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作者

来源

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW,Vol.53,Issue2,P.381-402

语言

英文

关键字

fragmented government; metropolitan regions; urban development; polycentrism; monocentrism; "back-door regionalism"; public authorities; GOVERNANCE; ORGANIZATION

作者单位

[Savitch, H. V.] Virginia Tech, Alexandria, VA USA. [Adhikari, Sarin] Univ Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292 USA. Savitch, HV (reprint author), Virginia Tech, Metropolitan Inst, NCR, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA. E-Mail: hank.savitch@louisville.edu

摘要

This article addresses the extent to which metropolitan regions have continued to fragment and grown more disparate. We ask, why have comprehensive institutions not taken root to mitigate metropolitan fragmentation and how can we better understand its persistence? We call attention to the insufficiently understood and integrative role of public authorities as functional for fragmented metropolises and their continued splintering. That functionality is explained by a regional paradox, which states that centrifugal forces from autonomous, competitive local governments push against metropolitan integration while centripetal pressures for regional policy coherence pull toward it. The result is the embodiment of both tendencies in what we call fragmented regionalisma condition where local autonomy is largely left intact while public authorities are able to manage selective regional pressures. We find that metropolitan regions have become more fragmented and more unequal. This pattern is concomitant with public authority spending, which has favored the most advantaged metropolises.