![]() ![]() ![]() Fuelled by accelerated processes of globalised urbanisation, agglomeration and global economic integration we are witness to the widespread transformation of cities into metropolitan regions Metropolitan policy 1.1 Metropolitan Regions, Metropolitan Questions As the world has transformed, so too have urban areas. ![]() Spatial imaginaries and metropolitan planning.Our own approach for conceptualising the planning and governance of metropolitan regions is a heuristic perspective which, due to its focus on thematic, temporal and phronetic approaches we refer to as the TTP framework. Here, we argue for an alternative approach. Approaching metropolitan regions and metropolitan questions has typically taken one of two perspectives the specificities of individual cases or establishing general principles. In this chapter, we argue that despite an inspiring debate on the issues of metropolitan change, planning and governance, contributions which develop and operationalise broader frameworks for analysis are relatively scarce. The need for effective metropolitan governance and planning has never been so great. ![]()
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