Confronting the Crisis in Urban Poverty

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• The challenge of urban poverty is growing every year. It is predicted that over 95% of global population growth between 2000 and 2030 will take place ... Lees meer

Planning in Cities

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• Planning in Cities is an innovative collection which bridges theory and practice to explore the conflicting challenges of the increasingly rapid scale... Lees meer

Bridging the Finance Gap in Housing and Infrastructure

Ruth McLeod, Kim Mullard

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• Bridging the Finance Gap in Housing and Infrastructure documents the radical changes and developments that have taken place in this area over the last... Lees meer

Urban Futures

Nabeel Hamdi

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• Poverty and economic growth are intrinsically related but are not always synonymous. Human wellbeing is as important to economic growth as growth is t... Lees meer

Governing Cities

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• Urbanization and decentralization are overwhelming trends in almost every country of the world. Together they place a heavy burden on urban managers b... Lees meer

Building Sustainable Urban Settlements

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• This fascinating book explores environmental, institutional, social and cultural aspects of sustainability in a variety of towns and cities in Asia, A... Lees meer

Contested Space

Alison Brown

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• The importance of public space in supporting city economies and in contributing to poverty reduction is rarely recognized. Instead, public space is mo... Lees meer

Communicating for Development

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• Much research on urban development is supply-led - generated by the interests of donors and researchers in the North rather than the needs of poor hou... Lees meer

Communities and Communication

Patrick Wakely, Elizabeth Riley

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• The current paradigm of partnership in urban development and management is widely used and accepted but there is little understanding of what makes pa... Lees meer

Funding Local Governance

Jo Beall

• Paperback | Engels | Urban Management
• International development is replete with examples of failure. This has led to notes of cynicism being struck in commentaries on development, whether ... Lees meer