The Challenge of Urban Government: Policies and Practices
- ISBN-10
- 0821347381
- ISBN-13
- 9780821347386
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 442
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Authors
- Mila Freire, Richard E. Stren
Description
Cities and towns are vital for the development of economic systems and social organisations. However, cities face tremendous challenges. They have to simultaneously attract business, provide a good livelihood for their inhabitants, generate enough resources to finance infrastructure and social needs, and take care of their poor. The Challenge of Urban Government: Policies and Practices looks at the consequences of globalisation on city management. This book focuses on the complex of issues generated in urban areas, such as the dynamics of metropolitan spaces, and the need to define strategic territory for operational and policy purposes. Some urgent challenges include how to handle spillovers across municipalities and the need to create a new city structure over an existing city to give the suburbs some elements of centrality. It examines the dynamics of governance and how to get stakeholders' participation in the government process.
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