TY - GEN AU - Friedmann,John ED - University of British Columbia. TI - Urban and regional governance in the Asia Pacific SN - 0888651775 (pbk.) AV - JS6950 .U72 1999 PY - 1999///] CY - Vancouver PB - Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia KW - Metropolitan government KW - Asia KW - Congresses KW - Local government KW - Pacific Area N1 - A selection of papers from "a workshop on metropolitan governance in the Asia-Pacific region that was held in Taipei in April 1998"--Introd; Includes bibliographical references; 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 ER -