My research has been focused on comparing models of metropolitan governance, mainly in North America and Europe. I am interested in analysing both hard and soft processes of institutionalization at a metropolitan scale. In the case of existing metropolitan institutions, I study whether they are recognised as political players in systems of multilevel governance, analysing their competences, sources of financing and specially their systems of democratic representation and mechanisms of citizen participation. I also like to analyse whether the different political, social and economic actors have a metropolitan vision.
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Porfido, E.; Marull, J. and Tomàs, M.
A new urban diagnostics approach for measuring touristification: The case of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Journal of Urban Management, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 195-207.
2023
Tomàs. M.
Metropolitanicide? Urbs, Polis and Civitas Revisited. Carrión Mena, F. and P. Cepeda Pico. Urbicide. The Death of the City. Switzerland: Springer, 707-723.
2023
Tomàs. M.
Metropolitan areas: seeking recognition in the context of urban recovery funds, in Martinez, R. and Reviglio, P. (eds.). Urban Recovery Watch. Empowering Cities in the EU Green and Digital Transition. Barcelona: CIDOB Monographs, 39-48.
2023
Tomàs, M.
Metropolitan revolution or metropolitan evolution? The (dis) continuities in metropolitan institutional reforms. In Metropolitan regions, planning and governance (pp. 25- 39). Springer, Cham.
2020
Tomàs. M.
Por un derecho a la ciudad metropolitana: un análisis institucional. Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals 123, 69-91.
2019
Tomàs. M.
Gobernanza metropolitana: modelos y elementos clave. Barcelona Metropolis. Revista d’Informació i Pensament Urbans, 2019, vol. 111, num. Abril, p. 8-13. Online: http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/handle/2445/146967
2019
Tomàs. M.
La gobernanza metropolitana y la Nueva Agenda Urbana. El derecho, la ciudad y la vivienda en la nueva concepción del desarrollo urbano: desafíos transnacionales y transdisciplinarios de la gobernanza en la Nueva Agenda Urbana (pp. 153-166). Atelier.
2019
Vallbé, J. J., Magre, J., & Tomàs, M.
Being metropolitan: The effects of individual and contextual factors on shaping metropolitan identity. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40(1), 13-30.
2018
Dlabac, O., Medir, Ll., Lackowska, M. and Tomàs, M.
Metropolitan challenges and reform pressures across Europe – the perspectives of city mayors, Local Government Studies 44(2), 229-254.
2018
Tomàs, M.
Governar la Barcelona real: Pasqual Maragall i el dret a la ciutat metropolitana. Barcelona: Fundació Catalunya Europa.
2017
Tomàs, M.
Explaining Metropolitan Governance. The Case of Spain, Spatial Research and Planning (Raumforschung und Raumordnung) 75(3), 243–252.
2017
Tomàs, M.
Building Narratives on City-Regions: The Case of Barcelona. R. Keil, J-A. Boudreau, P. Hamel and S. Kipfer, S. (eds.). Governing Cities Through Regions: Transatlantic Perspectives. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier Press, 319-335.
2016
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METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE
The majority of the world population lives in urban areas. These are territories characterised by high institutional fragmentation. How to govern metropolitan areas? My research compares models of metropolitan governance.
