TY - GEN

T1 - Assessing the 'Governance Grip' of Combined Authorities for Integrated Infrastructure Provision in the UK

AU - Honeybone, Paul

AU - Steenmans, Katrien

AU - Acuto, Michele

PY - 2018/11/28

Y1 - 2018/11/28

N2 - While the positive benefits of integrated infrastructure development and management are theoretically understood, many global city-regions do not havegovernance arrangements designed to operationalise integration. Despite thecriticality of ‘nexus’ provision and high degrees of interdependence in city-regions, the organisation of governance mechanisms to ensure collaborative and symbiotic relationships remains an incomplete aspect of business as usual. A preliminary assessment was conducted of the governability of critical infrastructure domains (water, energy, food, and waste) in select UK city-regions. To establish a systematic approach for further research, a Governance Framework was produced and piloted.The paper also reports on preliminary investigations and confirms insights that agovernance deficit exists. We note that integrated infrastructure issues were notappearing systematically as high-level strategic governance priorities for the newly established Combined Authorities. We conclude the ‘governance grip’ discernable for overseeing integrated infrastructure outcomes is relatively weak.

AB - While the positive benefits of integrated infrastructure development and management are theoretically understood, many global city-regions do not havegovernance arrangements designed to operationalise integration. Despite thecriticality of ‘nexus’ provision and high degrees of interdependence in city-regions, the organisation of governance mechanisms to ensure collaborative and symbiotic relationships remains an incomplete aspect of business as usual. A preliminary assessment was conducted of the governability of critical infrastructure domains (water, energy, food, and waste) in select UK city-regions. To establish a systematic approach for further research, a Governance Framework was produced and piloted.The paper also reports on preliminary investigations and confirms insights that agovernance deficit exists. We note that integrated infrastructure issues were notappearing systematically as high-level strategic governance priorities for the newly established Combined Authorities. We conclude the ‘governance grip’ discernable for overseeing integrated infrastructure outcomes is relatively weak.

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M3 - Article in proceedings

BT - Selected Conference Proceedings: 3rd International Conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience

ER -