Urban Governance in the Realm of Complexity
Author: Meine Pieter Van Dijk
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781780449685
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Urban Governance in the Realm of Complexity
Author: Meine Pieter van Dijk
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781853399695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book discusses the role of urban information systems, public private and community partnerships and co-operation between governmental, NGOs and CBOs, and a concern for participation and self-organization of stakeholders in the urban development process and attention for emerging institutional forms for urban governance in developing countries.
Urban Informatics
Author: Wenzhong Shi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 941
ISBN-13: 9811589836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and ‘sustainable’. The smart city has quickly emerged as computers have become ever smaller to the point where they can be embedded into the very fabric of the city, as well as being central to new ways in which the population can communicate and act. When cities are wired in this way, they have the potential to become sentient and responsive, generating massive streams of ‘big’ data in real time as well as providing immense opportunities for extracting new forms of urban data through crowdsourcing. This book offers a comprehensive review of the methods that form the core of urban informatics from various kinds of urban remote sensing to new approaches to machine learning and statistical modelling. It provides a detailed technical introduction to the wide array of tools information scientists need to develop the key urban analytics that are fundamental to learning about the smart city, and it outlines ways in which these tools can be used to inform design and policy so that cities can become more efficient with a greater concern for environment and equity.
Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies
Author: Patsy Healey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-12-15
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1134180071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUrban Complexity and Spatial Strategies develops important new relational and institutionalist approaches to policy analysis and planning, of relevance to all those with an interest in cities and urban areas. Well-illustrated chapters weave together conceptual development, experience and implications for future practice and address the challenge of urban and metropolitan planning and development. Useful for students, social scientists and policy makers, Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies offers concepts and detailed cases of interest to those involved in policy development and management, as well as providing a foundation of ideas and experiences, an account of the place-focused practices of governance and an approach to the analysis of governance dynamics. For those in the planning field itself, this book re-interprets the role of planning frameworks in linking spatial patterns to social dynamics with twenty-first century relevance.
Urban Governance and Smart City Planning
Author: Zaheer Allam
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2020-02-20
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1839821043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a changing climate characterised by rapid urbanisation it is increasingly difficult to devise resilient urban governance models which also preserve the environment. This book takes Singapore, the incontestable leader in this field, as a case study, delving into the triumphant story of its successes in urban governance and smart city planning.
Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies
Author: Jan Fransen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2021-06-25
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1800883846
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring how urban professionals plan, manage and govern cities in emerging economies, this insightful book studies the actions and instruments they employ. It highlights how the paradigms of interventions and approaches to urban management are shifting, indicating that urban governance is becoming increasingly important in dealing with wicked issues, like climate change and social and economic inequalities in cities.
Cities as International Actors
Author: Tassilo Herrschel
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-01-20
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1137396172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the growing role of cities and regions as sub-national actors in shaping global governance. Far from being merely carried along by global forces, cities have become active players in making and maintaining the networks and connections that give shape to contemporary globalization. Exploring examples from Europe, North America and beyond, the authors reconcile the two separate, yet complimentary, theoretical and analytical lenses adopted by Urban Studies and International Relations, as they address the nature of ‘cities’ and ‘internationality’. The authors challenge academic debate that is reluctant to cross disciplinary boundaries and thus offer more relevant answers to the new phenomenon of international city action, and how it weakens the traditional prerogative of the state as primary actor in the international realm. Conclusions focus on how this new internationality opens opportunities for cities and regions but also contains potential pitfalls that can constrain policy options and challenge the legitimacy of policy making at all scales.
Growing Better Cities
Author: Luc J. A. Mougeot
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 119
ISBN-13: 1552502260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccompanying CD-ROM also has titles in French and Spanish.
New Metropolitan Perspectives
Author: Carmelina Bevilacqua
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-08-31
Total Pages: 2196
ISBN-13: 3030482790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents the outcomes of the symposium “NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES,” held at Mediterranea University, Reggio Calabria, Italy on May 26–28, 2020. Addressing the challenge of Knowledge Dynamics and Innovation-driven Policies Towards Urban and Regional Transition, the book presents a multi-disciplinary debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools in connection with urban–rural area networks and metropolitan centers. The respective papers focus on six major tracks: Innovation dynamics, smart cities and ICT; Urban regeneration, community-led practices and PPP; Local development, inland and urban areas in territorial cohesion strategies; Mobility, accessibility and infrastructures; Heritage, landscape and identity;and Risk management,environment and energy. The book also includes a Special Section on Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. Given its scope, the book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in issues concerning metropolitan and marginal areas.
Urban Governance, Institutional Capacity and Social Milieux
Author: Goran Cars
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-22
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1351786334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title was first published in 2002: Urban governance has faced numerous challenges as city governments, their partners and their critics struggle to transform themselves in the context of post-industrial economies and societies. This context has generated new relations of economic life and social activity to be accommodated in cities, and has also changed expectations of the roles, relationships and modes of governance. New conceptual tools to analyze these experiences are becoming available, linked to a broad "institutionalist" wave of ideas sweeping right across the social sciences. This text responds to the challenges faced by urban governance and explores a range of efforts to build new institutional capacities. An international team of social scientists and practitioners critically analyzes conceptual challenges, policy developments and practical experiences.
