Research Catalog

Title

The challenge of urban government : policies and practices / edited by Emilia Freire, Richard Stren.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2001], ©2001.

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Additional Authors

• Freire, Mila.
• Stren, Richard E.

Description

xli, 442 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

WBI development studies

Uniform Title

WBI development studies.

Subject

• Municipal government
• Metropolitan areas
• City planning
• Urban poor

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Mila Freire -- 1. Metropolitan Issues. The Impact of the Global Economy on Cities / Michael Cohen. The Metropolitan Project: The Management of a Variable Geometry / Jordi Borja. Designing a Metropolitan Region: The Lessons and Lost Opportunities of the Toronto Experience / Larry S. Bourne -- 2. City Strategy and Governance. Preparing an Economic and Strategic Vision for a City / Nigel Harris. The Promotion of Sustainable Cities / Angela Griffin. The Coimbatore City Corporate Plan: A Case Study of Strategic Management / Rajendra Kumar. Challenges of Local Governance: The Experience of One African Mayor / Najib Balala. From Violence to Justice and Security in Cities / Franz Vanderschueren -- 3. Municipal and Subnational Financial Management. Setting the Stage: Municipal and Intergovernmental Finance / Richard M. Bird. Learning Democratic Practice: Distributing Government Resources through Popular Participation in Porto Alegre, Brazil / Rebecca Abers.
• A Conversation with Raul Pont, Mayor of Porto Alegre -- 4. Financial Management - Revenue Raising. Fiscal Decentralization and Financing Urban Governments: Framing the Problem / Robert D. Ebel and Francois Vaillancourt. User Charges in Local Government Finance / Richard M. Bird. The Demand-Side Approach to Planning Water Supply / Sumila Gulyani -- 5. Private Involvement in the Provision of Public Services. Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Services / Richard Batley. The Role of the Private Sector in Municipal Solid Waste Service Delivery in Developing Countries: Keys to Success / Carl R. Bartone. Public-Private Participation in the Provision of Infrastructure to Tirrupur, India / Usha P. Raghupathi and Om Prakash Mathur -- 6. Land and Real-Estate Markets. Land Markets and Urban Management: The Role of Planning Tools / Alexandra Ortiz and Alain Bertaud. Tools for a Land and Housing Market Diagnosis / Ayse Pamuk. Property Taxation / Enid Slack.
• The Portland Experience / Charles Hales -- 7. Urban Poverty. The City Poverty Assessment: An Introduction / Jesko Hentschel and Radha Seshagiri. Poverty Reduction in Urban Areas: Employment and Income Generation through Partnerships / Camilo Granada. Integrating Gender into Urban Development and Poverty Reduction: The Bolivia Sustainable Urban Development Project / Colleen O'Manique -- 8. Managing the Urban Environment. Exploring a New Vision for Cities / Molly O'Meara. Environment, Health, and Gender in Latin America: The Case of the Maquiladoras / Ellen Wasserman. Community Experience of Urban Environmental Quality -- 9. Transportation and Metropolitan Growth. Management of Traffic and the Urban Environment / John Flora. Transportation in Bogota: Problems and Solutions / Israel Fainboim Yaker. A View of Urban Transport, Infrastructure, and Environment from the Female Condition / Jordi Borja and Manuel Castells. Integration of Urban Transport and Urban Planning / Robert Cervero.

ISBN

0821347381

LCCN

00034950

OCLC

• 44118085
• ocm44118085
• SCSB-4095072

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries