An Evaluation of an Urban Service Policy
Author : Charles Larry Tompkins
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 23,99 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Grand Rapids (Mich.)
ISBN :
Author : Charles Larry Tompkins
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 23,99 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Grand Rapids (Mich.)
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Author : Sue Ginsburg
Publisher :
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Citizens' associations
ISBN :
Author : Davide Geneletti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 3030200248
This open access book presents current knowledge about ecosystem services (ES) in urban planning, and discusses various urban ES topics such as spatial distribution of urban ecosystems, population distribution, and physical infrastructure properties. The book addresses all these issues by: i) investigating to what extent ecosystem services are currently included in urban plans, and discussing what is still needed to improve planning practice; ii) illustrating how to develop ecosystem services indicators and information that can be used by urban planners to enhance plan design; iii) demonstrating the application of ES assessments to support urban planning processes through case studies; and iv) reflecting on criteria for addressing equity in urban planning through ecosystem service assessments, by exploring issues associated with the supply of, the access to and demand for ES by citizens. Through fully worked out case studies, from policy questions, to baseline analysis and indicators, and from option comparison to proposed solutions, the book offers readers detailed and accessible coverage of outstanding issues and proposed solutions to better integrate ES in city planning. The overall purpose of the book is to provide a compact reference that can be used by researchers as a key resource offering an updated perspective and overview on the field, as well as by practitioners and planners/decision makers as a source of inspiration for their activity. Additionally, the book will be a suitable resource for both undergraduate and post-graduate courses in planning and geography.
Author : Robert K. Yin
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 14,9 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Community power
ISBN :
Author : Douglas Yates
Publisher :
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 26,67 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Community power
ISBN :
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 31,20 MB
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464802068
In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure. While China has avoided some of the common ills of urbanization, strains are showing as inefficient land development leads to urban sprawl and ghost towns, pollution threatens people’s health, and farmland and water resources are becoming scarce. With China’s urban population projected to rise to about one billion – or close to 70 percent of the country’s population – by 2030, China’s leaders are seeking a more coordinated urbanization process. Urban China is a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council which was established to address the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in China and to help China forge a new model of urbanization. The report takes as its point of departure the conviction that China's urbanization can become more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. However, it stresses that achieving this vision will require strong support from both government and the markets for policy reforms in a number of area. The report proposes six main areas for reform: first, amending land management institutions to foster more efficient land use, denser cities, modernized agriculture, and more equitable wealth distribution; second, adjusting the hukou household registration system to increase labor mobility and provide urban migrant workers equal access to a common standard of public services; third, placing urban finances on a more sustainable footing while fostering financial discipline among local governments; fourth, improving urban planning to enhance connectivity and encourage scale and agglomeration economies; fifth, reducing environmental pressures through more efficient resource management; and sixth, improving governance at the local level.
Author : Washington Operations Research Council
Publisher : New York : Praeger
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Originated as the proceedings of a symposium on urban growth and development ... held in Washington, D.C. in 1973.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 45,81 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN :
Author : Terry Busson
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 29,21 MB
Release : 1987-12-04
Category : Education
ISBN :
This collection of fifteen original essays examines methods of policy evaluation, performance measurement, fiscal cutback effects, and strategies of economic development in American local government. Each essay addresses, not only techniques of analysis, but also the application of those techniques to actual local government policy problems in areas such as urban development, policing, economic development, citizen satisfaction with services, personnel, and licensing, among others.
Author : United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 10,37 MB
Release : 1979
Category : City planning
ISBN :