Governance and Change on the Urban Fringe
The European Urban Research Association (EURA) Workshop, Oslo, 6.-7. May 2010
Hosted by: The Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR)
There is increasing interest in socio-spatial and socio-cultural developments on the fringes of cities. Some studies focus on the emergence of polycentric metropolitan areas, and the formation of edge cities and nodes. Other studies focus on changes in existing suburbs and the development of new suburbs and exurbs. The term “post-suburbia” has been used to encapsulate the variety of forms emerging at the urban fringe. It is an important challenge to explore the spatial, political, social and cultural processes and implications of the changes taking place.
Development and regeneration of areas on the urban fringes increasingly takes place in a context marked by deregulation, privatization and network-like modes of coordination. Effective coordination among the plurality of governments on various levels in metropolitan regions poses particular challenges. The importance of achieving concerted action between public bodies, private sector stakeholders and civil society actors is often emphasized, but effective governance of such coalitions often prove problematic.
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