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UNINA9910798789403321 |
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Kim Yoonhee |
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Mexico Urbanization Review : : Managing Spatial Growth for Productive and Livable Cities in Mexico / / Yoonhee Kim |
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Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2016 |
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1 online resource (144 pages) |
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Directions in Development;Directions in Development - Countries and Regions |
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Urbanization - Mexico |
Mexico |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary: Managing Spatial Growth for Productive and Livable Cities in Mexico; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Setting the Scene; High Levels of Urbanization in Mexico; Urbanization and Socioeconomic Achievements in Mexico; Remaining Challenge: Distant, Dispersed, and Disconnected Urban Spatial Growth; Reform Agenda for Urban and Housing Policies; Objectives and Scope of the Mexico Urbanization Review; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Understanding Economic Performance and Progress toward Shared Prosperity; Introduction |
Overview of Economic Performance of Mexican CitiesEvolving Economic Structure of Mexican Cities; Remaining Challenges in Realizing the Full Economic Potential of Mexican Cities; Progress and Remaining Challenges to Inclusive Growth in the Urban Sphere; Recent Spatial Growth and Its Impact on Mexican Cities; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Unlocking the Economic Potentials of Mexican Cities; Introduction; Effects of Uncoordinated Urban Growth on Matching Skills to Jobs; Effects of Uncoordinated Urban Growth on Sorting Economic Activities in Space |
Missing Benefits from Agglomeration Economies in Mexican CitiesInfrastructure Provision and Metropolitan Coordination to Spur Economic Performance; Activating Metropolitan Clusters Inside Regional Networks and "Systems of Cities"; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Moving |
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toward More Livable and Inclusive Mexican Cities; Introduction; Persistent Inequality in Basic Services within Cities; Uncoordinated Urban Expansion and Its Effects on Fostering Inclusive Growth and Livability; Effects of Spatial Growth on Commuting, the Environment, and Health; Notes; References |
Chapter 5 Policy Messages and RecommendationsSummary of Policy Options; Reframing the Policy Lens for Productive and Inclusive Urban Growth; Planning for Productive and Livable Mexican Cities; Connecting Institutions-Coordination to Unlock Cities' Potentials for Growth and Livability; Financing for Well-Connected, Prosperous, and Livable Cities; Note; References; Appendix A Glossary of Urban and Housing Sectors in Mexico; Appendix B Methodology for Analyzing Urban Spatial Structure; Scope and Data of Analysis; Trends in Overall Population Densities in Mexican Cities |
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Despite impressive economic growth and increasing prosperity, cities in Mexico do not seem to have fully captured the benefits of urban agglomeration, in part because of rapid and uncoordinated urban growth. Recent expansion of many Mexican cities has been distant, disconnected, and dispersed, driven mainly by large single-use housing developments on the outskirts of cities. The lack of a coordinated approach to urban development has hindered the ability of cities in Mexico to boost economic growth and foster inclusive development. It also has created a fissure between new housing developments and urban services, infrastructure, and access to employment. Mexico Urbanization Review: Managing Spatial Growth for Productive and Livable Cities in Mexico provides an analytical basis to understand how well-managed urban growth can help Mexican cities to capture the positive gains associated with urbanization. To this end, the authors analyze the development patterns of the 100 largest Mexican cities using a set of spatial indexes. They then examine how the recent urban growth has affected the economic performance and livability of Mexican cities and offer recommendations for adjusting urban policy frameworks and instruments in ways that support sustainable spatial development and make cities more productive and inclusive. |
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UNINA9910299607103321 |
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Titolo |
Technologies for Development : What is Essential? / / edited by Silvia Hostettler, Eileen Hazboun, Jean-Claude Bolay |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
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[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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333.79 |
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338.926 |
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620.11 |
621.042 |
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Energy policy |
Energy and state |
Electric power production |
Development economics |
Sustainability |
Biomaterials |
Energy Policy, Economics and Management |
Electrical Power Engineering |
Mechanical Power Engineering |
Development Economics |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Technologies for Development: What Really Matters? -- Commercial Channels for Sustainable Technology Deployment in Developing Countries -- A Pilot of 3D Printing of Medical Devices in Haiti -- Innovating for the Bottom of the Pyramid: Case Studies in Healthcare from India -- Solar Water Heating System Co-Design and Do-It-Yourself Approach for Appropriate Technology Diffusion: The |
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MédinaCase Study (Dakar, Senegal) -- Medical Devices and Information Communication Technologies for the Base of the Pyramid -- Designing Suitable Assistive Technology for the Population with Motor Disabilities in Colombia -- Tools to Measure the Development Impact of Innovations -- Comparing Cookstove Usage Measured with Sensors versus Cell Phone-Based Surveys in Darfur, Sudan. |
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The book presents case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America addressing global development issues in the fields of health, energy, ICT and urbanism in an interdisciplinary way. The book illustrates key issues at the interface of technology, human, social, and economic development. Bringing together the best papers of the 2014 EPFL-UNESCO Conference on Technologies for Development, this book explores innovative technologies in the global South. It will be a valuable reference for researchers from engineering, natural sciences, information management, quantitative social sciences, and business faculties, as well as for development practitioners and policy makers. It shows the development potential of technologies, and discusses successful processes to develop and deploy them, as well how to evaluate their impact. The introduction to the book begins with a reflection on key issues regarding technologies for development. The following four sections focus on; (i) Innovative Technologies for Development, (ii) Open Source-Open Access-Open Innovation, (iii) Medical Technologies for the Global South, and (iv) Impact Assessment of Technologies for Development. Individual chapters explore issues such as a need for solid standards for newly developed technologies, how to successfully up-scale technology to a larger region, and how to involve private industry in the development of a technology. |
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