Sub City: Young People, Homelessness and Crime
Sub City: Young People, Homelessness and Crime

Author: Julia Wardhaugh

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1351897179

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Documenting young people’s experiences of homelessness, crime and danger, this book analyzes the construction of homelessness as a social and legal 'problem'. It addresses themes of home and homelessness, exclusion and marginality, and risk and urban incivilities.

Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe
Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe

Author: Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 3319647253

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This book explores sub-municipal units’ (SMU) role in decision making, decentralized institutional innovation, social innovation and, in rural areas, service delivery. Focusing on fourteen European countries, the book examines the impact of political cultures, administrative traditions and local government systems on the functioning of the SMUs. An under-explored topic in the literature, this book provides a comprehensive, comparative European, thematically broad, descriptive book on sub-municipal governance.

Planning Cities in Africa
Planning Cities in Africa

Author: Genet Alem Gebregiorgis

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-08-18

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3031065506

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This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth. This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management.