Abstract
This paper assesses the role of business organizations in the creation of informal attempts at achieving regional cooperation in metropolitan areas, focusing in particular on coalition-building efforts in Los Angeles and Houston. To the extent that regional cooperation is seen as a necessary precondition to economic health in a metropolitan area, business interests are likely to provide support for regionalism and local political leaders are likely to look to business as an important coalition partner in any attempts at regional cooperation. Furthermore, to the extent that important regional businesses are often located in the city, business involvement may ensure that the regional approach places a heavy emphasis on center city health. At the same time, this vision of center city health embedded in regionalism is likely to reflect the traditional biases of business-centered urban policy. In addition, the role business plays will depend on the structure of the relevant business interests, the structure of...
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