Author: International Forum on Urban Poverty. International Conference
Publisher: UN-HABITAT
ISBN: 9789211316568
Category : Economic assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Author: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287150653
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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It is generally accepted that the physical environment in towns and cities can affect patterns of crime and antisocial behaviour. This report presents the proceedings of an international conference, held in Poland in October 2000, as part of the work programme of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) of the Council of Europe to develop and promote policies for the reduction of urban crime in its 41 member countries. The conference discussions focused on four key themes: housing and crime; open spaces, street planning and design; urban transport planning to reduce crime; and the relationship between the siting and design of sporting facilities and crime.

Author: Human Settlements Programme
Publisher: IIED
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Publisher: Companyédition Erès/UNESCO
ISBN: 9782749213262
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 2470

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Les territoires résultent d'interactions entre les espaces physiques et construits, d'une part, et les systèmes sociaux, économiques, politiques et culturels, d'autre part. Au cours des quatre derniers siècles, la modernité et l'industrialisation ont produit des territoires qui ont donné lieu à diverses formes urbaines, dont l'idéal reste la ville, une figure de rhétorique et de discours étayé par une très large gamme d'échafaudages disciplinaires, de l'histoire et de la philosophie à l'urbanisme. Pourtant, «la ville» est de plus en plus en question. L'universalité actuelle de l'expansion urbaine contraste avec la complexité et la diversité de ses formes. Par exemple, des « grappes » de production territoriale vont au-delà de la conception classique des formes urbaines. En outre, les zones urbaines sont fondamentalement différentes en fonction de leur place au sein des relations territoriales. Une ville mondiale n'est pas la même chose qu'une métropole ou une capitale ; les zones urbaines petites et moyennes sont également différentes. En faisant le bilan de l'interdépendance croissante entre les niveaux régional, national et local à travers le monde, ce numéro examine les tendances actuelles dans la transformation urbaine à la lumière de trois défis majeurs qui nécessitent de renouveler les outils analytiques: l'insécurité, la tertiarisation et l'informalisation des formes urbaines.

Author: X. Godard
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789058093998
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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This title covers topics such as: the urban travel mobility of social groups; transport, urbanism and accessibility; mass transport investment; regulation, integration and financing public transport; road safety; and strategic approach, institution and governance.

Author: Evanthie Michalena
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447155955
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 389

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This book focuses on Renewable Energy (RE) governance - the institutions, plans, policies and stakeholders that are involved in RE implementation - and the complexities and challenges associated with this much discussed energy area. Whilst RE technologies have advanced and become cheaper, governance schemes rarely support those technologies in an efficient and cost-effective way. To illustrate the problem, global case-studies delicately demonstrate successes and failures of renewable energy governance. RE here is considered from a number of perspectives: as a regional geopolitical agent, as a tool to meet national RE targets and as a promoter of local development. The book considers daring insights on RE transitions, governmental policies as well as financial tools, such as Feed-in-Tariffs; along with their inefficiencies and costs. This comprehensive probing of RE concludes with a treatment of what we call the “Mega-What” question - who is benefitting the most from RE and how society can get the best deal? After reading this book, the reader will have been in contact with all aspects of RE governance and be closer to the pulse of RE mechanisms. The reader should also be able to contribute more critically to the dialogue about RE rather than just reinforce the well-worn adage that “RE is a good thing to happen”.

Author: Mark Swilling
Publisher: Wits University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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This study of African cities examines how the urban systems and the people within them are coping with the pressures of urban growth. Twenty African countries are covered, and the concluding chapter discusses the impending challenges in the governance of African urban development.

Author: Philippe Hamman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429576722
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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Sustainability Governance and Hierarchy provides a solid, theoretically and empirically grounded reflection on the concept of "sustainability governance". This idea has been growing in popularity in social science literature, as well as among decision-makers and governance actors, as it brings together two vast fields of study that have sometimes been dismissed as vague or ideologically loaded. In order to link the concepts of "sustainability" and "governance", the book is organized around the exploration of hierarchy issues, which often lie in the background of the existing literature but are not the focus of analysis. The chapters reflect ongoing controversies and dialogue between scientists with different theoretical and thematic backgrounds, who are all willing to participate in and contribute to a constructive effort to reach a more inclusive and more theoretically relevant stage for sustainability studies, being content with merely global analyses. The book is an innovative contribution to the hierarchy/non-hierarchy debate regarding governance arrangements in the field of sustainability and sustainability studies. This book will be of interest to advanced students and scholars focusing on governance issues, sustainability studies, environmental studies, as well as on the methodological aspects of the social sciences (economy, geography, law, philosophy, political science, sociology, urbanism and planning). This book is published with the support of the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Upper Rhine Interreg V programme, as part of the "Upper Rhine Cluster for Sustainability Research" project.

Author: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287154910
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Dans la recherche de cohésion sociale, les auteurs préconisent l'action à long terme recherchant la synergie entre acteurs locaux, population et institutions afin d'encourager la responsabilité mutuelle et les valeurs de solidarité.

Author: Max Barlow
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135191507X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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Focusing on democratization, flexibilization, ethnic diversity and restructuring of transitional and emerging states, this volume analyzes the changes and challenges for administrative structures at the beginning of the 21st century, from a geographical perspective. A team of leading scholars from throughout the world provides a differentiated spatial overview of key problems currently faced in public administration. By offering a wide range of regional case studies from Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the book tests current theories and concepts of government and governance, space and place, and society and community. In doing so, it offers valuable insights and makes policy implications.