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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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State of the Cities -- 1998
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428966498
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Part One of this report focuses on social and economic trends affecting the United State's cities and on the potential for a city-suburb alliance to promote a common agenda -- one that addresses the challenges, and seizes the opportunities, reflected in the trends. Part Two roadmaps solutions in the form of the Clinton-Gore 21st Century Agenda for Cities and Suburbs.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428966498
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Part One of this report focuses on social and economic trends affecting the United State's cities and on the potential for a city-suburb alliance to promote a common agenda -- one that addresses the challenges, and seizes the opportunities, reflected in the trends. Part Two roadmaps solutions in the form of the Clinton-Gore 21st Century Agenda for Cities and Suburbs.
The State of the Cities, 1998
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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State of the Cities -- 1999
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142896648X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142896648X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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The Wealth Of Cities
Author: John O. Norquist
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Charleston, South Carolina, and its police chief and mayor are mentioned in this look at the "efforts of pioneering communities that have decided to take the future into their own hands."--Jacket.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Charleston, South Carolina, and its police chief and mayor are mentioned in this look at the "efforts of pioneering communities that have decided to take the future into their own hands."--Jacket.
Seeing Like a State
Author: James C. Scott
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300252986
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300252986
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance
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Category : Sexually transmitted diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Category : Sexually transmitted diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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The State of the World's Cities 2004/2005
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Publisher: UN-HABITAT
ISBN: 9211317053
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
As towns and cities expand at unprecedented rates, sustainable urban development is one of the most pressing challenges facing the international community in the 21st century. This publication examines the realities faced by urban populations around the world, focusing on the impact of globalisation and the way cities are governed and planned, on the make-up and density of their population, and on their cultures and economies. Issues considered include: the impact of globalisation on urban culture; urban renewal and cultural strategies; the concept of metropolitanization; socio-economic and cultural impacts of international migration; urban poverty and homelessness, social inequality and exclusion; urban governance, safety and crime trends; contemporary planning strategies and the role of civil society; progress towards attainment of the Millennium Development Goals targets for sanitation and housing. The report highlights the need for a new culture of planning to establish multicultural and inclusive cities, involving civil society as well as public authorities.
Publisher: UN-HABITAT
ISBN: 9211317053
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
As towns and cities expand at unprecedented rates, sustainable urban development is one of the most pressing challenges facing the international community in the 21st century. This publication examines the realities faced by urban populations around the world, focusing on the impact of globalisation and the way cities are governed and planned, on the make-up and density of their population, and on their cultures and economies. Issues considered include: the impact of globalisation on urban culture; urban renewal and cultural strategies; the concept of metropolitanization; socio-economic and cultural impacts of international migration; urban poverty and homelessness, social inequality and exclusion; urban governance, safety and crime trends; contemporary planning strategies and the role of civil society; progress towards attainment of the Millennium Development Goals targets for sanitation and housing. The report highlights the need for a new culture of planning to establish multicultural and inclusive cities, involving civil society as well as public authorities.
Setting National Priorities
Author: Henry J. Aaron
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815774020
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
This highly readable volume centers around three themes: providing opportunity in the domestic arena, restoring confidence in government, and adapting to the post-Cold War international environment.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815774020
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
This highly readable volume centers around three themes: providing opportunity in the domestic arena, restoring confidence in government, and adapting to the post-Cold War international environment.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Crime in the United States
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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