Leveraging the potential of Argentine cities a framework for policy action

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Authors' bios -- Overview -- Introduction -- Urbanization trends and spatial patterns -- Urbanization and growth -- Spatial demographic trends -- Economic trends -- Urban expansion patterns -- Diagnostics of city performance -- Territorial planning -- Municipal f...

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Main Author: Muzzini, Elisa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C World Bank 2016
Series:Directions in development
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Authors' bios -- Overview -- Introduction -- Urbanization trends and spatial patterns -- Urbanization and growth -- Spatial demographic trends -- Economic trends -- Urban expansion patterns -- Diagnostics of city performance -- Territorial planning -- Municipal finance -- Housing -- Urban transport -- Local economic development -- Measuring prosperity and livability: spatial patterns of cities' performance -- Moving forward: a framework for action -- Priority I: Promote sustainable and efficient spatial development -- Priority II: Position municipalities as competent and accountable service providers -- Priority III: Encourage sustainable and efficient housing development -- Priority IV: Promote efficient, sustainable and equitable urban transport -- Priority V: Power the long-term economic growth of argentinian cities -- Table 12.1 Policy matrix: priorities, goals, and directions -- Appendix A. Argentina's regions, provinces and EPH agglomerations -- Appendix B. Estimating subnational GDP with night-time light data -- Appendix C. Livability and prosperity index methodology.
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:pages cm
ISBN:9781464808401
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