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- ISBN-13
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- Book Title
- Urban Governance in the Realm of Complexity
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Practical Action Publishing
ISBN-10
185339968X
ISBN-13
9781853399688
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3038789985
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
356 Pages
Publication Name
Urban Governance in The Realm of Complexity : Evidence for Sustainable Pathways
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Public Affairs & Administration, Developing & Emerging Countries, World / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2017-385346
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
In good IHS tradition, this book captures a new mood in human settlements practice and scholarship. In the chapters of this insightful book, there is a new emphasis on public-private-community partnership, contractual solutions and institutional and incentive alignment. There is a willingness to believe in the power of cities to self-organize. There is a healthy scepticism of planned action along with a measured appreciation of the need for coordination of collective action. There is less of a presumption about which agency is best placed to organize the collective action that makes cities bearable, and in the end, prosperous. There is a realism about the threats posed by the natural, economic and political insecurities faced by cities in the 21st century. All this is not just pragmatism; it is a maturing of applied urban scholarship. Understanding the political economy of cities in terms of common resource problems and collective action solutions; and developing powerful case studies and stories to support and refute formal theories of the same, which are rooted in evidence-based and plausible models of individual motivation and collective dynamics, will not only improve urban scholarship it will help it survive and prosper., This volume presents an intriguing overview of emerging new governance structures in complex urban environments in a variety of developing countries such as India, Vietnam and Ghana. This book focuses around three themes: the emergence of new forms of urban governance through collective action, the role of participation, in particular through self-organizing networks and the importance of sustainable governance. The authors show that the shift from urban management towards urban governance approaches that started in Europe can now also be observed, in their own specific way, in developing countries. This well written book is a must read for academics and professionals interested in urban governance in developing countries., This publication is timely and its contents appropriate. Its main topics are currently high on the international agenda and will enjoy therefore full attention at all levels.
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
320.85091724
Table Of Content
1. Introduction: From urban management towards urban governance Jurian Edelenbos and Meine Pieter van DijkPart I: The emergence of new forms of urban governance through collective action2. 'Pushed to the bush'? Changes in resettlement approaches in India Maartje van Eerd3. Innovation of handicraft exporters in emerging economies Jan Fransen4. The urban governance of Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring the public and private responsibilities for flood hazard reduction in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Veronica Olivotto and Alberto Gianoli5. Building trust in complex urban regeneration partnerships Carley Pennink6. Governance and sustainable solid waste management in Ghana Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng, Meine Pieter van Dijk and Kafui Afi Ocloo7. Multiple Criteria Analysis in low-carbon urban development: A review of applications in developing and transitional economies Stelios Grafakos and Elena Marie EnseñadoPart II: The role of participation, in particular through self-organizing networks8. Enabling and constraining conditions for boundary spanning in community-led urban regeneration: a conceptual model Ingmar van Meerkerk, Maria Zwanenburg and Maartje van Eerd9. Surrogate governance and self-organization in Tripoli, Lebanon Dayana Al Alam and Alexander Jachnow 10. Collective engagement: Picking up after the storm in the Philippines Therese Audrey O. Estaban11. Urban planning and self-organized citizens' networks in post-transitional societies in South-Eastern Europe: A case study of city of Skopje Katarina Mojanchevska12. Biking as governance: Positioning urban cycling in Quito Elisa Puga and Alexander JachnowPart III: The importance of sustainable governance 13. Transition towards sustainable mobility: Opportunities and challenges for sustainable benefits assessment in decision-making Somesh Sharma and Harry Geerlings14. Institutional arrangements for integrated flood management in the Ciliwung-Cisadane river basin for Jakarta Metropolitan Area, Indonesia Bramandita Resa Kurnia Dewi and Jacko van Ast15. Governance of urban eco-initiatives in Beijing in times of climate change Meine Pieter van Dijk and Xiao Liang
Synopsis
The challenge in the face of growing urban complexity is to foster new forms of urban governance through collective action, urban governance networks, and new forms of multi-level governance. New approaches to urban governance are arising to stand alongside technical or management solutions. Governance structures based around interest groups and issues are important new players in the urban environment. Self-organized networks can also play their part as sources of innovation, and need not be seen as undermining the influence of authorities. Urban Governance in the Realm of Complexity presents cases from India, Ghana, Lebanon, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Ecuador and Macedonia, based around topics from climate change and the environment, flood-risk planning, to sustainable transport systems. Issues include new ways of financing urban infrastructure through public--private partnerships, the governance structure to support ecological services in urban areas, and the involvement of market sellers in redesigning the market space and cyclists in creating alternative transport networks. The conclusion is that more attention should be paid to sustainable governance in urban development, in order to cope with the numerous ambitions, interests and values co-existing in the cities of today. This book should be read by students, researchers and government officers concerned with urban planning and public administration as well as those involved in urban non-government organizations, community-based organizations and citizen-led development., This book discusses the role of urban information systems, public private and community partnerships and co-operation between governmental, NGOs and CBOs, and a concern for participation and self-organization of stakeholders in the urban development process and attention for emerging institutional forms for urban governance in developing countries., The challenge in the face of growing urban complexity is to foster new forms of urban governance through collective action, urban governance networks, and new forms of multi-level governance. New approaches to urban governance are arising to stand alongside technical or management solutions. Governance structures based around interest groups and issues are important new players in the urban environment. Self-organized networks can also play their part as sources of innovation, and need not be seen as undermining the influence of authorities.Urban Governance in the Realm of Complexity presents cases from India, Ghana, Lebanon, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Ecuador and Macedonia, based around topics from climate change and the environment, flood-risk planning, to sustainable transport systems. Issues include new ways of financing urban infrastructure through public--private partnerships, the governance structure to support ecological services in urban areas, and the involvement of market sellers in redesigning the market space and cyclists in creating alternative transport networks. The conclusion is that more attention should be paid to sustainable governance in urban development, in order to cope with the numerous ambitions, interests and values co-existing in the cities of today. This book should be read by students, researchers and government officers concerned with urban planning and public administration as well as those involved in urban non-government organizations, community-based organizations and citizen-led development.
LC Classification Number
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