Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Yesler Terrace Redevelopment
Author: Federal Courthouse Building (Project No. ZWA-81061), Seattle
Author: Central Link Light Rail Transit Project, Seattle, Tukwila and Seatac
Author: New Federal Courthouse, Seattle
Author: Strengthening Urban Management
Author: Thomas L. BlairPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146847586X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Managing cities and providing housing, essential infra structure and public services in an era of great pressures on municipal resources are challenging domestic issues in all parts of the world. Increasingly, city administrators and local government authorities in developing countries and western industrial nations are seeking to share experiences and exchange information in a search for solutions. This highly informative volume attempts to meet this critical need and to aid development cooperation among municipalities. Strengthening Urban Management presents the practical problems and approaches to the provision of housing, trans portation, and the mobilization of the requisite finance and manpower for local government in contrasting urban situ ations. It draws upon selected papers contributed to inter national meetings and world congresses sponsored by the International Union of Local Authorities, The Hague, Netherlands. Subject areas are illustrated in city examples given by mayors, administrators and planners from Lusaka, Harare, Nairobi, Osaka. Jakarta. Bandung. Vienna, Stockholm, Caracas, and Rio de Janeiro. Theme introductions and contributions from leading international and national agencies highlight Hie important role and grave difficulties facing local government in urban management and planning.
Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year, 1969
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations, Hearings Before ... 90-2
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Public Wealth of Cities
Author: Dag DetterPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815729995
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
How to leverage existing resources to meet the current and future needs of cities Crumbling streets and bridges. Poorly performing schools and inadequate social services. These are common complaints in cities, which too often struggle just to keep the lights on, much less make the long-term investments necessary for future generations. It doesn’t have to be this way. This book by two internationally recognized experts in public finance describes a new way of restoring economic vitality and financial stability to cities, using steps that already have been proven remarkably successful. The key is unlocking social, human, and economic wealth that cities already own but is out of sight—or “hidden.” A focus on existing public wealth helps to shift attention and resources from short-term spending to longer-term investments that can vastly raise the quality of life for many generations of urban residents. A crucial first step is to understand a city’s balance sheet—too few cities comprehend how valuable a working tool this can be. With this in hand, taxpayers, politicians, and investors can better recognize the long-term consequences of political decisions and make choices that mobilize real returns rather than rely on more taxes, debt, or austerity. Another hidden asset is real estate. Even poor cities own large swathes of poorly utilized land, or they control underperforming utilities and other commercial assets. Most cities could more than double their investments with smarter use of these commercial assets. Managing the city’s assets smartly through the authors’ proposed Urban Wealth Funds—at arm’s-length from short-term political influence—will enable cities to ramp up much needed infrastructure investments.
Reviving America's Forgotten Neighborhoods
Author: Elise M. BrightPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415945271
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Worthy of the Nation
Author: United States. National Capital Planning CommissionPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801883286
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Illustrated with plans, maps, and new and historic photographs, the second edition of Worthy of the Nation provides researchers and general readers with an appealing and authoritative view of the planning and evolution of the federal district.