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Time to act : realizing Indonesia's urban potential

Roberts, Mark (ed.); Gil Sander, Frederico (ed.); … - 2019

Indonesians will live in urban areas -- Delivering on the promise of urbanization requires managing congestion forces -- Policies … -- Introduction -- Defining prosperity, inclusiveness, and livability -- A framework for assessing urbanization -- A reader's guide to … this report -- Notes -- References -- Part 1 Indonesia's Urban Trends and Performance -- 1 Patterns of Urbanization and …

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Urbanization and Growth.

Clarke, Annez - 2008

Why is productivity higher in cities? Does urbanization cause growth or does growth cause urbanization? Do countries … achieve rapid growth or high incomes without urbanization? How can policy makers reap the benefits of urbanization without … paying too high a cost? Does supporting urbanization imply neglecting rural areas? Why do so few governments welcome …

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African Cities : Competing Claims on Urban Spaces

Locatelli, Francesca - 2009

This book examines how the unprecedented expansion of African cities, which are the products of specific histories, poses serious challenges to equitable service provision and raises contentious claims to the ownership and control of urban spaces.

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Financing Africa's Cities : The Imperative of Local Investment

Paulais, Thierry - 2012

Lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 Urbanization and Sectoral Policies in Context -- Africa …(s) on the Move -- A Perspective on Demographics and Urbanization -- Still-Underestimated Challenges and Exploitable …

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Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure

Staff, National Research Council - 1984

Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Evolution of the Urban Infrastructure in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- INTRODUCTION -- URBAN NETWORKS AND WALKING CITIES: A PERIOD OF FOUNDATIONS, 1790-1855 -- The Development of Urban...

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Hotel Dreams : Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829-1929

Berger, Molly W. - 2011

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Emergence of the American First-Class Hotel, 1820s: "All at Hand, and All of the Best" -- 2 The Tremont House, Boston, 1829: "A Style Entirely New" -- 3 The Proliferation of Antebellum Hotels, 1830-1860: "Every Thing Is on a Gigantic Scale" -- 4 The...

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Urban Metabolism of Six Asian Cities

Bank, Asian Development - 2014

Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Urban Metabolism Framework -- 3 Measuring Urban Metabolism -- 3.1 Available Statistical Data -- 3.2 A New Streamlined Urban Metabolism Methodology -- 3.3 Urban Patterns -- 4 Urban Metabolism of the Six Asian Cities -- 4.1 Bangalore -- 4.2 Bangkok --...

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Land delivery systems in West African cities : the example of Bamako, Mali

Durand-Lasserve, Alain; Selod, Harris; Durand-Lasserve, … - 2015

Urban and peri-urban land markets in rapidly expanding West African cities operate within and across different coexisting tenure regimes and involve complex procedures to obtain or make land available for housing. Because a structured framework lacks for the analysis of such systems, this book...

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Diversified Urbanization : The Case of CÃ´te d'Ivoire

Fall, Madio - 2016

-- Urbanization and Economic Growth -- Cities, Growth, and Productivity in Côte d'Ivoire -- Urbanization: Dynamics and Policy … Current State of Urban Development in Côte d'Ivoire -- Main Drivers of Urbanization Challenges …

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Making competitive cities

Murie, Alan (contributor); Musterd, Sako (contributor) - 2010

The book investigates the impact on the competitiveness of cities developing creative industries (arts, media, entertainment, creative business services, architects, publishers, designers) and knowledge-intensive industries (ICT, R&D, finance, law). It provides significant new knowledge to the...

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