1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000178920203316

Autore

Winston, Patrick Henry

Titolo

Artificial intelligence / Patrick Henry Winston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reading (Mass.) : Addison-Wesley, copyr. 1977 (stampa 1979)

ISBN

0-201-08454-6

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 444 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Addison-Wesley series in computer science ; 0

Disciplina

0063

Collocazione

006.3 WIN (A)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384156303316

Autore

Tatham John <fl. 1632-1664.>

Titolo

Londinum triumphans : Londons triumphs celebrated [[electronic resource] ] : in honour of the truely deserving Sir Anthony Bateman, Knight, Lord Maior of the honourable City of London, and done at the costs and charges of the Right Worshipful the Company of Skinners, the 29th of October, 1663 / / by John Tatham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by W.G. for Henry Brome ..., 1663

Descrizione fisica

[2], 18 p

Soggetti

London (England) History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780021703321

Titolo

The challenge of urban government : : policies and practices / / edited by Mila Freire and Richard Stren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank

Toronto : , : Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, , c2001

ISBN

1-280-08699-8

9786610086993

0-585-41688-5

Descrizione fisica

xli, 442 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 24 cm

Collana

WBI development studies

Altri autori (Persone)

FreireMila

StrenRichard E

Disciplina

352.16

Soggetti

Municipal government

Metropolitan areas

City planning

Urban poor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Glossary of Abbreviations; The Challenges of Urban Government; Introduction; 1. Metropolitan Issues; Editor's Introduction; The Impact of the Global Economy on Cities; The Metropolitan Project: The Management of a Variable Geometry; Designing a Metropolitan Region: The Lessons and Lost Opportunities of the Toronto Experience; 2. City Strategy and Governance; Editor's Introduction; Preparing an Economic and Strategic Vision for a City; The Promotion of Sustainable Cities; The Coimbatore City Corporate Plan: A Case Study of Strategic Management

Challenges of Local Governance: The Experience of One African Mayor From Violence to Justice and Security in Cities; 3. Municipal and Subnational Financial Management; Editor's Introduction; Setting the



Stage: Municipal and Intergovernmental Finance; Learning Democratic Practice: Distributing Government Resources through Popular Participation in Porto Alegre, Brazil; A Conversation with Raul Pont, Mayor of Porto Alegre; 4. Financial Management-Revenue Raising; Editor's Introduction; Fiscal Decentralization and Financing Urban Governments: Framing the Problem

User Charges in Local Government Finance The Demand-Side Approach to Planning Water Supply; 5. Private Involvement in the Provision of Public Services; Editor's Introduction; Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Services; The Role of the Private Sector in Municipal Solid Waste Service Delivery in Developing Countries: Keys to Success; Public-Private Participation in the Provision of Infrastructure to Tirrupur, India; 6. Land and Real-Estate Markets; Editor's Introduction; Land Markets and Urban Management: The Role of Planning Tools; Tools for a Land and Housing Market Diagnosis

Property Taxation The Portland Experience; 7. Urban Poverty; Editor's Introduction; The City Poverty Assessment: An Introduction; Poverty Reduction in Urban Areas: Employment and Income Generation through Partnerships; Integrating Gender into Urban Development and Poverty Reduction: The Bolivia Sustainable Urban Development Project; 8. Managing the Urban Environment; Editor's Introduction; Exploring a New Vision for Cities; Environment, Health, and Gender in Latin America: The Case of the Maquiladoras; Community Experience of Urban Environmental Quality

9. Transportation and Metropolitan Growth Editor's Introduction; Management of Traffic and the Urban Environment; Transportation in Bogotá: Problems and Solutions; A View of Urban Transport, Infrastructure, and Environment from the Female Condition; Integration of Urban Transport and Urban Planning; Index