Reconsidering Territorial Governance to Account for Enhanced Rural-Urban Interdependence in America
Reconsidering Territorial Governance to Account for Enhanced Rural-Urban Interdependence in America
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DOI:
10.1177/0002716217706495
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发表时间:
2017-07-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Shucksmith, Mark
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作者:
Brown, David L.;Shucksmith, Mark
The urban-rural interface is structured by intense social, economic, and environmental interdependencies among urban and rural places. Accordingly, we argue that the rural-urban interface should be governed in a new, hybrid mannerone that accounts for both place-based and relational exigencies. The United States lacks a coherent, coordinated approach to multijurisdictional planning and governance, but multijurisdictional governance can and often does succeed through cooperation at the state and local levels. To illustrate this point, and to ground the theoretical discussion, we present three examples of multijurisdictional planning that are effective at the local level, and one example that has failed to accomplish such goals. Governance of the zone of rural-urban interactions will be more effective and accountable if policies and programs involve not only the constituent municipalities located in this space, but also the social, economic, and environmental relationships in which these communities are embedded.