Central America Urbanization Review : Making Cities Work for Central America

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Why Does Urbanization Matter for Central America? -- How Urbanization Is Transforming Central America (Chapter 1) -- Cities Are Where Central America's Most Pressing Development Challenges Need to Be Addressed -- Policy Priorities: How to Leverage Cities to Unlock Central America's Development Potential -- Managing Cities and Agglomerations: Strengthening Institutions for Effective Planning and Service Delivery (Chapter 2) -- Making Cities Inclusive by Improving Access to Adequate and Well-Located Housing (Chapter 3) -- Making Cities Resilient to Reduce Central America's Vulnerability to Natural Disasters (Chapter 4) -- Making Cities Competitive to Create More and Better Jobs (Chapter 5) -- Who Does What? The Role of the National and Local Governments in Addressing the Policy Priorities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1 How Urbanization Is Transforming Central America -- Overview -- Toward an Urban Central America: Why Does Urbanization Matter for the Region? -- Understanding the Speed and Spread of Urbanization in Central America -- Due to Rapid Urbanization, Cities Are Increasingly Concentrating the Region's Most Pressing Challenges-But Also the Opportunities for Development -- Cities Can Help to Boost Livability in Central America by Providing Solutions to the Region's Most Pressing Challenges -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Managing Cities and Agglomerations: Strengthening Institutions for Effective Planning and Service Delivery -- Overview -- Improving City Management in an Increasingly Urban Central America -- The Central Role of Municipalities in City Management -- Managing Agglomerations through Intermunicipal Coordinating Mechanisms -- Municipal Finances in Central America.