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Metropolitan Merseyside and Greater Manchester: Spatial Issues in Jurisdictional Change

Metropolitan Merseyside and Greater Manchester: Spatial Issues in Jurisdictional Change Rex Honey* England restructured its local government system in 1974 after decades of hesitancy and eight years of intensive study and debate. Among the aspects of reform was a fundamental realignment of governing units having spatial expression, especially in the large metropolitan areas where the problems were most severe. As such, the English experience may prove instructive when debating similar reManchester conurbation, this paper briefly describes the problems generating reform, then examines the alternative official proposals, and finally seeks to demonstrate how jurisdictional spatial form forms elsewhere, in terms both of actual designs and of the processes by which the designs are formulated. Using as its case the Liverpool- emerged from the application of diverse organizing principles, filtered through the political process.1 Traditional Jurisdictions Like any rapidly changing society, England suffered from jurisdictional senescence. Its local government structure dated from the late 19th century and was characterized by a division between town * Dr. Honey is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242. The author gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and assistance of numerous individuals involved in England's local goverrunent reform or strategically placed to witness the reform. 1 The author deals with the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers University of Hawai'I Press

Metropolitan Merseyside and Greater Manchester: Spatial Issues in Jurisdictional Change

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Rex Honey* England restructured its local government system in 1974 after decades of hesitancy and eight years of intensive study and debate. Among the aspects of reform was a fundamental realignment of governing units having spatial expression, especially in the large metropolitan areas where the problems were most severe. As such, the English experience may prove instructive when debating similar reManchester conurbation, this paper briefly describes the problems generating reform, then examines the alternative official proposals, and finally seeks to demonstrate how jurisdictional spatial form forms elsewhere, in terms both of actual designs and of the processes by which the designs are formulated. Using as its case the Liverpool- emerged from the application of diverse organizing principles, filtered through the political process.1 Traditional Jurisdictions Like any rapidly changing society, England suffered from jurisdictional senescence. Its local government structure dated from the late 19th century and was characterized by a division between town * Dr. Honey is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242. The author gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and assistance of numerous individuals involved in England's local goverrunent reform or strategically placed to witness the reform. 1 The author deals with the

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Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Oct 1, 1978

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