Governing Cities: New Institutional Forms in Developing Countries and Transitional Economies

The editors distil and discuss the elements contributing to the changing role of urban management: the prerequisites for and effects of decentralization - the importance of good governance and attention to cultural diversity - the role and potential of technological developments - the importance of formulating policies at city level.

About the author

Meine Pieter van Dijk is an economist and professor of Water Services Management at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and working one day per week as professor of Urban Management in Emerging Economies at the Economic Faculty of the Erasmus University. Van Dijk worked as a consultant for NGOs, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, different bilateral donors and UN agencies

Product details

• Authors: Miene Pieter van Dijk, Marike Noordhoek, Miene Pieter Van Dijk, Emiel Wegelin
• Assisted by: Meine Pieter van Dijk (Editor), Miene Pieter van Dijk (Editor), Marike Noordhoek (Editor), Marike Noorhoek (Editor), Meine Pieter van Dijk (Editor), Miene Pieter Van Dijk (Editor), Emiel Wegelin (Editor)
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781853394973
• ISBN: 978-1-85339-497-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 221 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 422 g
• Series: Urban Management; Urban Management S.; Urban Management Series; Urban Management Series; Urban Management S.; Urban Management
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education