Amal K. Ali

Understanding Decentralization

Local Power over Decision-Making for Comprehensive Planning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines decentralization strategies applied in both developed and developing countries. It proposes a set of empirical measures to analyze decentralization by investigating the extent of local agency power over decision-making for comprehensive planning. The book shows findings of a Delphi study conducted to develop measures of dimensions of local agency power (agency legal authority, relative autonomy, control over planning actions, and capacity to make planning decisions), which were tested empirically in Florida (USA). The State of Florida has experienced changes in its governmental decentralization levels since the adoption of its growth management program in the 1970s. The proposed empirical measures analyze decentralization from below by dealing with local governments as disaggregated units, demonstrate variations in levels of power across Florida's municipalities, and capture the economic, political, and administrative dimensions of decentralization. The book indicates how statewide growth management programs may reduce the power of local governments over planning decision-making, which increases levels of state centralization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 203g
• ISBN-13: 9783844314946
• ISBN-10: 3844314946
• Artikelnr.: 33212229

Autorenporträt

es profesor asociado en la Universidad de Salisbury, Maryland, EE. UU. Enseña y realiza investigaciones sobre planificación del uso del suelo, crecimiento inteligente y planificación del desarrollo internacional.