04658nam 22006974a 450 991045595860332120200520144314.01-280-08699-897866100869930-585-41688-5(CKB)111056486747464(EBL)3050720(OCoLC)605698048(SSID)ssj0000085791(PQKBManifestationID)11367466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085791(PQKBWorkID)10024947(PQKB)11773842(MiAaPQ)EBC3050720(Au-PeEL)EBL3050720(CaPaEBR)ebr10064341(CaONFJC)MIL8699(EXLCZ)9911105648674746420000516d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe challenge of urban government[electronic resource] policies and practices /edited by Mila Freire and Richard StrenWashington, D.C. World Bank ;Toronto Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Torontoc20011 online resource (490 p.)WBI development studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-4738-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ManagementChallenges of Local Governance: The Experience of One African MayorFrom 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 ProblemUser Charges in Local Government FinanceThe 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 DiagnosisProperty TaxationThe 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 Quality9. Transportation and Metropolitan GrowthEditor'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; IndexWBI development studies.Municipal governmentMetropolitan areasCity planningUrban poorElectronic books.Municipal government.Metropolitan areas.City planning.Urban poor.352.16Freire Mila858054Stren Richard E35260MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455958603321The challenge of urban government1975567UNINA