Product Description: This book describes the origin and concept of the Integrated Urban Infrastructure Development Programme (IUIDP) in Indonesia. It describes the emerging issues of urban management and training, of local resource mobilization, of public-private partnership projects, of community participation, and looks at the results of the first years of IUIDP and provides a medium-term outlook for IUIDP in the future...read more

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Product Description: Governments at all levels know from experience the importance of a coordinated approach to information technology, and recent and rapid changes in these technologies are allowing authorities to improve decision-making, planning and administration in cities...read more

Looks at the stories behind the creation of such monumental achievements as the Holland Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge

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Product Description: Introducing the major theories, issues and concepts in contemporary Political Theory, this text is a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field. The book examines a range of topics to explore questions such as:• What kinds of political community best support democracy?• Do members of wealthy societies have duties to eradicate global poverty?• Who or what should be the authority on human rights?Chapters are carefully organized to enhance learning by first setting out rival perspectives on key political issues which are then compared and analysed through a series of key debates...read more