Download or read book Governing Urban Regions Through Collaboration a View from North America written by Joel Thibert and published by Lund Humphries Publishers. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically re-evaluates the fundamental premise of the New Regionalism, which is that regional problems can be solved without regional/higher government. More specifically, this research concentrates on the effect of bottom-up, state-mandated and functional collaboration, the moderating role of regional awareness, governmental initiative and civic capital on environmental preservation, socio-economic integration and economic competitiveness. In short, the book seeks to understand whether and how urban regional collaboration contributes to regional resilience.