Choosing Sides : Formation of Regional Partnership for Economic Development in Metropolitan Area and Landscape Theory of Aggregation

The modern metropolitan area typically contains not only multiple jurisdictions but also the interests of many stakeholders. Concerns about the formation in metropolitan areas have created some of the most important questions for the field of urban politics and economics. The traditional approach for this complexity sheds more light on political fragmentation and the efficiency in providing local public service. In this light, local competition is considered an efficient and effective way of handling the local public service provision issues. Experience over the last two decades reveals that political fragmentation and hyper-pluralism of the metropolitan area make it difficult to address more complicated issues such as economic development, income inequality, and growth management (Bish 1971). Zero-sum game arguments are concerned that if the welfare of community economy is determined by factors beyond the control of local decision-making CHOOSING SIDES : FORMATION OF REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN METROPOLITAN AREA AND LANDSCAPE THEORY OF AGGREGATION