Planning and Decentralization
Contested Spaces for Public Action in the Global South
Published on 4. June 2008
248 pages
978-1-134-12064-2 (ISBN)
Description
The first in-depth study of the impact of economic and political decentralization on planning practice in developing economies, this innovative volume, using original case study research by leading experts drawn from diverse fields of inquiry, from planning to urban studies, geography and economics, explores the dramatic transformation that decentralization implies in responsibilities of the local planning and governance structures.
It examines a range of key issues, including:
public and private finance
local leadership and electoral issues
planning in post-conflict societies.
Offering unique insights into how planning has changed in specific countries, paying particular attention to South East Asian economies, India and South Africa, this excellent volume is an invaluable resource for researchers, graduate students and planners interested in urban planning in its international political and economic context.
It examines a range of key issues, including:
public and private finance
local leadership and electoral issues
planning in post-conflict societies.
Offering unique insights into how planning has changed in specific countries, paying particular attention to South East Asian economies, India and South Africa, this excellent volume is an invaluable resource for researchers, graduate students and planners interested in urban planning in its international political and economic context.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
20 s/w Tabellen
20 Tables, black and white
File size
1,20 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-12064-2 (9781134120642)
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Victoria A. Beard | Faranak Miraftab | Christopher Silver
Planning and Decentralization
Contested Spaces for Public Action in the Global South
Book
06/2008
1st Edition
Routledge
€282.26
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Victoria A. Beard | Faranak Miraftab | Christopher Silver
Planning and Decentralization
Contested Spaces for Public Action in the Global South
Book
06/2008
1st Edition
Routledge
€109.12
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Victoria A. Beard is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California at Irvine. Her research and teaching focus on international development planning, community-based planning, collective action, social movements and poverty alleviation.
Faranak Miraftab is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research and teaching are concerned with transnational processes of community development, with special focus on grassroots strategies and mobilizations for access to housing and basic services.
Christopher Silver, FAICP, is Dean and Professor of the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. He has taught and consulted on urban development and planning in Indonesia over the past eighteen years. He is author of Planning the Megacity: Jakarta in the Twentieth Century (Routledge).
Faranak Miraftab is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research and teaching are concerned with transnational processes of community development, with special focus on grassroots strategies and mobilizations for access to housing and basic services.
Christopher Silver, FAICP, is Dean and Professor of the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. He has taught and consulted on urban development and planning in Indonesia over the past eighteen years. He is author of Planning the Megacity: Jakarta in the Twentieth Century (Routledge).
Content
1. Introduction: Situating Contested Notions of Decentralized Planning in the Global South Part 1: Decentralization: Contexts-Outcomes 2. Decentralization and Entrepreneurial Planning 3. Decentralization, Privatization and Countervailing Popular Pressure: South African Water Commodification and Decommodification 4. Decentralized Planning and Metropolitan Growth: Poverty and Wealth in Buenos Aires Suburbs 5. New Spaces New Contests: Appropriating Decentralization for Political Change in Bolivia Part 2: The Challenges of Fiscal and Administrative Decentralization 6. The Evolution of Subnational Development Planning Under Decentralization Reforms in Kenya and Uganda 7. Decentralization in Vietnam's Water Sector: Community Level Privatization in the Mekong Delta 8. Decentralization and Local Democracy in Chile: Two Active Communities and Two Models of Local Governance Part 3: The Role of Non-State Participants in Decentralization 9. Community-Driven Devlopment and Elite Capture: Microcredit and Community Board Participation in Indonesia 10. University-Community Partnership: Institutionalizing Empowered and Participatory Planning in Indonesia 11. En(gendering) Effective Decentralization, the Experience of Women in Panchayati Raj in India 12. Decentralization and Social Capital in Urban Thailand 13. Decentralization and the Struggle for Participation in Local Politics and Planning: Lessons from Naga City, the Philippines 14. Conclusion: Making Sense of Decentralized Planning in the Global South
