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This book presents an accessible overview of the seven key concepts of city diplomacy (development cooperation, peacekeeping, economy, innovation, environment, culture, and migration). The book discusses its scope and challenges, maps the actors involved along with their interac…
Partnerships for Livable Cities
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"This volume will get a prominent place in my bookcase in the section 'nearly impossible but necessary. Collaboration in multifaceted systems such as cities is difficult to accomplish but nevertheless necessary to make cities more livable. Cor van Montfort and Ank Michels have b…
Today, cities are being intensively reshaped by unexpected dynamics. The rise and growth of the digital economy have fundamentally changed the relationship between the urban fabric and its resident community, overcoming the conventional hierarchy based on production priorities. …
Sub-Saharan Africa faces many development challenges, such as its size and diversity, rapid urban population growth, history of colonial exploitation, fragile states and conflicts over land and natural resources. This collection, contributed from different academic disciplines a…
Polarisierte Städte: soziale Ungleichheit als Herausforderung für die …
by Baur, Christine, Frank, Susanne, Gornig, Martin, Güntner, Simon, Hamnett, Chris, Hillmann, Felicitas, Holm, Andreij, Hunger, Bernd, Kazepov, Yuri, Läpple, Dieter, Lebuhn, Henrik, Mollenkopf, John, Preteceille, Edmond, Walther, Uwe-Jens, Wollmann, Hellmut, Wurtzbacher, Jens
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This book presents international experiences in urban network learning. It is vital for cities to learn as it is necessary to constantly adapt and improve public performance and address complex challenges in a constantly changing environment. It is therefore highly relevant to g…
Examines federal policies towards capital cities, with an emphasis on how capital cities are funded and governed, and the extent to which the federal government compensates them for their unique role.
Introduction / Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay -- Canberra, Australia / Graham Sansom -- Brussels, Belgium / Caroline van Wynesberghe -- Ottawa, Canada / Almos Tassonyi -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / Assefa Fiseha -- Berlin, Germany / Horst Zimmermann -- New Delhi, India / Om Pra…