1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367723803321

Titolo

The century of global cities : how urbanisation is changing the world and shaping our future / / edited by Andrea Tobia Zevi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milan, Italy : , : Ledizioni, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

88-5526-090-1

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (156 p.)

Collana

Pubblicazioni ISPI

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Cities and towns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Why Global Cities? / Saskia Sassen -- 2. Reliable Data, New Tools and Sustainable Goals to Foster Urban Growth / Patricia L. McCarney -- 3. The Transformative Potential of Local Climate Change Strategies / Ewa Iwaszuk, Linda Mederake, Doris Knoblauch -- 4. Establishing Quality Infrastructure and Responsible Trade in Global Cities / Jena Santoro -- 5. Migrants Need Cities, Cities Need Migrants / Juliana Kerr -- 6. Cities, Democracy and the 99 Percent / Marialuisa Palumbo -- The Authors.

Sommario/riassunto

Cities are gaining importance and influence worldwide. They sustain the global economy, set cultural trends, produce greenhouse gas emissions and consume energy; they attract migration flows and foster new political waves. While cities were supposed to be declining back in the 1980s, the globalised economy has established them as crucial world hubs leading billions of people on every continent, both at the top and the bottom of the social ladder, to move to cities. Today, global cities cry out for a more prominent role. But why and to what extent do they matter? Can they really stand alone in the global arena? How are they interacting with governments and multilateral organisations? From climate change to connectivity, from inequalities to migration: what is their contribution to key global challenges?



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910896495903321

Titolo

Unser Jahresbericht .. / Herausgeber Europarc Deutschland e.V

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Europarc Deutschland, 2017-2018

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Disciplina

790

380

Soggetti

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Gesehen am 19.10.2020

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975172303321

Autore

Piotrowski Suzanne J. <1973->

Titolo

Governmental transparency in the path of administrative reform / / Suzanne J. Piotrowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

9780791480205

0791480208

9781429471572

1429471573

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Disciplina

352.3/670973

Soggetti

Government information - Access control - United States

Administrative agencies - United States - Management

Freedom of information - United States

Public records - United States - Management

Transparency (Ethics) in government - United States

United States Politics and government 1993-2001

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-129) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sunlight is the best disinfectant -- Two governmental narratives juxtaposed -- The impact of performance management -- The impact of customer service and employee empowerment -- The impact of contracting -- Analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

The consequences of governmental reform are not always intended. In this book, Suzanne J. Piotrowski examines how federal management reforms associated with the National Performance Review have affected, and are still affecting, implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. The intersection of the New Public Management movement and the implementation of the U.S. federal government's transparency policy is, she argues, a clear example of unforeseen outcomes. Particular attention is paid to performance management, customer service, and contracting out initiatives, as well as to unintended consequences and their future implications for public administration scholars, practitioners, and reformers.