The Post-Socialist City
The Post-Socialist City

Author: Kiril Stanilov

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-13

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 140206053X

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This book focuses on the spatial transformations in the most dynamically evolving urban areas of post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe. It links the restructuring of the built environment with the underlying processes and the forces of socio-economic reforms. The detailed accounts of the spatial transformations in a key moment of urban history in the region enhance our understanding of the linkages between society and space.

Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century
Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Philip Harrison

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2023-11

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1776148533

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Explores the challenges of large, complex, institutionally fragmented, and dynamic city-regions across the BRICS countries and the emergence of formal and informal governance arrangements.

Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities
Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities

Author: David Gordon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1134463375

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This book examines the plans for sixteen important capital cities around the world, each with its own fully illustrated chapter written by an expert on the urban development of that city

Municipal Benchmarks
Municipal Benchmarks

Author: David N. Ammons

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2001-02-21

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1452267103

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The new edition of this practical reference book gives municipal officials and citizens the benchmarking tools needed to assess and establish community standards for their operations and delivery of services. New to this edition: -Updated charts and data throughout -New chapters "Management Services," "Parking Services," "Risk Management," "Social Services," "Streets, Sidewalks, and Storm Drainage," Water and Sewer Services," "Fleet Maintenance," "Gas and Electric Services" -Expanded coverage including newly adopted performance targets and updated standards for emergency response times for fire, police, and emergency medical service.