Author: Dozier W. Thornton
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The future of our cities lies in the development of a clear understanding of the key factors that constitute urban policy debates. Central problems and possible solutions are presented here for the vital issues of economic development, housing, and social justice, as well as the analysis of Michigan's general revenue sharing formula and the current and projected use of land. Contributors also highlight racial and community issues related to Hispanics, African Americans, and new immigrants. State and local leaders will find Urban Policy Choices for Michigan Leaders to be a helpful reference for research-focused and policy-related information when participating in these major debate areas.
Urban Planning for City Leaders
Author: Pablo Vaggione
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This guide is the result of a UN-Habitat initiative to provide local leaders and decision makers with the tools to support urban planning good practice. It includes several "how to" sections on all aspects of urban planning, including how to build resilience and reduce climate risks, with an example from Sorsogon, Philippines. It outlines practical ways to create and implement a vision for a city that will better prepare it to cope with growth and change. The overall guide offers insights from real experiences on what it takes to have an impact and to transform an urban reality through urban planning. It clearly links planning and financing and presents many successful practices that emphasize strategies to address real issues. It aims to inform leaders about the value that urban planning could bring to their cities and to facili.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This guide is the result of a UN-Habitat initiative to provide local leaders and decision makers with the tools to support urban planning good practice. It includes several "how to" sections on all aspects of urban planning, including how to build resilience and reduce climate risks, with an example from Sorsogon, Philippines. It outlines practical ways to create and implement a vision for a city that will better prepare it to cope with growth and change. The overall guide offers insights from real experiences on what it takes to have an impact and to transform an urban reality through urban planning. It clearly links planning and financing and presents many successful practices that emphasize strategies to address real issues. It aims to inform leaders about the value that urban planning could bring to their cities and to facili.
Urban Policy Choices for Michigan Leaders
Author: Dozier W. Thornton
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The future of our cities lies in the development of a clear understanding of the key factors that constitute urban policy debates. Central problems and possible solutions are presented here for the vital issues of economic development, housing, and social justice, as well as the analysis of Michigan's general revenue sharing formula and the current and projected use of land. Contributors also highlight racial and community issues related to Hispanics, African Americans, and new immigrants. State and local leaders will find Urban Policy Choices for Michigan Leaders to be a helpful reference for research-focused and policy-related information when participating in these major debate areas.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The future of our cities lies in the development of a clear understanding of the key factors that constitute urban policy debates. Central problems and possible solutions are presented here for the vital issues of economic development, housing, and social justice, as well as the analysis of Michigan's general revenue sharing formula and the current and projected use of land. Contributors also highlight racial and community issues related to Hispanics, African Americans, and new immigrants. State and local leaders will find Urban Policy Choices for Michigan Leaders to be a helpful reference for research-focused and policy-related information when participating in these major debate areas.
The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government
Author: Donald P. Haider-Markel
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191611964
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1157
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government is an historic undertaking. It contains a wide range of essays that define the important questions in the field, evaluate where we are in answering them, and set the direction and terms of discourse for future work. The Handbook will have a substantial influence in defining the field for years to come. The chapters critically assess both the key works of state and local politics literature and the ways in which the sub-field has developed. It covers the main areas of study in subnational politics by exploring the central contributions to the comparative study of institutions, behavior, and policy in the American context. Each chapter outlines an agenda for future research.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191611964
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1157
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government is an historic undertaking. It contains a wide range of essays that define the important questions in the field, evaluate where we are in answering them, and set the direction and terms of discourse for future work. The Handbook will have a substantial influence in defining the field for years to come. The chapters critically assess both the key works of state and local politics literature and the ways in which the sub-field has developed. It covers the main areas of study in subnational politics by exploring the central contributions to the comparative study of institutions, behavior, and policy in the American context. Each chapter outlines an agenda for future research.
Current Geographical Publications
Author: University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Current Geographical Publications (CGP) is a non-profit service to the scholarly community initiated in 1938 by the American Geographical Society of New York. Beginning in 2006, the format changed to include the tables of contents of current geographical journals. The journal titles listed link to web pages or PDF scans of the current issue's contents.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Current Geographical Publications (CGP) is a non-profit service to the scholarly community initiated in 1938 by the American Geographical Society of New York. Beginning in 2006, the format changed to include the tables of contents of current geographical journals. The journal titles listed link to web pages or PDF scans of the current issue's contents.
Environmental Equity of Lansing's Urban Park Policy
Author: Sissi Patricia Bruch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lansing (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lansing (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Reimagining Detroit
Author: John Gallagher
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814334690
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"Whether urban or rural dweller, academic or practitioner, the reader takes from Gallagher a deeper appreciation of both the challenges and opportunities that exist within our cities, challenges and opportunities that will ultimately impact our country."-Jay Williams, mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, from the foreword --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814334690
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"Whether urban or rural dweller, academic or practitioner, the reader takes from Gallagher a deeper appreciation of both the challenges and opportunities that exist within our cities, challenges and opportunities that will ultimately impact our country."-Jay Williams, mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, from the foreword --Book Jacket.
Sustaining Michigan
Author: Richard William Jelier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Sustaining Michigan links critical, cutting-edge scholarship to pressing issues facing Michigan's metropolitan communities and increases understanding of the key economic, environmental, social, and political reasons for why change is underway, the challenges to the current system, and the difficulty for Michigan in making substantive changes. Remarkable in the breadth of its collaboration, this volume includes a range of academics from across the state who are evaluating existing policies that will define Michigan's future.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Sustaining Michigan links critical, cutting-edge scholarship to pressing issues facing Michigan's metropolitan communities and increases understanding of the key economic, environmental, social, and political reasons for why change is underway, the challenges to the current system, and the difficulty for Michigan in making substantive changes. Remarkable in the breadth of its collaboration, this volume includes a range of academics from across the state who are evaluating existing policies that will define Michigan's future.
Land Use Planning and Growth Management
Author: Gerhardus Schultink
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
School Leadership in Times of Urban Reform
Author: Marilyn Bizar
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135688125
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Examines schools in Chicago, where the largest experiment in site-based management & accountability is being enacted. An analysis allows insights relevant beyond this single site & permits pursuit of an agenda concerned w/ educational leadership & reform
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135688125
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Examines schools in Chicago, where the largest experiment in site-based management & accountability is being enacted. An analysis allows insights relevant beyond this single site & permits pursuit of an agenda concerned w/ educational leadership & reform
Advocacy Leadership
Author: Gary L. Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135847797
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Advocacy Leadership lays out a post-reform agenda that moves beyond the neo-liberal, competition framework to define a new accountability, a new pedagogy, and a new leadership role definition in education.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135847797
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Advocacy Leadership lays out a post-reform agenda that moves beyond the neo-liberal, competition framework to define a new accountability, a new pedagogy, and a new leadership role definition in education.