernmental institutional context that these regional councils face substantially shapes their role and influence in metropolitan areas.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%