Format:
Online-Ressource (xli, 442 p)
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ill., maps
ISBN:
1280086998
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9781280086991
Series Statement:
WBI development studies
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- The Challenges of Urban Government -- Introduction -- 1. Metropolitan Issues -- Editor's Introduction -- The Impact of the Global Economy on Cities -- The Metropolitan Project: The Management of a Variable Geometry -- Designing a Metropolitan Region: The Lessons and Lost Opportunities of the Toronto Experience -- 2. City Strategy and Governance -- Editor's Introduction -- Preparing an Economic and Strategic Vision for a City -- The Promotion of Sustainable Cities -- The Coimbatore City Corporate Plan: A Case Study of Strategic Management -- Challenges of Local Governance: The Experience of One African Mayor -- From Violence to Justice and Security in Cities -- 3. Municipal and Subnational Financial Management -- Editor's Introduction -- Setting the Stage: Municipal and Intergovernmental Finance -- Learning Democratic Practice: Distributing Government Resources through Popular Participation in Porto Alegre, Brazil -- A Conversation with Raul Pont, Mayor of Porto Alegre -- 4. Financial Management-Revenue Raising -- Editor's Introduction -- Fiscal Decentralization and Financing Urban Governments: Framing the Problem -- User Charges in Local Government Finance -- The Demand-Side Approach to Planning Water Supply -- 5. Private Involvement in the Provision of Public Services -- Editor's Introduction -- Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Services -- The Role of the Private Sector in Municipal Solid Waste Service Delivery in Developing Countries: Keys to Success -- Public-Private Participation in the Provision of Infrastructure to Tirrupur, India -- 6. Land and Real-Estate Markets -- Editor's Introduction -- Land Markets and Urban Management: The Role of Planning Tools -- Tools for a Land and Housing Market Diagnosis -- Property Taxation.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""Glossary of Abbreviations""; ""The Challenges of Urban Government""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Metropolitan Issues""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""The Impact of the Global Economy on Cities""; ""The Metropolitan Project: The Management of a Variable Geometry""; ""Designing a Metropolitan Region: The Lessons and Lost Opportunities of the Toronto Experience""; ""2. City Strategy and Governance""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""Preparing an Economic and Strategic Vision for a City""; ""The Promotion of Sustainable Cities""
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""The Coimbatore City Corporate Plan: A Case Study of Strategic Management""""Challenges of Local Governance: The Experience of One African Mayor""; ""From Violence to Justice and Security in Cities""; ""3. Municipal and Subnational Financial Management""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""Setting the Stage: Municipal and Intergovernmental Finance""; ""Learning Democratic Practice: Distributing Government Resources through Popular Participation in Porto Alegre, Brazil""; ""A Conversation with Raul Pont, Mayor of Porto Alegre""; ""4. Financial Management�Revenue Raising""
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""Editor�s Introduction""""Fiscal Decentralization and Financing Urban Governments: Framing the Problem""; ""User Charges in Local Government Finance""; ""The Demand-Side Approach to Planning Water Supply""; ""5. Private Involvement in the Provision of Public Services""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Services""; ""The Role of the Private Sector in Municipal Solid Waste Service Delivery in Developing Countries: Keys to Success""; ""Public-Private Participation in the Provision of Infrastructure to Tirrupur, India""; ""6. Land and Real-Estate Markets""
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""Editor�s Introduction""""Land Markets and Urban Management: The Role of Planning Tools""; ""Tools for a Land and Housing Market Diagnosis""; ""Property Taxation""; ""The Portland Experience""; ""7. Urban Poverty""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""The City Poverty Assessment: An Introduction""; ""Poverty Reduction in Urban Areas: Employment and Income Generation through Partnerships""; ""Integrating Gender into Urban Development and Poverty Reduction: The Bolivia Sustainable Urban Development Project""; ""8. Managing the Urban Environment""; ""Editor�s Introduction""
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""Exploring a New Vision for Cities""""Environment, Health, and Gender in Latin America: The Case of the Maquiladoras""; ""Community Experience of Urban Environmental Quality""; ""9. Transportation and Metropolitan Growth""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""Management of Traffic and the Urban Environment""; ""Transportation in Bogotá: Problems and Solutions""; ""A View of Urban Transport, Infrastructure, and Environment from the Female Condition""; ""Integration of Urban Transport and Urban Planning""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 082135468X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821347386
Additional Edition:
Print version Challenge of Urban Government : Policies and Practices
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
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