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Book Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment  Methodology and preliminary findings

Download or read book Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment Methodology and preliminary findings written by Josef Leitmann and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Management Program Series Paper 14. A recent evaluation of urban research in developing countries noted that scant data are available on the urban environment, as little research has been done on the topic. This first volume in a two-volume set describes the development of a three-step evaluation process whereby data are collected and analyzed to support the involvement of stakeholders, suggests future directions and improvements, and summarizes results from use of the approach in selected cities. The second of a two- volume set (see below) contains tools that practitioners and researchers can apply directly in the field. See also Volume 2 (ISBN 0-8213-2791-7) Stock No. 12791.

Book Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment

Download or read book Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment written by Josef Leitmann and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents tools for rapid urban environmental assessment. The first volume presents the techniques, summarizes results from applying the approach in a select number of cities, and suggests future directions and improvements. The second volume consists of the questionnaire, generic profile and consultation guidelines that make up the methodology, and summaries of the information that they generated. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur).

Book Sustainable Cities in the 21st Century

Download or read book Sustainable Cities in the 21st Century written by Ah Foong Foo and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the growth and future development of cities. Its collection of nine essays brings together a variegation of views and visions of how we might build sustaining cities into the 21st century, with one staying concern: a better tomorrow. The essays do not profess to provide answers but rather, alternative starting points for further explorations and reflections on the meaning of sustainable development for our cities.

Book Urban Management Programme  1997 2001

Download or read book Urban Management Programme 1997 2001 written by Urban Management Program and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2002 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Participation and Partnership in Urban Infrastructure Management

Download or read book Participation and Partnership in Urban Infrastructure Management written by Peter Schübeler and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes and illustrates a range of participatory strategies to assist urban managers in expanding the role and effectiveness of user participation in the provision and operation and maintenance of infrastructure. To demonstrate how participation has been effectively employed in various circumstances, numerous case studies are cited. Finally, measures and steps are outlined that could be instrumental in realizing participatory strategies. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur).

Book Decentralization and Its Implications for Urban Service Delivery

Download or read book Decentralization and Its Implications for Urban Service Delivery written by William Dillinger and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews efforts to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of urban services delivery in developing countries. It argues that failures in urban service delivery are not merely the result of a lack of technical knowledge on the part of local government staff, but also reflect constraints and perverse incentives confronting local personnel and their political leadership, and these, in turn, are often the inadverten result of problems in the relationship between central and local government. The report views the spread of decentralization as a potentially fortuitous phenomenon. The decentralization now occurring is not a carefully designed sequence of reforms aimed at improving the efficiency of public service delivery ; it appears to be a reluctant and disorderly series of concessions by central governments attempting to maintain political stability. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur).

Book Strategic Options for Urban Infrastructure Management

Download or read book Strategic Options for Urban Infrastructure Management written by William F. Fox and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience of the past decade confirms that the solution to infrastructure problems is not merely to expand capacity by making new investments. Much more systematic changes must be undertaken if service delivery is to attain the standards necessary to improve quality of life and allow economic output to expand more rapidly. This paper identifies several broad areas for reform and recommends a series of actions to attain effective service delivery. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur).

Book Policy Programme Options for Urban Poverty Reduction

Download or read book Policy Programme Options for Urban Poverty Reduction written by Franz Vanderschueren and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews the specific actions which municipalities and city governments may take in contributing to urban poverty reduction. It highlights examples of issues, options, and constraints which urban government have to address in grappling with poverty and focuses on municipalities and other city-level government entities as a critical institutional level on intervention, particularly in addressing issues relating to service delivery. (Adapté du résumé des auteurs).

Book Household Responses to Poverty and Vulnerability

Download or read book Household Responses to Poverty and Vulnerability written by Caroline O. N. Moser and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1998-03-31 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research paper describes the main results from the community of Angyalfold, in Budapest, Hungary. The research is concerned with the strategies adopted by the urban poor to reduce vulnerability and prevent impoverishment during periods of economic stress. This type of study assists policymakers in designing effective locally based solutions that ensure the poor are themselves active agents of growth, rather than passive recipients of compensatory measures. Three features distinguish this study from other poverty studies:a micro-level approach combining households and communities as the main units of analysis, an unusually long period of observation for some communities and households, and a comparative framework offering fours cases with very different economic development levels and institutional contexts. The study concludes with some priority recommendations for action:1) support households in their role as safety net; 2) alleviate constraints on women's labor supply; 3) ensure that social capital is not taken for granted; 4) develop social policy that integrates human capital and social capital; 5) pursue further research; and 6) develop tools and indicators to strengthen the assets of the poor.

Book Tool Kit Guide for Rapid Economic Assessment  Planning  and Development of Cities in Asia

Download or read book Tool Kit Guide for Rapid Economic Assessment Planning and Development of Cities in Asia written by Brian H. Roberts and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tool kit provides a framework and tools for conducting rapid assessments to prepare city economic development plans in Asian cities. An analytical framework guides the reader through a series of steps for three analytical and assessment processes. These are designed to prepare economic profiles; evaluate future economic development options and pathways; and prepare strategies, action plans, and prioritize investment activities in support of city economic development. The steps in each process are linked to tools that assist the user in collecting and analyzing data and information for a range of studies, and they are also linked to assessment techniques used to prepare city economic development plans.

Book Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment

Download or read book Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment written by Josef Leitmann and published by World Bank. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents tools for rapid urban environmental assessment. The first volume presents the techniques, summarizes results from applying the approach in a select number of cities, and suggests future directions and improvements. The second volume consists of the questionnaire, generic profile and consultation guidelines that make up the methodology, and summaries of the information that they generated. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur).

Book Participatory Urban Governance

Download or read book Participatory Urban Governance written by Edgar A. Pieterse and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2000 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Air Pollution XVI

    Book Details:
  • Author : C.A. Brebbia
  • Publisher : WIT Press
  • Release : 2008-09-12
  • ISBN : 1845641272
  • Pages : 673 pages

Download or read book Air Pollution XVI written by C.A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2008-09-12 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together recent results and state-of-the-art contributions from researchers around the world, this text contains papers first presented at the 16th International Conference on the Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution.

Book Guiding cities

    Book Details:
  • Author : Babar Mumtaz
  • Publisher : UN-HABITAT
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9789064330308
  • Pages : 140 pages

Download or read book Guiding cities written by Babar Mumtaz and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sustainable Cities Revisited II   7058iied

Download or read book Sustainable Cities Revisited II 7058iied written by International Institute for Environment & Development and published by IIED. This book was released on 1999 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: