BOOK REVIEW: The limits of boundaries. Why city-regions cannot be self-governing.

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Jeremy Dawkins

Abstract

If it really matters how a metropolitan region is governed, should it not be obvious on the ground? To take just three NewWorld examples of metropolitan-scale city councils, Calgary, Houston and Brisbane should have a different ‘look and feel’ to that of their fragmented equivalents, not to mention greater efficiency and equity stemming from their ability to manage growth across all or most of the urban region.

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Dawkins, J. (2009). BOOK REVIEW: The limits of boundaries. Why city-regions cannot be self-governing. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (3), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i0.1117
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Author Biography

Jeremy Dawkins, Currently engaging in research in Sydney

Formally Chairman of the Western Australian Planning Commission 2004-2009)