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Cities in Transitionby Nirmala Rao
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 53.95This is an up-to-date and topical treatment of how six major cities in Europe, North America and Asia are coping with the new demands on urban government. more...
Reinventing Order in the Congoby Theodore Trefon
Zed Books 2004; US$ 35.95Kinshasa is sub-Saharan Africas second largest city. The seven million Congolese who live there have a rich reputation for the courageous and innovative ways in which they survive in a harsh urban environment. They have created new social institutions, practices, networks and ways of living to deal with the collapse of public provision and a malfunctioning political system. This book describes how ordinary people, in the absence of formal sector jobs, hustle for a modest living; the famous bargaining system ordinary Kinois have developed; and how they access food, water supplies, health and education. The NGO-ization of service provision is analysed, as is the quite rare incidence of urban riots. The contributors also look... more...
Political Life in Cairos New Quartersby Salwa Ismail
University of Minnesota Press 2006; US$ 67.50Since the 1970s, Cairo has experienced tremendous growth and change. Nearly three million people now live in new urban communities characterized by unregulated housing, informal economic activity, and the presence of Islamist groups. Salwa Ismail examines the effects of these changes in Political Life in Cairo's New Quarters. Working in Cairo, Ismail interviewed new quarter residents, observed daily life in markets and alleyways, met with local leaders, and talked with young men about their encounters with the government. Rich in ethnographic detail, this work reveals the city's new urban quarters as sites not only of opposition and relative autonomy, but also under governmental surveillance and discipline. In doing so, it situates... more...
Governing Cities in a Global Eraby R. Hambleton; J. Gross
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 110.00This book is about the role that ideas, institutions, and actors play in structuring how we govern cities and, more specifically, what projects or paths are taken. Global changes require that we rethink governance and urban policy, and that we do so through the dual lens of theory and practice. more...
The Governance of Daily Life in Africaby Giorgio Blundo; Pierre-Yves Le Meur
BRILL 2008; US$ 96.00Explores the notion of governance in a non-normative way. This work describes and analyses the institutional and political processes through which social actors and groups - be they state, private or 'third-sector' - contribute to the provision of public and collective goods or services. more...
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Iceland 2001by OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001; US$ 61.00This review of Iceland's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation. The analyses presented are supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data. more...
Marktanalyse, Konzeption und Umsetzung eines Intranet-Auskunftsystems für die kommunale Verwaltungby Hanno Rahn
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 51.48Hauptbeschreibung Als Ziel dieser Ausarbeitung sollte ein Auskunftssystem für die kommunale Verwaltung entstehen. Für die Nutzung des Auskunftssystems sollte ausschließlich Open Source Software benötigt werden, um Kosten für Lizenzen und Software Beschaffung möglichst gering zu halten. Zu diesem Zweck empfiehlt sich eine Web-GIS-Lösung. Dabei wird nur eine Lizenz für einen zentralen Server benötigt. Alle Nutzerstellen können danach über einen einfachen Webbrowser darauf zugreifen. Das Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) hat eine Reihe von Standards entwickelt, welche zum Ziel haben Geo-Daten durch so genannte Geo-Daten-Dienste über Webtechnologien zur Verfügung zu stellen. Einige dieser Dienste sollen für diese Arbeit berücksichtigt werden.... more...
Urban Livelihoods, Institutions and Inclusive Governance in Nairobiby Bob Hendriks
Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 56.00This study formulates conditions for sustainable impacts of inclusive and responsive governance through ?invited spaces? offered by the government and ?claimed spaces? created by the poor. The study questions how increased contributions to poverty reduction and improvement of quality of life for Nairobi citizens can be realised in an equitable and responsible way, while contributing to development of the city and country. To adequately address this two-sided objective of economic growth and poverty reduction in the contemporary context, the study analyses both processes and impacts; moreover it examines impacts in terms of quality of life as well as influence and political rights. The study explores the individually claimed spaces of households... more...
Global Trendsby Adrian Done
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 40.00Looks at the bigger picture, and the future trends that are going to affect the global business world over the next few years. The author analyses traditional themes such as technology and sustainability but also takes into consideration the effects of developments in other areas such as health, education and demographics more...
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