Metropolitan governance in China : priorities for action in the context of Chinese urban dynamics and the international experience

39924 M ETROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE IN CHINA: PRIORITIES FOR ACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF CHINESE URBAN DYNAMICS AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE By Douglas Webster1, Jianming Cai2, and Chuthatip Maneepong3 Prepared for EASUR, World Bank, Beijing September 22, 2006 1Douglas Webster is Professor in the School of Global Studies and the Global Institute for Sustainability at Arizona State University, USA. He can be reached at Douglas.webster@asu.edu 2Jianming Cai is Professor in the Institute of Geography and Natural Resources of the Chinese Academy of Science. He can be reached at caijm@igsnrr.ac.cn 3Chuthatip Maneepong is Assistant Professor in the School of Technology Management at Shinawatra University, Thailand, and Visiting Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, USA. She can be reached at Chuthatip@shinawatra.ac.th  Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 International Metropolitan Governance: Lessons Learned ................................................. 6 1.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 The North American Experience..................................................................................................... 7 1.3 The European Experience ............................................................................................................. 14 1.4 The East Asian Experience............................................................................................................ 18 1.5 Overall Learning: Relevance to China ......................................................................................... .21 Chapter 2 Governing China's Metropolitan Regions: Status, Issues,................................................ 24 and Policy Implications....................................................................................................................... 24 2.1 Introduction................................................................................................................................... 24 2.2 Key Issues Assessment.................................................................................................................. 29 2.3 Policy Implications........................................................................................................................ 38 2.4 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 43 Boxes Box 1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 New York Metropolitan Region: A Legitimized Civil Society Approach to Megapolitan Planning: The Pioneering Role of the Regional Planning Association Box 2: ...................................................................................................................................................9 Chicago: Institutionalization of a Civic Metropolitan Initiative Box 3 ................................................................................................................................................... 11 Greater Vancouver Regional District: An Evolutionary Approach to Regional District Based Metropolitan Planning & Management Box 4 .................................................................................................................................................. 13 City of Toronto / Greater Toronto Area: Struggling to Keep up with Spatial Expansion Box 5 .................................................................................................................................................. 15 The Randstad Region: National Government Led Megapolitan Development: Competitiveness and Environmental Enhancement in a Delta Environment Box 6 .................................................................................................................................................. 17 The London Development Agency: Making Greater London the World's Business Hub Box 7 ................................................................................................................................................... 18 Tokyo Metropolitan Government: Reform Under Demographic Stagnation and Fiscal Burdens in a Unicity Box 8 ................................................................................................................................................... 20 Seoul Metropolitan Government: Leadership from the Metropolitan Core Maps & Tables Map 1: Conceptual Plan: Beijing