Strengthening Urban Management

Author : Thomas L. Blair
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468475869

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Strengthening Urban Management by Thomas L. Blair Pdf

Managing cities and providing housing, essential infra structure and public services in an era of great pressures on municipal resources are challenging domestic issues in all parts of the world. Increasingly, city administrators and local government authorities in developing countries and western industrial nations are seeking to share experiences and exchange information in a search for solutions. This highly informative volume attempts to meet this critical need and to aid development cooperation among municipalities. Strengthening Urban Management presents the practical problems and approaches to the provision of housing, trans portation, and the mobilization of the requisite finance and manpower for local government in contrasting urban situ ations. It draws upon selected papers contributed to inter national meetings and world congresses sponsored by the International Union of Local Authorities, The Hague, Netherlands. Subject areas are illustrated in city examples given by mayors, administrators and planners from Lusaka, Harare, Nairobi, Osaka. Jakarta. Bandung. Vienna, Stockholm, Caracas, and Rio de Janeiro. Theme introductions and contributions from leading international and national agencies highlight Hie important role and grave difficulties facing local government in urban management and planning.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001-12-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264189843

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Cities for Citizens Improving Metropolitan Governance by OECD Pdf

Drawing on the lessons from successful and unsuccessful attempts at the reform of metropolitan governance, this book identifies ways by which central and metropolitan governments can work better to optimise the potential of each urban region.

Author : Thomas L Blair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1985-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1468475878

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Strengthening Urban Management by Thomas L Blair Pdf

Author : Augustin Maria,Jose Luis Acero,Ana I. Aguilera,Marisa Garcia Lozano
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464809866

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Central America Urbanization Review by Augustin Maria,Jose Luis Acero,Ana I. Aguilera,Marisa Garcia Lozano Pdf

Central America is undergoing an important transition. Urban populations are increasing at accelerated speeds, bringing pressing challenges for development, as well as opportunities to boost sustained, inclusive and resilient growth. Today, 59 percent of the region’s population lives in urban areas, but it is expected that 7 out of 10 people will live in cities within the next generation. At current rates of urbanization, Central America’s urban population will double in size by 2050, welcoming over 25 million new urban dwellers calling for better infrastructure, higher coverage and quality of urban services and greater employment opportunities. With more people concentrated in urban areas, Central American governments at the national and local levels face both opportunities and challenges to ensure the prosperity of their country’s present and future generations. The Central America Urbanization Review: Making Cities Work for Central America provides a better understanding of the trends and implications of urbanization in the six Central American countries -Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama- and the actions that central and local governments can take to reap the intended benefits of this transformation. The report makes recommendations on how urban policies can contribute to addressing the main development challenges the region currently faces such as lack of social inclusion, high vulnerability to natural disasters, and lack of economic opportunities and competitiveness. Specifically, the report focuses on four priority areas for Central American cities: institutions for city management, access to adequate and well-located housing, resilience to natural disasters, and competitiveness through local economic development. This book is written for national and local policymakers, private sector actors, civil society, researchers and development partners in Central America and all around the world interested in learning more about the opportunities that urbanization brings in the 21st century.

Author : Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821380443

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Improving Municipal Management for Cities to Succeed by Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Pdf

Cities now house half the world s population and produce 70 percent of its GDP. Managing them well helps development. Strengthening municipal management of planning, finance, and service provision has been at the core of World Bank support through municipal development projects (MDPs). This book reviews how, worldwide, nearly 3,000 municipalities have benefitted from 190 World Bank-supported MDPs over the past decade, three quarters of which achieved satisfactory outcomes. The finance dimension of MDPs computerized accounting, revenue generation, and municipal credit produced some of the best results, but weaker outcomes came from attempts to stimulate private finance of municipal services. City planning, used by municipalities worldwide, was not a strong priority for MDPs. But building municipal information systems, for example in Chile, were successful. Monitoring and evaluation rarely worked well, except when municipalities themselves were convinced of its usefulness, such as in Russia, Tunisia, and Colombia. Results in managing service provision were mixed. The poverty focus of MDPs was strikingly weak across the portfolio. Cost-benefit analysis rarely prioritized municipal investments. But MDPs helped municipalities strengthen their procurement function. MDPs helped municipalities manage services more effectively. Better results still can come from a stronger poverty focus, more attention to planning and prioritizating investments, and more effective operation and maintenance of such investments.

