A Framework for Collaborative Regional Decision-Making

1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. REGIONAL DECISION-MAKING 3 What is the Problem? 3 Origins of the Problem 4 The Planning System Under Stress 5 Planning Challenges Today: A Problem of Governance 6 The Response to the Challenge: Emerging Regionalism 8 3. STATE GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL PLANNING 12 State-Directed Planning 12 New Regional Strategies—A Problem-Solving Focus 13 Strengthening the Local Planning Framework 16 Effective Regional Planning 18 Making New Regional Strategies Work 20 The Washington Model 24 The Road Ahead 26