Regional Governance Conference

May 27-28, 2011
Executive Airport Plaza
Hotel & Conference Centre
Richmond, BC
Program and Presentations
Conference Program
Presentations:
Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary, CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier (France)
" What Choice of Planning Models? Hybridizing Territorial References in Latin America"
Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary, CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier (France)
and Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, University of Victoria
" Territorial (regional) Government or Governance - Normative Dimensions & Policy Implications"
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, University of Victoria
" Normative Dimensions of Metropolitan Governance"
Jean-Pierre Collin and Marie-Ève Lafortune, Institut national de la recherche scientifique
" The Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal Ten Years After: The Ups and Downs of Metropolitan Governance"
Richard Feiock, Florida State University
" Self-Organizing Regionalism and Network Governance: Network Structure and Partner Choice for Economic Development in Metropolitan Regions"
Guillaume Gourgues and Sophie Louargant, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble)
" From Regional to Urban Participation: How do Public Authorities Frame the Territories of Democracy?"
Pierre Hamel, Université de Montréal
" Governance and Deliberative Democracy: An Ongoing Debate"
Tassilo Herrschel, University of Westminster
" The Governance of City Regions between Local Competitiveness and Regional Aspiration"
Harlan Koff, Université du Luxembourg
" Are Territories at the Service of their Communities or are Communities at the Service of their Territories?: Cross-border Metropolitan Governance and Democracy in the Americas"
Claire Launay, Institute for Research and Debate on Governance
" A Cross-Disciplinary, Inter-Actor and Pluri-Cultural Approach to Governance"
Jim McDavid and Thea Vakil, University of Victoria
" The Challenges of Regional Governance in the Greater Vancouver Region of British Columbia: Discussion Paper"
Sarah Mekdjian, University Pierre Mendes France
" Normalizing Diversity: Multiculturalism in the Service of Urban Order"
Peter Newman, University of Westminster
" Governance of Urban Infrastructure"
Tara Ney, University of Victoria
" Tinto St. Boulevard Dispute: A Never-ending Story?"
Donald Norris, University of Maryland - Baltimore County and
Donald Phares, University of Missouri - St. Louis
" U.S. Metropolitan Governance: from Formal Structure to the Status Quo?"
Hank Savitch and Ronald Vogel, University of Louisville
" Territory and Power: Planning and the Challenges of Globalization"
Brian Walisser and Gary Paget, B.C. Government
" Regional Mechanisms for Efficiency and Cooperation: the British Columbia Experience"