Author : Willis D. Hawley,David Rogers
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1976-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015000521378

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Improving Urban Management by Willis D. Hawley,David Rogers Pdf

Author : PADCO.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Municipal government
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063174275

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Strengthening Urban Administration in Developing Countries with Emphasis on Latin America by PADCO. Pdf

Author : Somik V. Lall,Mila Freire,Belinda Yuen,Robin Rajack,Jean-Jacques Helluin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781402088629

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Urban Land Markets by Somik V. Lall,Mila Freire,Belinda Yuen,Robin Rajack,Jean-Jacques Helluin Pdf

As urbanization progresses at a remarkable pace, policy makers and analysts come to understand and agree on key features that will make this process more efficient and inclusive, leading to gains in the welfare of citizens. Drawing on insights from economic geography and two centuries of experience in developed countries, the World Bank’s World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography emphasizes key aspects that are fundamental to ensuring an efficient rural-urban transformation. Critical among these are land, as the most important resource, and well-functioning land markets. Regardless of the stage of urbanization, flexible and forward-looking institu- ons that help the efficient functioning of land markets are the bedrock of succe- ful urbanization strategies. In particular, institutional arrangements for allocating land rights and for managing and regulating land use have significant implica- ons for how cities deliver agglomeration economies and improve the welfare of their residents. Property rights, well-functioning land markets, and the management and servicing of land required to accommodate urban expansion and provide trunk infrastructure are all topics that arise as regions progress from incipient urbani- tion to medium and high density.

Author : Fang Wang,Martin Prominski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783662484944

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Urbanization and Locality by Fang Wang,Martin Prominski Pdf

Based on a discussion of conflicts in the urbanization process, this book provides theoretical and practical solutions for the preservation and development of urban localities. On the basis of informative case studies, it reveals the similarities and unique aspects of urbanization in Germany and China. The process of urban growth and the future trend of locality and urbanization are also examined. The book gathers contributions from architects, landscape designers, environmental engineers, urban planners and geographers, who analyze urban issues from their individual perspectives and provide methods for preserving and developing urban localities. As such, it expresses responses to urban development trends against the backdrop of sustainability in the 21st century.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789292574765

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Reducing Disaster Risk by Managing Urban Land Use by Asian Development Bank Pdf

This publication provides guidance for urban planners on how to use land use management-related tools they have at their disposal---land use planning, development control instruments, greenfield development, and urban redevelopment---to reduce disaster risk and contribute to strengthening urban resilience and sustainable urban development. The guidance provided in the document is further illustrated through case studies showing examples where urban land use management-related tools have been adopted to reduce disaster risk. It is hoped that this publication will support urban planners as a professional group to step up and embrace disaster risk reduction.

Author : Edgar A. Pieterse
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Municipal government
ISBN : 9789211314601

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Participatory Urban Governance by Edgar A. Pieterse Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Housing
ISBN : MINN:30000010616740

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HUD Challenge by Anonim Pdf

Author : Honghua Tan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642277115

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Technology for Education and Learning by Honghua Tan Pdf

This volume contains 108 selected papers presented at the 2012 international conference on Technology for Education and Learning (ICTEL 2012), Macau, China, March 1-2, 2012. The conference brought together researchers working in various different areas of Technology for Education and Learning with a main emphasis on technology for business and economy in order to foster international collaborations and exchange of new ideas. This proceedings book has its focus on Technology for Economy, Finance and Education representing some of the major subareas presented at the conference.

Author : Gangadhar Jha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429799044

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Fragile Urban Governance by Gangadhar Jha Pdf

Urbanization is giving rise to a vibrant and volatile urban India. The urban local self-government (ULSG) is struggling to provide efficient, effective, inclusive and responsive urban services. Most ULSGs are too fragile to perform the mandated functions for enhancing the quality of life and making cities and towns livable. The book traces evolution of ULSGs, its decline after Independence, and steps taken to strengthen them, especially through the big-bang decentralization initiative of 1992 for their empowerment, by enacting the 74th Constitution Amendment Act (74th CAA). Analyzing facets of the decentralization initiative, views of two review Commissions, policy responses to it and processes for implementation of constitutional provisions, it alludes to conspicuous gaps at three levels such as (i) gaps and deficiencies in the 74th CAA (ii) gaps in the post-74th CAA municipal Acts that were required to conform to the constitutional provisions, and (iii) gaps due to half-hearted implementation of even the mandatory constitutional provisions. Empowerment and strengthening of ULSG being in the nature of an imperative, it explores plausible options within the constitutional autonomy of states. Empowerment denotes authority, power and clarity in municipal functional and fiscal domain. Therefore it also specifies experiential based rational framework and a strategy for strengthening ULSGs that must look beyond the existing predilection for mere training. It fills an existing void in ULSG literature on the subject. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Author : Willie Chee Keong Tan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789811266966

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Urban Management: Managing Cities In Uncertain Times by Willie Chee Keong Tan Pdf

This book is about the management of cities amid the major challenges to fast growing cities as well as the struggling ones. It discusses trends in urbanization, urban challenges, the urban management approach, theories of the state and urban management, building capacity, urban planning, local economic development, housing, urban service delivery, public utilities, social services, general urban services, and transport. The book emphasizes general principles rather than specific case studies on managing cities.The book is of interest to practitioners and students in the built environment, including mayors, urban managers, urban planners, developers, lenders, insurers, architects, engineers, project managers, and other consultants, contractors, and suppliers.