Governing for the Public Good: The Problem of City Governance and Planning

Pablo Guillen; Urša Komac

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-5741-5_5

Governing for the Public Good: The Problem of City Governance and Planning

Pablo Guillen
, Urša Komac

School of Built, Environment & Design

University of Sydney

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Abstract

We discuss the problem of city governance in general and with regards to urban planning in particular. Although cities exist because of their capacity to generate wealth, we do not believe that elected public officials should focus solely on the maximisation of economic growth. Indeed, cities are not only centres of production but also residence and consumption of private and public goods. Elected official should then strive to maximise a social welfare outcome rather than a merely monetary one. Any planning policy is a form of government intervention or regulation. Given the complexity of interconnected public goods and externalities posed by agglomeration, the need for regulation is unavoidable.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
Publisher	Springer
Pages	15-16
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5741-5_5
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
ISSN (Print)	2199-580X
ISSN (Electronic)	2199-5818

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© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., part of Springer Nature.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

City governance
Public good
Regulation
Urban planning

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