Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning : Comparative Case Studies of European City-Regions (Paperback)

Part One: General Introduction1. Institutional and spatial coordination in European metropolitan regions2. Metropolitan regions in the face of the European dimensionPart Two: London, Birmingham, Cardiff/Wales, Stockholm3. London: Institutional turbulence but enduring nation-state control4. The Birmingham case5. The experience of Cardiff and Wales6. The Stockholm region: metropolitan governance and spatial policyPart Three: Berlin, Frankfurt, Hannover, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Rotterdam7. Berlin 8. The Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region9. The Hanover Metropolitan Region10. Governance in the Stuttgart metropolitan region11. Amsterdam and the North Wing of the Randstad12. Rotterdam and the South Wing of the RandstadPart Four: Prague, Vienna, Venice, Milan13. The Prague metropolitan region14. Metropolitan governance and regional planning in Vienna15. Venice16. The region of MilanPart Five: Paris, Bruxelles, Marseilles-Aix, Barcelona, Madrid17. Paris 18. Brussels: a superimposition of social, cultural and spatial layers19. Marseilles-Aix Metropolitan Region (1981-2000)20. The case of Barcelona21. Metropolitan government and development strategies in MadridPart Six: Concluding part: the problem of coordination in fragmented metropolises22. Practices of Metropolitan Governance in Europe: Experiences and Lessons