Urban planning
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- Impact of peri-urban developments on three India cities
- ( V Dupont;N Sridharan / Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi , 2006)
- The concentration of population towards metropolitan centres and its diffusion to their peripheries has resulted in complex problems such as land scarcity, inward and outward mobility of labour, econo...
- How to identify economic opportunities in your city
- ( Cities Alliance , 2007)
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Drawing from fifteen case studies, this guide offers tools and best practices for cities to undertake effective economic assessments, and in turn, to develop better and stronger strategies to suppo...
Can environmental design make cities safer?: a tool for identifying good practice
- ( P. Higuera / Eldis Document Store , 2007)
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Many Latin American countries continue to experience a high incidence of crime and violence, especially in urban areas. While policy makers have tended to focus more on arrest and punishment than o...
- Addressing the needs of the Dhaka's urban poor
- ( World Bank Office, Dhaka , 2007)
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Dhaka is the fastest growing mega-city in the world, attracting an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 mostly poor migrants a year. This paper argues that urgent measures are required to address the vital...
- Pro-poor growth in the city: are City Development Strategies the answer?
- ( Janet Gardener;Mehreen Hosain;Jamie Simpson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2003)
- City Development Strategies (CDSs) could provide the framework required to link poor communities and planners responsible for city governance and service delivery. Launched in 1999 by Cities Alliance,...
- Sustainable urban road transport in Chinese mega cities
- ( X Zhang; X Hu / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo , 2003)
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The study links the major unsustainabilities of China’s urban road transport with those deficiencies in urban road transport planning and management and China’s auto industry policy.
Road transporta...
- Child’s play? Involving young people in urban planning and environmental management
- ( David Driskell;Louise Chawla;Robin Moore;Nilda Cosco;Jill Swart-Kruger;Karen Malone;Hanne Wilhjelm;Kanchan Bannerjee;Barry Percy-Smith;Ilaria Salvadori / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- How can young people be involved in creating more livable cities? Can the noble participation principles set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Agenda 21 of the Earth Summit, and Habi...
- Left on the back burner: time to put energy onto the urban planning agenda?
- ( Nandini Dasgupta / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- Could more efficient use of energy have an impact on poverty alleviation? What changes in energy use patterns are likely to generate the greatest benefits for the poor? What are the constraints on the...
- Recapturing the streets: a vision of equitable and sustainable urban transport
- ( Eduardo Alcantara Vasconcellos / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- Why have planners failed to provide safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable transport for the two billion residents of developing country cities? Is transport policy too dependent on Northern...
- Fighting motor madness: rethinking urban transport through a poverty lens
- ( David Booth;Lucia Hanmer;Elizabeth Lovell / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- How should planners respond to increased travel demand in the developing world’s burgeoning cities? Can transport policies contribute to poverty reduction? What is the impact of government expenditure...
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