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  • Financing Africa's Citiesby Thierry Paulais

    World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 19.99

    This 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...

  • Happy Cityby Charles Montgomery

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013; US$ 27.99

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  • Holding-Together Regionalism: Twenty Years of Post-Soviet Integrationby Alexander Libman; Evgeny Vinokurov

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 104.00

    An 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 Uniquenessby Guido Licciardi; Rana Amirtahmasebi

    World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 19.99

    In 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 Citiesby Khee Giap Tan; Wing Thye Woo; Kong Yam Tan

    World Scientific Publishing Company 2012; US$ 75.00

    This 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 Economyby Takahiro Miyao

    Elsevier Science 1981; US$ 69.50

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  • Building Urban Resilienceby Abhas K. Jha; Todd W. Miner; Zuzana Stanton-Geddes

    World Bank Publications 2013; US$ 14.99

    Resilience 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 Boundariesby The World Bank

    World Bank Publications 2013; US$ 19.99

    This 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...

  • Bangladeshby Elisa Muzzini; Gabriela Aparicio

    World Bank Publications 1905; US$ 19.99

    Bangladesh 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 Cityby Chris Gratton; Ian Henry

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 71.95

    Cities 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...