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Urban management : policies and innovations in developing countries

Title
Urban management : policies and innovations in developing countries / edited by G. Shabbir Cheema with the assistance of Sandra E. Ward.
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Cheema, G. Shabbir.
  • Ward, Sandra E.
  • United Nations University.
  • Program on Population (East-West Center)
Description
xiv, 334 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Subjects
Note
  • "Published in association with the United Nations University, Tokyo, and the Program on Population of the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-322) and index.
Contents
  • 1. The Challenge of Urban Management: Some Issues / G. Shabbir Cheema -- Pt. I. Urbanization Process and Strategies. 2. Mega-Cities: Global Urbanization and Innovation / Janice E. Perlman. 3. Problems of Metropolitan Management in Asia / Harry W. Richardson. 4. Urbanization and Urban Development Strategies in East Africa / R. A. Obudho -- Pt. II. Urban Management Issues: Comparative Analysis. 5. Housing Policies: A Review of Changing Government Attitudes and Responses to City Housing Problems in the Third World / Jorge E. Hardoy and David Satterthwaite. 6. Technological and Organizational Issues in the Design of Information Systems for Urban Management in Developing Countries / Ian Masser. 7. Managing the Urban Informal Sector: A New Challenge for Developing Countries / Om Prakash Mathur. 8. Water, Sanitation, and Resource Mobilization: Expanding the Range of Choices / Mark A. Ridgley.
  • 9. The Urban Development Sector: A Case for a National Urban Investment Program / Ved Prakash and Victor Brusi -- Pt. III. Country Case Studies. 10. Resource Mobilization Strategies for Urban Development in Brazil / Diogo Lordello de Mello. 11. How Nigerian Manufacturers Cope with Infrastructural Deficiencies: Private Alternatives to Public Provisions / Kyu Sik Lee. 12. Information Systems for Urban Management: The Concept and Reality in Malaysia / Johari Mat. 13. The Role of the Informal Sector in Providing Urban Employment and Housing in Mexico / Martha Schteingart.
ISBN
0275940853 (alk. paper)
LCCN
92018365
OCLC
  • 25964993
  • ocm25964993
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries