Philip Harrison is the South African Research Chair in Development Planning and Modelling at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and a member of the National Planning Commission and other advisory structures to government.

• List of platesPrefaceAcknowledgementsAcronymsIntroduction: Exploring hyper-complexityChapter 1 The global view: The city-region as material form, discourse and governmental practiceChapter 2 The governance of Brazil’s metropolitan regions Chapter 3 The governance of Russia’s urban agglomerationsChapter 4 Metropolitan and city-region governance in IndiaChapter 5 Governing the city clusters of ChinaChapter 6 City-region governance in South AfricaChapter 7 Concluding and comparative insightsReferencesIndex

Philip Harrison is the South African Research Chair in Development Planning and Modelling at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and a member of the National Planning Commission and other advisory structures to government.

• List of platesPrefaceAcknowledgementsAcronymsIntroduction: Exploring hyper-complexityChapter 1 The global view: The city-region as material form, discourse and governmental practiceChapter 2 The governance of Brazil’s metropolitan regions Chapter 3 The governance of Russia’s urban agglomerationsChapter 4 Metropolitan and city-region governance in IndiaChapter 5 Governing the city clusters of ChinaChapter 6 City-region governance in South AfricaChapter 7 Concluding and comparative insightsReferencesIndex

Philip Harrison is the South African Research Chair in Development Planning and Modelling at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and a member of the National Planning Commission and other advisory structures to government.

• List of platesPrefaceAcknowledgementsAcronymsIntroduction: Exploring hyper-complexityChapter 1 The global view: The city-region as material form, discourse and governmental practiceChapter 2 The governance of Brazil’s metropolitan regions Chapter 3 The governance of Russia’s urban agglomerationsChapter 4 Metropolitan and city-region governance in IndiaChapter 5 Governing the city clusters of ChinaChapter 6 City-region governance in South AfricaChapter 7 Concluding and comparative insightsReferencesIndex