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Basic services for all in an urbanizing world
- Title
- Basic services for all in an urbanizing world / edited by UCLG.
- Publication
- Milton, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- United Cities and Local Governments, editor.
- Description
- xx, 305 pages : illustrations; 31 cm.
- Summary
- "Local governments are judged on their ability to provide citizens with basic services such as water, sanitation, health care, basic education, waste management, transport and energy. UCLG's third global report on Decentralization and Local Democracy (GOLD III) examines the quality and extent of basic service provision and the current state-of-play of the local governance of basic services around the world. Each chapter is written by teams of specialists from that region. The report explains the role of local government in facilitating universal access to basic services, and the knock-on effects for reducing poverty and economic and social inequality. It includes discussions of best practices, significant case studies, emerging regional and global trends, and future challenges"--
- Series Statement
- Routledge advances in climate change research
- Uniform Title
- Routledge advances in climate change research.
- Subjects
- Public welfare > Evaluation
- Human services > Evaluation
- Public welfare > Evaluation > Case studies
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development
- Case studies
- Human services > Evaluation > Case studies
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development
- Local government > Case studies
- Municipal services > Evaluation > Case studies
- Urbanization > Social aspects > Case studies
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-299) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / David Satterthwaite -- Africa / Susan Bannister and Michael Sutcliffe -- Asia Pacific / Aprodico A. Laquian -- Eurasia / Sergey Sivaev -- Europe / Pierre Bauby and Mihaela M. Similie -- Latin America / Sergio Galilea Ocón -- Middle East and West Asia / Mona Serageldin -- North America / Christian Hoene, Andrew Sancton and Darrene L. Hackler -- Conclusions / David Satterthwaite -- Appendix 1: Financing -- Appendix 2: Metropolis.
- Call Number
- JBG 14-36
- ISBN
- 9781138780590 (hardback)
- 1138780596 (hardback)
- 9781138780606 (paperback)
- 113878060X (paperback)
- 9781315770581 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013050066
- 40024015916
- OCLC
- 866933117
- Title
- Basic services for all in an urbanizing world / edited by UCLG.
- Publisher
- Milton, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge advances in climate change researchRoutledge advances in climate change research.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-299) and index.
- Added Author
- United Cities and Local Governments, editor.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024015916
- Research Call Number
- JBG 14-36