Author: International City Management AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Innovative Approaches to Strengthen Urban Management Education
Author: International City Management AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Innovations to Strengthen Urban Management Education
Author: University of Georgia. Institute of GovernmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Education, Urban Development, and Local Initiatives
Author: Centre for Educational Research and InnovationPublisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washinton, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Center
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Innovative practices in education and local development in Western Europe, Australia, and the United States are described and analyzed in this report. Part One reviews urban problems, their impact on education, and the need for a new approach. Part Two explores how schools and institutes of adult education can provide information about the local community and in the process teach children and adults how to analyze the community's situation and needs. It also describes community service projects that both address the problems of local development and help individual students to choose careers. Examples given include involvement in social services programs and housing rehabilitation programs. Part Three discusses a variety of projects in which schools and colleges concern themselves with improving the local community's economic situation. Examples presented here are school-based youth enterprises, school-business consulting activities, employment training and skills training programs, and college contributions at the teaching, research, and service levels. Part Four stresses the need for an effective alliance between education and development and offers suggestions for aiding this alliance through changes in teaching methods and curricula. Finally, general issues for analysis and themes for further work are indicated. (CMG)
Compendium of Research Reports
Author: United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Compendium of Research Reports
Author: United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Managing Cities in Developing Countries
Author: Meine Pieter van DijkPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Urban management is a relatively new topic, which has gained increasing importance due to a rise in urbanization and a wave of decentralization programs in recent decades. This innovative book is the first systematic treatment of the critical urban management issues facing developing countries. The volume brings together a number of theoretical approaches and practical experiences in order to study the economic and financial aspects of urban management. The author argues that urban managers have to make their cities more competitive via the new opportunities provided by decentralization, and suggests that the formulation of a development strategy and the use of elements from new public management theory will improve urban governance and service delivery. In addition, emphasis is placed on the importance of involving different stakeholders, which will lead to an integrated analysis of urban problems and, therefore, integrated solutions. Related issues such as urban environmental sustainability and the role of modern information technology are also explored in detail. The book concludes with a review of the emerging new themes at the forefront of contemporary urban management studies. This important new volume will be an essential resource for students, scholars and practitioners with an interest in urban planning, development and management.
Personnel Literature
Author: United States. Office of Personnel Management. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Urban Management
Author: G. Shabbir CheemaPublisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The relentless growth of cities is inevitable--and irreversible. Developing countries' share of the world's urban population will rise to 71% by the year 2000 and 80% by 2025. By the end of the 1990s, it is estimated that 18 cities in developing countries will have a population of 10 million or more. Although those cities are centers of production, employment, and innovation, rapid urbanization has had many negative consequences: an alarming increase in the incidence of urban poverty, the concentration of modern productive activities in major metropolitan areas, inadequate access to housing and basic urban services, and the degradation of the urban environment. Urban Management reviews the state of the art in innovative urban management, discusses the latest findings on key issues of urban management, and identifies policy-relevant research needs and priorities. Chapters are contributed by urban specialists from Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and North America, who identify urbanization processes and strategies, provide comparative analyses of urban management issues throughout the world, and present original country case studies. Recommended for urban development planners and administrators in developing countries, persons from donor countries working on projects in developing countries, students of urban management, and others interested in developmental issues at the global, regional, national, and municipal levels.
Managing Fast Growing Cities
Author: Nick DevasPublisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Examines new approaches to urban planning and management. Amongst the areas covered are: urban management intervention in land markets; planning and managing urban services; political control of urban planning and management; and the role of law in urban planning.
Urban Management
Author: Shabbir CheemaPublisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0275940853
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The relentless growth of cities is inevitable--and irreversible. Developing countries' share of the world's urban population will rise to 71% by the year 2000 and 80% by 2025. By the end of the 1990s, it is estimated that 18 cities in developing countries will have a population of 10 million or more. Although those cities are centers of production, employment, and innovation, rapid urbanization has had many negative consequences: an alarming increase in the incidence of urban poverty, the concentration of modern productive activities in major metropolitan areas, inadequate access to housing and basic urban services, and the degradation of the urban environment. Urban Management reviews the state of the art in innovative urban management, discusses the latest findings on key issues of urban management, and identifies policy-relevant research needs and priorities. Chapters are contributed by urban specialists from Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and North America, who identify urbanization processes and strategies, provide comparative analyses of urban management issues throughout the world, and present original country case studies. Recommended for urban development planners and administrators in developing countries, persons from donor countries working on projects in developing countries, students of urban management, and others interested in developmental issues at the global, regional, national, and municipal levels.