Street Addressing and the Management of Cities.

Street Addressing and the Management of Cities.

The most spectacular change in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last few decades has been the dramatic demographic shift from rural areas to cities. As a result, more than 50% of the city streets in the region have no names or addresses, and the problem is particularly acute in the poorest neighborhoods....

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Main Author: Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine
Other Authors: Godin, Lucien, Leroux, Hugues
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Herndon : World Bank, The, 2005.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects:
Urban economics.
Street addresses > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Street names > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
City planning > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Urbanization > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Urbanization
Street names
Street addresses
City planning
Economic history
Urban economics
Africa > Economic conditions.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""1. What Is Street Addressing and Why Is It Necessary?""; ""What is street addressing?""; ""Why is street addressing necessary?""; ""2. Street Addressing Applications""; ""Street addressing and civic identity""; ""Street addressing and urban information""; ""Street addressing and support to municipal services""; ""Street addressing and tax systems""; ""Street addressing and the land tenure issue""; ""Street addressing and slum upgrading""; ""Street addressing and concessionary services""
  • ""Street addressing and economic development""""3. Street Addressing Practices""; ""Overview of main experiences""; ""Burkina Faso""; ""Cameroon""; ""Guinea""; ""Mali""; ""Mauritania""; ""Mozambique""; ""Niger""; ""Sénégal""; ""Other projects: Benin, Rwanda, Djibouti, Togo, and CÃ?te dâ€?Ivoire""; ""4. Street Addressing Manual""; ""Basic assumptions""; ""Activity 1. Designing the street addressing program""; ""Activity 2. Conducting a feasibility study""; ""Activity 3. Setting up the street addressing unit""; ""Activity 4. Estimating costs and time frames for an addressing program""
  • ""Activity 5. Defining the scope of the program""""Activity 6. Choosing a codification system""; ""Activity 7. Mapping""; ""Activity 8. Surveying and numbering doorways""; ""Activity 9. Recording addresses""; ""Activity 10. Installing street signs""; ""Activity 11. Producing the address map and street index""; ""Activity 12. Conducting a media campaign""; ""Activity 13. Maintaining and adapting the system""; ""Annexes""; ""1. Terms of reference for tax registers""; ""2. Toponymy Commissionâ€?Burkina Faso""; ""3. Cameroon: Naming of streets and public squares in cities""
  • ""4. Tracking and monitoring addressing operations""""5. Purchase of supplies and materials for street addressing""; ""6. Preparing the address map: aerial photography""; ""7. Preparing address and signage maps""; ""8. Printing the address map and street index""; ""9. Installing addressing materials""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Boxes""; ""Chapter 1""; ""1.1. Inscribing the names of streets in Paris""; ""1.2. Changes to street names in Quebec""; ""1.3. Disgruntled residents and the Toponymy Commission (Canada)""; ""1.4. Belgrade: History is written on the walls""
  • ""1.5. China: Compass-based street addressing""""1.6. Japan: Helpless citizens""; ""1.7. Numbering of houses in Crest (France) in 1766""; ""1.8. A “citizen project â€?""; ""Chapter 2""; ""2.1. Monitoring of epidemics (Maputo, Mozambique)""; ""2.2. Household waste, Conakry, Guinea""; ""2.3. Inventory and valuation of built assets (Senegal and Guinea)""; ""2.4. Development of tax registers (Senegal)""; ""2.5. Tax department involvement in street addressing surveys (Niger)""; ""2.6. Street addressing and concessionary services (Mozambique)""; ""2.7. Economic database (Maputo)""; ""Chapter 4""

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