City-Regions : Emerging Lessons from England

The emergence of city-regions in England offers some useful lessons for the World Bank partners in developing countries. The city-region approach, as applied in England touches upon issues of decentralization, intergovernmental fiscal relations, governance, and the need to realign outdated administrative arrangements with a metropolitan area's economic footprint, among other highly relevant topics for rapidly urbanizing cities in developing countries. As a concept, city-regions are designed to promote cross-boundary collaboration across large urban areas. They aim to facilitate horizontal and vertical co-ordination between multiple jurisdictions. They advance the concept of an appropriate spatial scale for economic development functions such as transport, housing and training. They capture urban hinterlands, as well as core cities. This note explains: 1) the emergence of city-regions in England, 2) the current policy framework in England, 3) a case study of Greater Manchester, 4) city-region contracts as a policy tool to codify intergovernmental institutional arrangements, and 5) transferable lessons.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Larkin, Kieran, Marshall, Adam
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-10
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES, AIRPORT, BUS, BUS SERVICE, BUSES, CAR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CITIES, CITY AUTHORITIES, CITY CENTRE, CITY LEADERSHIP, CITY REGION, CITY-REGION, CITY-REGION CONCEPT, CITY-REGIONS, CITY·REGIONS, CONGESTION, CONGESTION CHARGING, COUNCILS, DECISION-MAKING, DEVOLUTION OF POWERS, DRIVERS, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECONOMIC CHANGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, EMPLOYMENT RATE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HOUSING, INDUSTRIAL LAND, JOURNEYS, LABOR MARKETS, LED, LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES, LOCAL RESOURCES, LOCAL TRANSPORT, MAYORS, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, POLITICIANS, PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, REFERENDUM, REGIONAL APPROACH, REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, REGIONAL COLLABORATION, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL GOVERNANCE, REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, REGIONAL POLICY, REGIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK, REPRESENTATIVES, REVOLUTION, SERVICE DELIVERY, TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINS, TRAM, TRAM SYSTEM, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, URBAN AREAS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN ECONOMIES, URBAN ECONOMY, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN POPULATION, URBANIZATION, WORKING AGE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/15515262/city-regions-emerging-lessons-england http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10269
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