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Urban and regional governance in the Asia Pacific / [edited by John Friedmann]. - vii [i.e., xii], 130 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

A selection of papers from "a workshop on metropolitan governance in the Asia-Pacific region that was held in Taipei in April 1998"--Introd.



Introduction / John Friedmann -- The common good : assessing the performance of cities / John Friedmann -- Governing global Sydney : from managerialism to entrepreneurialism / Peter A. Murphy and Chung-Tong Wu -- National competitiveness and governance of Pusan Korea / Dong-Ho Shin -- Urban-regional governance in the age of globalization : the case of metropolitan Osaka / Toshio Kamo -- Transborder regional governance and planning : the case of Singapore and its neighbors / K.C. Ho -- Exploring territorial governance and transterritorial society : alternative visions of 21st century Taiwan / Lucie Cheng and Chu-Joe Hsia -- Governing mega-urban regions : the case of Vancouver / Terry McGee.

ISBN: 0888651775 (pbk.)

LCCN: 00363559

Nat. Bib. No.: C99-910642-2

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Metropolitan government--Asia--Congresses
Local government--Pacific Area--Congresses
Local government--Asia--Congresses

LC Class. No.: JS6950 / .U72 1999