Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries

Zusatztext '... Governing Megacities was originally published in 2011 in French! and its translation marks a valuable addition to the literature on urban governance.' LSE Review of Books Informationen zum Autor Dominique Lorrain is director of research at CNRS, (Latts, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech). His research is focussed on transformations of urban public action and more specifically on infrastructure policies. He teaches at Ecole des Ponts, Paris and its joint MBA with Tongji University (Shanghai). Klappentext This book focuses on the material city and its institutions and shows that, without recourse to a big new theory, urban leaders have devised mechanisms of ordinary government. They have done so through the resolution of practical and essential problems: providing electricity, drinking water, sanitation, transportation. In the originality of its hypotheses and the precision of the analyses carried out in the four case study cities of Shanghai, Mumbai, Cape Town and Santiago de Chile, this work is addressed to all those interested in the life of cities: politicians, local and central government officials, executives in urban companies, researchers and students. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the material city and its institutions and shows that, without recourse to a big new theory, urban leaders have devised mechanisms of ordinary government. They have done so through the resolution of practical and essential problems: providing electricity, drinking water, sanitation, transportation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction:; 2: Governing Shanghai:; 3: 'Transforming Mumbai' or the Challenges of Forging a Collective Actor; 4: Governing Cape Town; 5: Santiago de Chile Prototype of the Neo-Liberal City:; 6: Governing Under Constraints:

Product details

• Authors: Dominique Lorrain, Dominique (EDT) Lorrain, Lorrain Dominique
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2014
• EAN: 9781472425850
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-2585-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Politics & government, Urban & municipal planning, Politics and government, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Development economics and emerging economies