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Author : David Gomez-Alvarez
Release : 2017-10-19
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Book Synopsis Steering the Metropolis by : David Gomez-Alvarez
Download or read book Steering the Metropolis written by David Gomez-Alvarez. This book was released on 2017-10-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Inter American Development Bank
Release : 2017-10-24
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Steering the Metropolis by : Inter American Development Bank
Download or read book Steering the Metropolis written by Inter American Development Bank. This book was released on 2017-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinctive feature of urbanization in the last 50 years is the expansion of urban populations and built development well beyond what was earlier conceived as the city limit, resulting in metropolitan areas. This is challenging the relevance of traditional municipal boundaries, and by extension, traditional governing structures and institutions. "Steering the Metropolis: Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Urban Development,” encompasses the reflections of thought and practice leaders on the underlying premises for governing metropolitan space, sectoral adaptations of those premises, and dynamic applications in a wide variety of contexts. Those reflections are structured into three sections. Section 1 discusses the conceptual underpinnings of metropolitan governance, analyzing why political, technical, and administrative arrangements at this level of government are needed. Section 2 deepens the discussion by addressing specific sectoral themes of mobility, land use planning, environmental management, and economic production, as well as crosscutting topics of metropolitan governance finance, and monitoring and evaluation. Section 3 tests the concepts and their sectoral adaptations against the practice, with cases from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe.
Author : Pedro Ortiz
Release : 2013-10-29
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis The Art of Shaping the Metropolis by : Pedro Ortiz
Download or read book The Art of Shaping the Metropolis written by Pedro Ortiz. This book was released on 2013-10-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A proven approach for addressing explosive metropolitan growth in an integrated and holistic manner “The book provides a basis for the contemplation of the old network paradigm of the megalopolis into the informational meshwork of the mega- or metacity of the future. The handbook’s review of the networked past is invaluable, while its projection of these networks into future plans raises very many important questions for planners, urban designers, architects, and concerned citizens alike.” –From the Foreword by Professor Grahame Shane, Columbia University For the first time, half the global population is living in urban areas—and that number is growing exponentially. Written by noted urban planner Pedro Ortiz, who served as director of the groundbreaking Madrid Metropolitan-Regional Plan, The Art of Shaping the Metropolis presents an innovative, agile solution for managing urban growth that enhances economic activity, environmental stability, and quality of life. Based on the findings from Madrid and other cities, this timely guide offers a methodical system for addressing the crucial issues facing governments, professionals, the private and public sectors, developers, stakeholders, and inhabitants of twenty-first-century metropolises. The book details new rubrics to identify the process of growth and its evolution, new tools to monitor and gauge them, and new methods to synthesize them into a professional praxis that will be sustainable for the long term. Ortiz demonstrates how metropolises can be organized for a future that preserves the historic nucleus of the city and the environment, while providing for the necessary sustainable expansion of transportation, housing, and social and productive facilities. Coverage includes: The dialogues of the metropolis The challenge The inheritance Balanced urban development—fabric and form The chess on a tripod (CiTi) method to build the model Madrid as testing ground Practical considerations in implementing a metropolitan plan Translating the model elsewhere
Author : Roscoe Coleman Martin
Release : 1963
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Metropolis in Transition by : Roscoe Coleman Martin
Download or read book Metropolis in Transition written by Roscoe Coleman Martin. This book was released on 1963. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald J. Oakerson
Release : 1999
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Governing Local Public Economies by : Ronald J. Oakerson
Download or read book Governing Local Public Economies written by Ronald J. Oakerson. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From inner-city crime and disorder to suburban sprawl that devours resources, all is not well in metropolitan America. While the scholarly community remains sharply divided over issues of metropolitan reform, Ron Oakerson delivers a carefully reasoned, empirically supported defense of the noncentralized metropolis. At its core is a cogent analytic framework that draws on economic reasoning without lapsing into market metaphors. The result is a civic interpretation of metropolitan governance that moves well beyond the often sterile debate over pros and cons. This compelling book not only makes clear the need for metropolitan governance but also sets forth the possibility - and the merit - of achieving metropolitan governance without metropolitan government.
