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Smart City Implementation : Creating Economic and Public Value in Innovative Urban Systems
Dameri, Renata Paola - 2017
In a series of essays, this book describes and analyzes the concept and theory of the recent smart city phenomenon from a global perspective, with a focus on its implementation around the world. After defining the concept it then elaborates on the role of Information and Communication Technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398171
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African Urban Economies : Viability, Vitality or Vitiation?
Bryceson, Deborah Fahy (ed.); Potts, Deborah (ed.) - 2006
Are Africa's most populous and economically dominant cities a force to reckon with in the twenty-first century? This book analyzes the economies of East and Southern Africa's 'apex' cities, probing how they have altered structurally over time and their current sources of economic vitality and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054103
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Metropolitan Regions : Knowledge Infrastructures of the Global Economy
Klaesson, Johan - 2013
Metropolitan growth has been dramatic in the past several decades, and today metropolitan regions are recognized as the main driving forces in national growth and development as well as in national and global innovation processes. The purpose of this book is to contribute to a better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016792
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Urban China in the New Era : Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward
Cheng, Zhiming - 2014
-in-My-Backyard Protest in the Process of Urbanization -- China’s Urban Environmental Governance in Transition: A Tale of Two Cities -- The … emerging issues in urban and regional China, such as urbanization, inequality, hukou (household registration) reforms, labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014018158
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The Urban Mosaic of Post-Socialist Europe : Space, Institutions and Policy
Tsenkova, Sasha (contributor);  … - 2006
Examines the urban development and the policy and planning processes that have resulted from the socio-economic, political, and institutional transformations characterizing the move to markets and democracy. This book illustrates the urban phenomena with case studies, sensitive to historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520602
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Working, Housing: Urbanizing : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU
Robinson, Jennifer; Scott, Allen John; Taylor, Peter J. - 2016
patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the role of cities as centers of production and work in a globalizing …Cities in Time and Space -- Working -- Housing -- Conclusion Remarks: Urbanization -- the Future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012692815
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Smart Cities in the Gulf : Current State, Opportunities, and Challenges
Samad, Wael A. (ed.); Azar, Elie (ed.) - 2019
In this edited volume, academics and practitioners from various disciplines investigate the challenges, opportunities and frameworks in the implementation of Smart Cities in the Gulf. The volume presents insightful analyses and identifies key lessons learned through case studies covering four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396627
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Transport Systems of Russian Cities : Ongoing Transformations
Blinkin, Mikhail (ed.); Koncheva, Elena (ed.) - 2016
This volume discusses post-socialist urban transport functioning and development in Russia, within the context of the country’s recent transition towards a market economy. Over the past twenty-five years, urban transport in Russia has undergone serious transformations, prompted by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397215
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Urbanization in Asia : Governance, Infrastructure and the Environment
Sridhar, Kala Seetharam - 2014
-- Urbanization and the Environment: An Asian Perspective. … rural interventions as they influence urbanization and its problems/solutions. The second focuses on urban governance …, infrastructure programs, service delivery reforms and their evaluation. The third and final section focuses on urbanization and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017090
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Private Sector Development and Urbanization in China : Strategies for Widespread Growth
Wang, Zhikai - 2015
Given the reality of China's economic development and urbanization, this book studies the development of the private … sector and the process of regional urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta region to provide a path for new urbanization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014018466