Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeShaping the Future: New Commitments to Shelter and National Development Policies.- Urbanization and Shelter: Policies and Strategies for Developing Countries.- Human Settlements in National Development Policy: The Year 2000 Agenda.- Mobilizing Resources for Urban Housing, Infrastructure and Finance.- Policy Options for Urban Housing in Developing Countries.- Developing National Housing Strategies: Lessons Learned from Barbados, Jamaica, Jordan and Kenya.- Major Trends in Housing Finance and Implications for Developing Countries.- The Housing Finance Agenda in Developing Countries.- Improving Urban Infrastructure Planning and Investment: The World Bank Experience.- Addressing the Urban Management Challenge: Indonesia's Integrated Urban Infrastructure Development Program.- Understanding Small Towns in the Development Process.- Farm Towns, Mining Towns, and Rural Development in the Potosi Region, Bolivia.- Urban Centrality and Agricultural Productivity: Regional Development in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.- The Role of Employment in the Growth of Small and Intermediate-Sized Cities in Egypt.- Secondary Cities in Kenya: Problems of Decentralization, Municipal Finance and Urban Infrastructure.- Changing Priorities for Consultants, Donors, Clients and Counterparts: Views and Experiences.- Egypt: Profusion of Plans, Poverty of Programs - A Consultant's Experience.- Consultants and Counterparts in Development Planning Projects.- New Roles for Communities, Organizations and Planning Educators.- Community Building - When People Take Over.- The Guerrero Housing Cooperative: Mexico City.- The Emerging Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Shelter and Urban Development.- The Informal Sector and Shelter Provision in the Caribbean.- Changing Training and Education Needs for Human Settlements Planning in Developing Countries.- Mobilizing Development Expertise for Human Settlements Planning.- Epilogue: Exploring the Parameters of Global Survival.- The Urbanization Revolution: Challenge to International Planning.
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Springer Verlag GmbH
Tiergartenstr. 17
69121 Heidelberg
DE
E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com
