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Author : Urban Management Program,United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 9211316553
Author : Edgar A. Pieterse
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Municipal government
ISBN : 9789211314601
Author : Babar Mumtaz
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9064330301
Author : M. Romanos,C. Auffrey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 140200818X
I am both pleased and honored to introduce this book to readers, and I want to take a few moments to explain why. Michael Romanos and Christopher Auffrey have produced a volume which will be of immense value to several different types of people. Planners and other specialists concerned with the development of the Southeast Asian region and the issues and opportunities associated with urban growth and sustainable development will find much to interest them in this book. But the book, I believe, has much wider appeal, and that is what I want to touch on briefly here. The University of Cincinnati, where Michael, Chris, and I work, is attempting to globalize itself - to develop its institutional capacity for international activities, to infuse its curriculum with international themes, and to promote and increase global competence among its graduates. Many American universities are doing this, of course. In the process, we are seeing some very interesting experiments in pedagogy, as faculty look for "learning moments" in new and sometimes exotic places. Michael, Chris, and their colleagues have, it seems to me, developed an outstanding model for learning across national and cultural boundaries. In the chapters which follow, you will read the results of their work. What will be less apparent, however, is the process by which that work was produced.
Author : Nick Devas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136549298
Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. With urban areas accounting for a steadily growing share of the world's poor people, an international team of researchers focused their attention on the hitherto little-studied relationship between urban governance and urban poverty. In their timely and in-depth examination of ten cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, they demonstrate that in many countries the global trends towards decentralization and democratization offer new opportunities for the poor to have an influence on the decisions that affect them. They also show how that influence depends on the nature of those democratic arrangements and decision-making processes at the local level, as well as on the ability of the poor to organize. The study involved interviews with key actors within and outside city governments, discussions with poverty groups, community organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as analyses of data on poverty, services and finance. This book presents insights, conclusions and practical examples that are of relevance for other cities. It outlines policy implications for national and local governments, NGOs and donor agencies, and highlights ways in which poor people can use their voice to influence the various institutions of city governance.
Author : J. Parkinson,O. Mark
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781843390572
The purpose of this book is to disseminate contemporary knowledge and practical experiences concerning problems and solutions related to urban hydrology and drainage. Although the main focus is on developing countries, the book draws from experiences in many other parts of the world. Based upon numerous practical examples and case studies, the book provides information to assist in the management, planning and engineering design processes. Urban Stormwater Management in Developing Countries covers a wide range of methods and approaches to improve the understanding and ability of local stakeholders to solve stormwater problems within the framework of integrated urban water management. As well as structural interventions, the book describes various non-structural approaches for flood mitigation and pollution control. This book encourages the reader to adopt an integrated approach towards stormwater management and considers the importance of institutional arrangements, participation of local stakeholders in planning, as well as aspects of financing and cost recovery. This comprehensive and topical book: Addresses the broad range of issues related to urban stormwater management with a specific focus on developing countries. Covers the main aspects of planning, design, operation and maintenance of urban drainage systems as well as socio-economic and institutional issues related to urban stormwater management. Presents structural and non-structural approaches for flood mitigation and pollution control within an integrated water resource management framework. Provides extensive examples and case studies of "best practice". Contents Urbanisation and urban hydrology Impacts of flooding on society Integrated framework for stormwater management Institutional structures and policies Planning for urban stormwater management Approaches to urban drainage system design Ecological approaches to urban drainage system design Applications of computer models Operational performance and maintenance Flood mitigation and response strategies Participation and partnerships Economics and financing Full Contents List (27KB)
Author : Zmarak Shalizi
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821351508
TheWorld Development Report 2003addresses how to lift from poverty the three billion people now living in severe deprivation. It also explores how to improve the quality of life for everybody today and for the two billion more who will join mankind in the next thirty years. Substantial increases in growth and productivity will be necessary to achieve this goal. The current scale of economic activity and speed of change is such that ecosystem and social structures cannot keep up. TheReportputs forth two main messages: the first point is that enhancing prosperity and reducing poverty requires better care of the planet's ecosystem and social fabric. And secondly, that stronger collective action at all levels--from local to global--is essential for generating and scaling up the institutions that can transform growth.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Decentralization in government
ISBN : 9789211316667
Author : Liz Case
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Urban development
ISBN : 9789211314779
Author : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136554759
The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. Using a newly formulated operational definition of slums, it presents estimates of the number of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors at all level, from local to global, that underlie the formation of slums as well as their social, spatial and economic characteristics and dynamics. It goes on to evaluate the principal policy responses to the slum challenge of the last few decades. From this assessment, the immensity of the challenges that slums pose is clear. Almost 1 billion people live in slums, the majority in the developing world where over 40 per cent of the urban population are slum dwellers. The number is growing and will continue to increase unless there is serious and concerted action by municipal authorities, governments, civil society and the international community. This report points the way forward and identifies the most promising approaches to achieving the United Nations Millennium Declaration targets for improving the lives of slum dwellers by scaling up participatory slum upgrading and poverty reduction programmes. The Global Report on Human Settlements is the most authoritative and up-to-date assessment of conditions and trends in the world's cities. Written in clear language and supported by informative graphics, case studies and extensive statistical data, it will be an essential tool and reference for researchers, academics, planners, public authorities and civil society organizations around the world.
Author : Isa Baud,Johan Post,Christine Furedy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402025297
This book is for practising professionals and academics working in urban planning and international development: international project staff, trainers, urban development researchers and teaching staff in universities and polytechnics. Solid Waste Management and Recycling is unique in that it: -utilizes an 'integrated solid waste management perspective' in its analysis; -provides embedded case study data; -deals with both formal and informal actors and institutional arrangements in solid waste management and recycling; -has chapters written by experts from the countries concerned (Kenya and India); -can be used in graduate-level courses in urban development, urban management and planning, and technical engineering courses for students, project staff, and technical students.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8171884458
The Himachal Pradesh Development Report Review`S The State`S Development Experience And Highlights Issues Critical For Its Future Progress. The State`S Latent Potential In Hydel Power, Tourism, Bio-Business And Its Transformation In Social Sectors Is Well Documented In The Report. The Report Is Expected To Serve As A Useful Reference And Stimulate Informed Debate On The Policy Issues Facing A Hill State.
Author : Kenneth George Willis,R. Kerry Turner,Ian Bateman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015053153048
This volume presents 29 articles, previously published between 1991 and 1998, on sustainability in urban planning and management. The contributions from international scholars are organized into sections on cities, design, energy, Local Agenda 21, town planning, transport, waste and recycling, water, other services, and legal issues. Some of the topics discussed include whether cities should be compact or dispersed, bio-climactic building design techniques in Kenya, increasing customer demand for renewable energy, and the effect of school size on exam performance. The Prince of Wales' 1998 article, "Why I'm Modern, but Not Modernist," is included as an epilogue. The volume is not indexed. c. Book News Inc.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9789211320152
With rapidly increasing urban populations, cities in Africa are faced with enormous challenges and will have to find ways to facilitate by 2015 urban services, livelihoods and housing for more than twice as many urban dwellers than it has today. A worrying trend with the African urbanization process is that it is a process rooted in poverty rather than an industrialization-induced socio-economic transition as in other major world urban regions. Africas escalating urban problems have received less attention than warranted and now, at the dawn of Africas urban age, these need to be addressed - publisher.
Author : Sustainable Cities Programme
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9789211316322