Gearing Up for Competitiveness : the Role of Planning, Governance, and Finance in Small and Medium-sized Cities in South Asia.

Gearing Up for Competitiveness : the Role of Planning, Governance, and Finance in Small and Medium-sized Cities in South Asia.

This book focuses on local government's role in increasing city competitiveness through planning, governance, and finance, particularly in small to medium-sized cities in South Asia. Existing studies on city competitiveness tend to focus on megacities, and yet smaller cities house an increasing...

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Main Author: Bank, Asian Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manila : Asian Development Bank, 2016.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > South Asia > Growth.
Urbanization.
urbanization.
Cities and towns > Growth
Urbanization
South Asia
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Boxes, Figures, and Tables; BOXES; 1 New York City Economic Development Corporation; 2 Singapore's Targets; 3 Wider Role for Planning; 4 From City to City-Region: Helsinki Strategic Spatial Plan; 5 Key Services Provided by Local Government; 6 Definition of Value Capture; 7 Types of Value Capture Mechanisms; 8 Key Planning Documents
  • Gazipur City Corporation; 9 Key Planning Documents
  • Khulna; 10 Key Planning Documents
  • Kurunegala; 11 Key Planning Documents
  • Pokhara; FIGURES; 1 Scoring Framework-Latent and Actual.
  • 2 Presentation of Scores of Local Panel and Expert Panel (an example)3 Gazipur City Corporation's Score
  • Planning; 4 Gazipur City Corporation's Score
  • Governance; 5 Gazipur City Corporation's Score
  • Finance; 6 Khulna City Corporation's Score
  • Planning; 7 Khulna City Corporation's Score
  • Governance; 8 Khulna City Corporation's Score
  • Finance; 9 Map of Kurunegala; 10 Kurunegala Municipal Council's Score
  • Planning; 11 Kurunegala Municipal Council's Score
  • Governance; 12 Kurunegala Municipal Council's Score
  • Finance; 13 Pokhara's Score
  • Planning; 14 Pokhara's Score
  • Governance.
  • 15 Pokhara's Score
  • FinanceTABLES; 1 Country Urbanization Rates by Year, 1980-2012; 2 Examples of the Thematic Categories Used by Different Studies to Measure City Competitiveness; 3 Intersection between Competitiveness and Planning, Governance, and Finance; 4 Key Links between Competitiveness and Economic, Land Use, and Physical Planning; 5 Key Links between Competitiveness and Governance; 6 Definition of Scores Using the "Potential" and "Actual" Framework; 7 Assessment Areas
  • Planning; 8 Assessment Areas
  • Governance; 9 Assessment Areas
  • Finance.
  • 10 City and District Demographics
  • Gazipur City Corporation, 201111 Gazipur City Corporation Indicators on Water Supply and Sanitation; 12 Gazipur City Corporation Responsibilities per the City Corporation Act, 2011; 13 City and District Demographics
  • Kurunegala, 2012; 14 Water Supply and Sanitation Indicators
  • Kurunegala; 15 Demographics
  • Pokhara and District, 2011; 16 Water Supply and Sanitation Indicators
  • Pokhara; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Introduction.
  • Chapter 1: Why Planning, Governance, and Finance Matter for City CompetitivenessPlanning and Competitiveness; Governance and Competitiveness; Finance and Competitiveness; Chapter 2: Methodology; Chapter 3: City Competitiveness Profiles; Gazipur, Bangladesh; Khulna, Bangladesh; Kurunegala, Sri Lanka; Pokhara, Nepal; Chapter 4: Insights and the Way Forward; References; Appendixes; Appendix 1
  • Checklist and Scores for Rating by the Expert Panel; Appendix 2
  • Local Panel Scores; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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