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IMROVING URBAN LAND USE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: THE CASE OF AKURE

ARIBIGBOLA, Afolabi - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 3 (2008) 9, pp. 1-14

This paper examines urban land use planning and management practices in Akure, Nigeria with the aim of identifying how … management can be undertaken. It suggests a reorganization of urban land use planning and management machinery in the area and …

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BETWEEN HISTORY AND TOWN-PLANNING: ROMANIAN, RUSSIANS, GREEKS, HUNGARIANS AND SARACENS IN TERRA DI LAVORO DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

BOVA, Giancarlo - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 2 (2007) 4, pp. 67-76

This research fills up a historio-geographical gap about the importance of the presence of merchant and ethnic minorities in the area of Capua in the Middle Ages, trying to bring to life some more features of the environment, mentality every day life, society, town planning, toponymy, through...

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TRANSFORMING THIRD WORLD CITIES THROUGH GOOD URBAN GOVERNANCE: FRESH EVIDENCE

OBENG-ODOOM, Franklin - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 4 (2009) 10, pp. 46-62

ensure the election of competent people to manage the urban or local economy. This belief is premised on the assumption that … necessarily lead to a transformation of the local or urban economy; greater local democracy is not the answer to the housing …

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ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC LIFE IN FRANCOLISE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

BOVA, Giancarlo - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 5 (2010) 7(16), pp. 86-91

Francolise is a small farm and thermal town that rises on the right bank of the river Volturno, in the territory of Calvi Risorta, in the province of Caserta. It is well known above all for its embattled castle dating back to about the thirteenth century and for the Church of Santa Maria delle...

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THE GROWTH POLES STRATEGY IN REGIONAL PLANNING: THE RECENT EXPERIENCE OF GREECE

CHRISTOFAKIS, Manolis; PAPADASKALOPOULOS, Athanasios - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 6 (2011) 2, pp. 5-20

In recent years, there has been an attempt to stimulate the developmental role of urban centres in Greece in the … hierarchical categorization of urban concentrations through clear, long-term criteria. They also refer to a relative weakness in … the planning and implementation of urban development policy, as part of regional programming. The absence of a systematic …

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THE ROLE OF URBAN PARKS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF KISUMU KENYA

RABARE, Rose Susan; OKECH, Roselyne; ONYANGO, George Mark - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 4 (2009) 3(12), pp. 22-36

Urban parks are now viewed as an important part of the broader structure of urban and neighborhood development rather … than just recreation and leisure facilities. While most of the world has recognized the multifunctional use of urban parks … aim of the study was to assess the utilization, investigate the benefits and analyze the factors influencing use of urban …

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THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE VIA PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE

SYUHAIDA, Ismail; AMINAH, Md Yusof - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 4 (2009) 1S, pp. 76-86

The infrastructure delivery worldwide has recently shifted to a new paradigm where the government as the public procurer begins to rely on the private sectors’ sources in providing assets and services at no cost to the government. This revolution ensues due to the government’s dilemma in...

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ARTICLE REVIEW :THE ROLE OF URBAN MARKETING IN LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT A POLITICAL ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

OBENG-ODOOM, Franklin - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 5 (2010) 5(14), pp. 165-171

neoliberalism. Urban marketing, as it is called, is said to be the the surest way to deliver urban economic development. Using a … political-economic framework, this paper provides an alternative analysis of urban marketing, and highlights other avenues for … addressing the urban question. …

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BETWEEN HISTORY AND TOWN-PLANNING: DANITIS, MACCABEES, SADDUCEES, MEDICIS, SURICIS, CHRISTIANS AND MARRANOS IN TERRA DI LAVORO IN THE MIDDLE AGES

BOVA, Giancarlo - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 4 (2009) 2(11), pp. 143-151

The coexistence of different peoples and civilization in ‘Terra di Lavoro’ Caserta - Italy during the Middle Ages urged the Author to ask himself what role everyone of them played there. In particular from the analysis the reader can learn about the minority Hebraic ethnic groups of Danitis,...

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BOOK REVIEW: THE GEOGRAPHIES OF GARBAGE GOVERNANCE INTERVENTIONS, INTERACTIONS AND OUTCOMES BY ANNA R. DAVIES

?tefan Gabriel BURCEA - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 7 (2012) 2, pp. 106-109

One of the most prodigious British publishing houses, Ashgate, released on 25th march 2008 the book “The Geographies of Garbage Governance” (ISBN 978-0-7546-4422-0), written by Anna R. Davies, university lecturer in the Department of Geography, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland.

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