Metropolitan management : (Record no. 24003)

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International Standard Book Number 195205081
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Classification number 307.76095 SIV
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Personal name Sivaramakrishnan , K. C.
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Title Metropolitan management :
Remainder of title the Asian experience
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1986
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Extent 290p.
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Summary, etc. The most dramatic change in urban structure in the world has been among the largest cities. According to recent U.N. estimates and projec tions of urban population, thirty-five cities in the world today have 5 mil lion or more inhabitants. Of these cities, twenty-one are in developing countries, where thirty years ago there were only three of that size. It is clear that a growing number of the world's largest urban agglomerations will be in the less developed regions.<br/>This book arises from a seminar on metropolitan management that the EDI organized in 1981 in Manila in collaboration with the Asian Develop ment Bank (ADB). Twenty-five metropolitan officials with direct experi ence in the management of sixteen cities of South and East Asia partici pated along with senior EDI, other World Bank, and ADB staff. The chief objectives of the seminar were to identify the critical tasks of metropolitan management and determine the extent to which the institutional, finan cial, and other constraints to performance can be eased. In this book K. C. Sivaramakrishnan and Leslie Green review the planning and development exercises as well as the institutional initiatives of eight cities in South and East Asia. They compare and contrast the experi ences of the cities and explore possible new responses to the tasks facing metropolitan management in the region. Managerial processes and oper ating styles are emphasized rather than the creation of elaborate organiza structures.<br/><br/>Although the World Bank had been involved in funding single- or mul tiple-sector projects in all of the eight cities surveyed, the Manila seminar was the first opportunity for senior managers from these cities to share their experiences with each other. Two years later a similar seminar in Rio de Janeiro was organized by the EDI and the U.N. Centre for Human Settlements. Representatives from eleven metropolitan cities in eight countries of the Latin American region participated. Because the prob lems and solutions discussed at the two seminars are strikingly similar, a brief resume of the findings of the Rio meeting is appended to this book.<br/><br/>The EDI hopes that all those concerned with the arduous task of manag ing metropolitan growth in the developing countries will find this study of relevance and use.<br/><br/>In a developing country a large metropolitan area is usually a primary center of industry, commerce, and trade that provides a substantial share of gross national product and many of the goods and services required for the development of the other sectors. Accompanying economic and physi cal growth of the city is a growing demand for transport, water supply and sanitation, shelter, communications, and other essential services. The brunt of the urban challenge thus falls on the great cities of developing countries, which are hard pressed to find the requisite funds, skills, and institutional capacities to meet the task.<br/><br/>The World Bank has been involved for more than a decade in projects to develop urban infrastructure. Initial efforts concentrated on the provi sion of services, but now the emphasis is shifting to institutional issues and managerial approaches to their solution. Inevitably, this is a learning pro cess, for the Bank as well as its borrowers. Courses and seminars on urban management presented by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the Bank have been an important part of this process.<br/><br/>This book arises from a seminar on metropolitan management that the EDI organized in 1981 in Manila in collaboration with the Asian Develop ment Bank (ADB). Twenty-five metropolitan officials with direct experi ence in the management of sixteen cities of South and East Asia partici pated along with senior EDI, other World Bank, and ADB staff. The chief objectives of the seminar were to identify the critical tasks of metropolitan
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Metropolitan area Asia.
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Personal name Green , Leslie
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