Lookup NU author(s): Professor David Brown, Professor Mark Shucksmith OBE
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© 2017, © 2017 by The American Academy of Political and Social Science. 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 manner—one 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.
Author(s): Brown DL, Shucksmith M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Year: 2017
Volume: 672
Issue: 1
Pages: 282-301
Print publication date: 01/07/2017
Online publication date: 23/06/2017
Acceptance date: 13/12/2016
Date deposited: 14/02/2017
ISSN (print): 0002-7162
ISSN (electronic): 1552-3349
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716217706495
DOI: 10.1177/0002716217706495
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