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The Life And Death Of Great Cities In The Time Of Climate Change And The Covid-19 Pandemic, James Kushner
The Life And Death Of Great Cities In The Time Of Climate Change And The Covid-19 Pandemic, James Kushner
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
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The French Metropole: How It Gained Legal Status As A Metropolis, Janice Griffith
The French Metropole: How It Gained Legal Status As A Metropolis, Janice Griffith
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
France’s long history of centralized governance has generated debates as to what powers should remain with the State and what powers should devolve to sub-national governments. To ameliorate the fragmentation resulting from the small size of France’s 36,000 plus municipalities, called communes, the State authorized the creation of general-purpose, inter-communal public institutions to perform municipal functions on behalf of the communes on a greater economy of scale. The article examines the trajectory that led to the creation in 2010 of the métropole, or metropolis, the most recent of these inter-communal bodies that is designed to undertake public functions in large …