Bon Bérénice auteur aut IRD Kennedy L. auteur aut IRD text bookSection eng text/pdf born digital access There is litte question today that processses of globalization affect national and local economies, governance processes, and conditions for economic competitiveness in the major urban regions of the world. In most liberal-democratic countries, these processes are occuring according to a rationale which attempts to combine strategies of state-supported development with increasing local-regional governmental decentralization and autonomy. Against this background, the issue of metropolitan development is being redefined worldwide, along with its institutional frameworks, mode of governance, policy instruments, and spatial planning strategies. The overarching assumption of this volume is that 'metropolitan space', far from being consolidated as a policy object, is currently being redefined and in some instances 'constructed' and contested as a scale, through a variety of policy practices related to spatial-economic development objectives. Through case studies drawn from across four continents, the authors reveal a range of interesting cross-national comm commonalities concerning the power that state actors, situated at various spatial scales, exert as agents in these processes. This volume interrogates key research issues raised by these developments, and is intended as a contribution to the etablishment of a globally comparative analysis of the construction of metropolitan spaces and scales under conditions of globalization and neoliberalization. specialized DELHI 102URBHA2 021GEOGEN Gross J.S. ed. edt IRD Gualini E. ed. edt IRD Ye L. ed. edt IRD 65-87 New York Routledge 2019 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088502 10.4324/9781351212083-3 978-0-8153-8085-6 [F B010088502] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088502 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2023-09/010088502.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2023-09-14 2023-09-22 fdi:010088502 fre