Guidebook on Capital Investment Planning for Local Governments
by Olga Kaganova
This guidebook on capital investment planning is designed to help local government officers; managers of municipal utilities and service companies; and the staff of donor agencies, particularly in developing countries, to improve their capital investment decisions to build infrastructure and enhance service delivery to their citizens and businesses, particularly to the urban poor. | Guide to Climate Change Adaptation in CitiesÂ
by Urban Development and Local Government Unit
This is a practical guide on responding to the challenges of climate change adaptation in cities. The principal intended audience being city officials and practitioners in developing countries, who are beginning to consider the issues and who would find this guide useful to provide an introduction and comprehensive overview of this evolving topic. This guide offers examples of good practices and successful experiences, and describes other available resource materials and tools. In so doing, it can contribute to the development and implementation of adaptation plans in cities, strengthening capacities and helping to catalyze dialogue on adaptation among city managers and other stakeholders. | Memo to the Mayor: Improving Access to Urban Land for All Residents - Fulfilling the Promise
by Barbara Lipman, with Robin Rajack
As the world is urbanizing, many cities are grappling with a population that is growing rapidly, thereby increasing demand for land and housing. This pressure on land and housing markets often is exacerbated by inappropriate or inadequate policies. The result is a supply of well-located land and housing that falls well short of demand and the proliferation of poorly serviced informal settlements, many of which are located far from jobs, city services and amenities. This paper discusses the major policy levers local leaders may have at their disposal to improve access to land and housing and thereby change the landscape of cities for the better. | Cities and Climate Change: Responding to an Urgent AgendaÂ
by Daniel Hoornweg, Mila Freire, Marcus J. Lee, Perinaz Bhada-Tata and Belinda Yuen
This publication is comprised of an edited selection of the many papers submitted to the 5th Urban Research Symposium and gives a flavor of the questions asked and possible answers. This symposium on cities and climate change, responding to an urgent agenda, held in Marseille in June 2009, sought to highlight how climate change and urbanization are converging to create one of the greatest challenges of our time. Cities consume much of the world's energy, and thus produce much of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities, to varying extents, are also vulnerable to climate change impacts, with poor populations facing the greatest risk. Thus, adaptation and increased resilience constitute priorities for every city, and cities have a key role to play in mitigating climate change. The Symposium made an important contribution to the growing body of knowledge and practice in the area of cities and climate change. | Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent AgendaÂ
by Dan Hoornweg
Climate change is affecting cities and their residents, especially the poor, and more severe impacts are expected as climate extremes and variability increase. This publication discusses the link between climate change and cities, why cities should be concerned about climate change and adopt early preventative policies, and how the World Bank and other organizations can provide further support to cities on climate change issues. | Eco2 Cities: Ecological Cities as Economic CitiesÂ
by Hiroaki Suzuki, Arish Dastur, Sebastian Moffatt, Nanae Yabuki, Hinako Maruyama
This is a point of departure for cities that would like to reap the many benefits of ecological and economic sustainability. It provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated urban development. At the same time case studies are used throughout the book to provide a matter-of-fact and ground-level perspective. This framework is flexible and easily customized to the context of each country or city. Based on the particular circumstances and the development priorities of a city-– the application of the framework can contribute to the development of a unique action plan or roadmap in each case. The book also begins to introduce some powerful and practical methods and tools that can further enable sustainable and integrated city planning and decision making. | The Urban Rehabilitation of MedinasÂ
by Anthony G. Bigio and Guido Licciardi
How can cultural heritage support economic development? This monograph—under the Urban Development Series—examines the role of cultural heritage in creating livelihoods, in reviving communities, and in establishing identities. It focuses on the Middle East and North Africa and on the benefits gained from historic centers—or medinas—being revitalized and rehabilitated. | The World Bank Urban Development and Local Government ProgramÂ
These brochures describe the activities of the World Bank's Urban Development and Local Government Program. | Urban Land Markets: Improving Land Management for Successful UrbanizationÂ
by Somik Lall, Mila Freire, Belinda Yuen, Robin Rajack, and Jean-Jacques Helluin (Eds.)
The challenge of facilitating economic density is fundamental for successful urbanization. Flexible and forward-looking institutions that help the efficient functioning of land markets are vital in this respect. In particular, institutional arrangements for regulating land use, managing public land and allocating land rights have significant implications for how cities deliver agglomeration economies and improve the welfare of their residents. This book provides fresh insights into these issues, compiling selected pieces of analytical and empirical research presented at the World Bank's Fourth Urban Research Symposium, May 2007. | Private Sector Initiatives in Slum Upgrading
by Judy L. Baker and Kim McClain
This paper reviews current experiences of private sector initiatives in slum upgrading activities with an aim to identify challenges, good practice, and opportunities for scaling up such efforts. A framework for exploring these experiences is presented in the paper, as well as examples of how the development community can innovate to encourage further private sector participation in slum upgrading activities. |
DIRECTIONS in Urban Development. This notes series provides an opportunity to address, in a timely and focused manner, emerging trends and topics of relevance to cities, towns, national governments, and development agencies as they face the challenges of urbanization. Complete list of publications and reports produced by the Urban Development and Local Government Unit (working papers, background papers, discussion papers) Other World Bank Publication Sources  |
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