The Urban Imperative Towards Competitive Cities
Published on 19. February 2015
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-19-945777-9 (ISBN)
Description
For most of human history, people lived on the edge of survival. In the past two centuries, we have miraculously moved towards far greater prosperity through transformations, above all, in cities. Urbanization holds the potential of transforming the developing world. While the transition from farm to city is filled with economic, social, and political promises, urbanization also poses enormous challenges-the breakdown of public services, congestion, pollution, and crime. With the right policies cities can lead transformative change-providing jobs, creating prosperity, and lifting millions out of poverty.
What policies can help harness this unprecedented urbanization and address the vast inequalities of access and opportunity that cities present today? What makes cities more competitive? This book answers these and other important questions.
The volume emphasizes the need to rethink cities and to imagine a better urban future by providing the reader with diverse perspectives on urbanization such as the changing economic landscape, city competitiveness, entrepreneurship, inclusion, informality, sustainability, and provision of essential services. The book would help chart a path towards competitive and people-centered cities.
What policies can help harness this unprecedented urbanization and address the vast inequalities of access and opportunity that cities present today? What makes cities more competitive? This book answers these and other important questions.
The volume emphasizes the need to rethink cities and to imagine a better urban future by providing the reader with diverse perspectives on urbanization such as the changing economic landscape, city competitiveness, entrepreneurship, inclusion, informality, sustainability, and provision of essential services. The book would help chart a path towards competitive and people-centered cities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
With illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
710 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-945777-9 (9780199457779)
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Persons
Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at the Harvard University.
Abha Joshi-Ghani is the Director for Knowledge Exchange and Learning at the World Bank.
Abha Joshi-Ghani is the Director for Knowledge Exchange and Learning at the World Bank.
Content
List of Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Maps ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Rethinking Cities ; Edward Glaeser and Abha Joshi-Ghani ; 1 URBANIZATION AS OPPORTUNITY - BRANDON FULLER AND PAUL ROMER ; 2 THE SHIFTING URBAN ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CITIES? - RICHARD DOBBS AND JAANA REMES ; 3 URBANIZATION AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF DEVELOPMENT - J. VERNON HENDERSON ; 4 ANALYZING URBAN SYSTEMS: HAVE MEGACITIES BECOME TOO LARGE? - KLAUS DESMET AND ESTEBAN ROSSI-HANSBERG ; 5 ARE CITIES THE NEW GROWTH ESCALATOR? - ENRICO MORETTI ; 6 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, PUBLIC POLICY, AND CITIES - JOSHUA LERNER ; 7 URBANIZATION AND (IN)FORMALIZATION - EJAZ GHANI AND RAVI KANBUR ; 8 BRIDGING DIVIDES: ENABLING URBAN CAPABILITIES - SASKIA SASSEN ; 9 TH E GREAT MIGRATION: URBAN ASPIRATIONS - MICHAEL KEITH ; 10 INFRASTRUCTURE: DOING MORE WITH LESS - JONATHAN WOETZEL AND HERBERT POHL ; 11 URBAN TRANSPORT: CAN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WORK? - EDUARDO ENGEL AND ALEXANDER GALETOVIC512 ; 12 SUSTAINABLE AND SMART CITIES - MATTHEW E. KAHN ; 13 HOUSING MATTERS - SONIA HAMMAM ; 14 CONVERTING LAND INTO AFF ORDABLE HOUSING FLOOR SPACE - ALAIN BERTAUD ; 15 HOUSING AND URBANIZATION IN AFRICA: UNLEASHING A FORMAL MARKET PROCESS - PAUL COLLIER AND ANTHONY J. VENABLES ; Index ; About the Editors and Contributors