Explaining Governance in Five Mega-City Regions: Rethinking the Role of Hierarchy and Government

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-555

  Evers, David ^a   de Vries, Jochem ^b  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MEGACITY; OPEN SPACE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATE ROLE;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876157076     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.722944     Document Type: Article

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