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A metropolitan area is made up characteristically of numerous local units of government. All of these units form an interrelating system. Most of them draw heavily from the same tax base. Each city's street pattern affects regional traffic flows; each set of zoning regulations influences the total metropolitan land-use pattern; a major disaster hurts several communities. The American states, until recently, have not given much attention to interlocal relations. Their legal frameworks, different from that in England and Canada, induce local officials to think that their governments can act in isolation from the surrounding communities. Recent popu lation and economic growth has increased the number of met ropolitan local governments. This growth has increased the potential for intergovernmental conflict. Some of the con flict has been resolved by short-term accommodations. Nu merous experiments with new means for resolving the con flicts are being tested. Some methods are informal; others are formal in nature. Professional administrators and as sociations of elective local officials are doing much of the ex perimenting. Much of it involves exchange of information and negotiation of demands. Continuing conferences of local officials try to develop new means for regional policy-making. Federal grant-in-aid policy is also encouraging interlocal co operation.

A metropolitan area is characteristically made up of numerous local units of gov, all of which form an interrelating system. Most of them draw heavily from the same tax base. Each city's street pattern affects regional traffic flows; each set of zoning regulations influences the total metropolitan land-use pattern; a major disaster hurts several communities. The Amer states, until recently, have not given much attention to interlocal relations. Their legal frameworks, diff from that on GB & Canada, induce local officials to think that their gov's can act in isolation from the surrounding communities. Recent pop & econ growth has increased the number of metropolitan local gov's. This growth has increased the potential for intergov'al conflict. Some of the conflict has been resolved by short-term accommodations. Numerous exp's with new means for resolving the conflicts are being tested. Some methods are informal; others are formal in nature. Professional admin'ors & assoc's of elective local officials are doing much of the experimenting. Much of it involves exchange of information & negotiation of demands. Continuing conferences of local officials try to develop new means for regional policy-making. Federal grant-in-aid policy is also encouraging interlocal cooperation. HA.

AbstractState, with eight metropolitan areas, has approached problem in three different ways.