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Towards a competitive, sustainable modern city
Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.) - 2020
sources of sustainable entrepreneurs and competitiveness / Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Arnaud Scaillerez -- 3 Urbanization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416717
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Handbook of creative cities
Mellander, Chorlotta (contributor);  … - 2011
With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851515
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Cities and new technologies : [proceedings of a conference held in Paris on the 26th and 27th November 1990]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000338552
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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 3: Issues in the developing world
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2011
represents over-urbanization--that is, urbanization in which most migrants cannot effectively compete for employment, cannot find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851285
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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 2: Issues in the developed world
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2009
This Handbook brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. H.S. Geyer and his contributors cover a wide spectrum of the urban policy issues that determine the growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851335
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Sustainable cities : diversity, economic growth and social cohesion
Janssens, Madeleine (contributor) - 2009
This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850845
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The impact of covid on cities and regions : policy responses of local leaders
Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.); Bertin, Mattia (ed.) - 2023
"The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers. Chapters offer keen insights into the methods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437070
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Urban land policy : issues and opportunities
Dunkerley, Harold B. (ed.);  … - 1983
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000121647
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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 1, Contentious global issues
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2007
This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, urban inequality and sustainability are analysed in a manner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850799
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Malawi Urbanization Review : Leveraging Urbanization for National Growth and Development
World Bank - 2016
The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current … and potential contribution of urbanization to long-term national development and the current institutional and financial … urbanizing at a moderate rate and has a good chance of proactively managing the urbanization process. Opportunities may arise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644608