Governance of Europe's City Regions

The role of creative industries and governance for cities’ competitiveness: the case of Lisbon and Barcelona

“…13 The empirical development of the Creatcity Project involved the study of 22@, Palo Alto and Barrio de Gracia (Barcelona' study cases) and Lx Factory, Almada and Bairro Alto (Lisbon' study cases) T Th he e r ro ol le e o of f c cr re ea at ti iv ve e i in nd du us st tr ri ie es s a an nd d g go ov ve er rn na an nc ce e f fo or r c ci it ti ie es s' ' c co om mp pe et ti it ti iv ve en ne es ss s: : t th he e c ca as se e o of f L Li is sb bo on n a an nd d B Ba ar rc ce el lo on na a _ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ As a comparative study (Herrschel and Newman, 2002) shows, focusing on the different territorial organisation of state agencies and functions in the UK and Germany, there seems to exist no direct relation between a more decentralized model of political-institutional territorial organisation and a higher competitive edge. Nevertheless, what seems increasingly clear is that, independently of the institutional organisation of public bodies throughout the territory, the competitive logic underpinning our current social and economic structures is based on knowledge flows and on the development of innovative and creative products and processes, including governance processes that stem from the collaboration between private and public actors.…”

“…They have taken diverse shapes, but (Herrschel and Newman, 2002;Boelens, 2009). It draws on the notion already outlined above and related with Florida's creative class concept, or Landry's creative city concept.…”

Regions between imposed structure and internally developed response. Experiences with twin track regionalisation in post-socialist eastern Germany

“…They possess no governmental powers and are an integral part of the hierarchical planning system. Their legitimation is primarily externally (state) derived, rather than based on intra-regional (local) views, and it is thus not surprising to find them being contested in their meanings, purpose and utility (Herrschel/Newman, 2002).…”

“…At times, these take a specifically state legal perspective (e.g. Frug 2002, Cashin 1985 or a perspective on cooperative government in metropolitan areas (Rusk 1995, Olberding 2002, Herrschel and Newman 2002. On the other hand, coming mainly from discussions within international political economy, regions are debated as collaborative (mainly economic) arrangements between nation states (e.g.…”

Cooperation and networking in metropolitan areas from community of problems to community of common interests in the Warsaw Metropolitan Area

“…Democratic control of self-governments activities might also be hampered. More complex management structures and possibly more bureaucracy may increase costs of public administration operation but do not guarantee that governance in metropolitan area will be more effective (Lefevre 1998;Nunes and Barlow 2002;Herschell and Newman 2002;Hulst and van Montfort 2007).…”