Research Catalog

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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Details

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

Subject

• City planning > Developing countries
• Urban policy > Developing countries
• Urbanization > Developing countries
• Municipal government > Developing countries
• City planning
• Municipal government
• Urban policy
• Urbanization
• Stadtplanung
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Verstädterung
• Developing countries
• Entwicklungsländer

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 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
• 9780275940850

LCCN

92018365

OCLC

• ocm25964993
• 25964993
• SCSB-8937686

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library