The States and the Metropolis Public Administration and Public Policy Series

The States and The Metropolis is an informative monograph on the fundamental question of how state governments relate to their metropolitan areas. The state as a full-fledged partner, along with the federal government, of the urban area has a primary obligation to help resolve the many problems facing the metropolis. How the state can and does use its resources and authority to resolve the complex problems of urban growth and development is the central focus of this book.

The States and The Metropolis; Metropolitanization; The States, Federalsim and Home Rule; Local Government Forms and Functions; Finacning Local Governments in Metropolitan Areas; State land-Use Policy; State Development of Urban-Metropolitan Strategies; The States and the Metropolitan Areas Research, Issues and the Future; Index.

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Patricia S. Florestano, Vincent L. Marando, The University of Maryland.