Strengthening Urban Management International Perspectives and Issues

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blair, Thomas L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1985, 1985
Edition:1st ed. 1985
Series:Urban Innovation Abroad
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Need and Reality
  • Some Trends in Housing Improvement in Sweden and Third World Cities
  • Some Views on Housing and Local Government from Africa South
  • Kampung Improvement and Urban Development Programs in Bandung
  • Integral Plans: An Experience with Public Participation and Housing in Venezuela
  • Jakarta’s Traffic and Transportation: Report from DKI — Dairah Khugus Ibuka
  • Local Revenue in Austria
  • Revenue of the City of Osaka: Its Structures and Problems
  • Education and Training
  • Training of Local Government Personnel in Africa The Secretariat, United Nations Economic
  • Training and Education for Urban Management
  • Some Training Misconceptions in Third World Countries
  • Local Government Training Needs in Latin America
  • Education for Habitat
  • Managing Cities in a Human Settlements Perspective
  • Developing Settlements for People
  • Large Cities and Human Settlements Administration
  • Current Issues and an Abstracted Bibliography
  • Current Issues in Housing, Revenues, and Training of Local Government Officials
  • Bibliography on Urban Management and Planning
  • Contributors