LEADER 04658nam 22006974a 450 001 9910455958603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-08699-8 010 $a9786610086993 010 $a0-585-41688-5 035 $a(CKB)111056486747464 035 $a(EBL)3050720 035 $a(OCoLC)605698048 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085791 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11367466 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085791 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10024947 035 $a(PQKB)11773842 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3050720 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3050720 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10064341 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL8699 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486747464 100 $a20000516d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe challenge of urban government$b[electronic resource] $epolicies and practices /$fedited by Mila Freire and Richard Stren 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank ;$aToronto $cCentre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (490 p.) 225 1 $aWBI development studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-4738-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChallenges 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 Problem 327 $aUser 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 Diagnosis 327 $aProperty 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 Quality 327 $a9. Transportation and Metropolitan GrowthEditor's Introduction; Management of Traffic and the Urban Environment; Transportation in Bogota?: Problems and Solutions; A View of Urban Transport, Infrastructure, and Environment from the Female Condition; Integration of Urban Transport and Urban Planning; Index 410 0$aWBI development studies. 606 $aMunicipal government 606 $aMetropolitan areas 606 $aCity planning 606 $aUrban poor 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMunicipal government. 615 0$aMetropolitan areas. 615 0$aCity planning. 615 0$aUrban poor. 676 $a352.16 701 $aFreire$b Mila$0858054 701 $aStren$b Richard E$035260 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455958603321 996 $aThe challenge of urban government$91975567 997 $aUNINA