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Financing Africa's Cities
World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 19.99This volume addresses the issues of financing urban growth of the African continent -- which has the highest urban growth rate on the planet -- in the next decades. Considerable investment will be needed to sustain this level of growth and to clear up accumulated backlogs. At the same time, decentralization has resulted in increased responsibilities... more...
Holding-Together Regionalism: Twenty Years of Post-Soviet Integration
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 104.00An in-depth analysis of one of the most important and complex issues of the post-Soviet era, namely the (re-)integration of this highly interconnected region. The book considers the evolution of 'holding-together' groups since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, looking at intergovernmental interaction and informal economic and social ties. more...
The Economics of Uniqueness
World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 19.99In a world where half of the population lives in cities and more than 90 percent of urban growth is occurring in the developing world, cities struggle to modernize without completely losing their unique character, which is embodied by their historic cores and cultural heritage assets. As countries develop, cultural heritage can provide a crucial element... more...
Ranking the Liveability of the World's Major Cities
World Scientific Publishing Company 2012; US$ 75.00This unique volume aims to provide a first comprehensive assessment on attributes, conditions and characters which constitute a liveable city. The book posits that the degree of liveability depends on five themes: satisfaction with the freedom from want; satisfaction with the state of the natural environment and its management; satisfaction with freedom... more...
Dynamic Analysis of the Urban Economy
Elsevier Science 1981; US$ 69.50Dynamic Analysis of the Urban Economy more...
Building Urban Resilience
World Bank Publications 2013; US$ 14.99Resilience is the ability of a system, community, or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to, and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner. Resilience in the context of cities translates into a new paradigm for urbanization, and forms base for a new understanding how to manage hazards and urban development.... more...
Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries
World Bank Publications 2013; US$ 19.99This study identifies three priority areas for India's policymakers as they try to harness economic efficiency and manage spatial equity associated with urbanization. First, to enhance productivity, invest in the institutional and information foundations to enable land and housing markets to function efficiently, while deregulating the intensity... more...
Bangladesh
World Bank Publications 1905; US$ 19.99Bangladesh seeks to attain middle-income status by 2021, the 50th anniversary of its independence. To accelerate growth enough to do so, Bangladesh needs to build a competitive urban space that is innovative, connected and livable. Bangladesh's urban areas have to take proactive measures to improve and sustain all three drivers of competitiveness... more...
Sport in the City
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 71.95Cities now seek to attract major sporting events and activities to re-image themselves, and frequently invest in community sports development to fund economic growth and regeneration. Including a range of case-studies from global (the Sydney Olympics) to local (urban school sports), this book looks closely at how sport has been used in contemporary... more...









