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Involuntary Resettlement in Infrastructure Projects
A Development PerspectivePonenciasMayo 2013Robert PicciottoA perennial issue with megaprojects and mega-events is the involuntary resettlement and forced displacement that are often associated with infrastructure development. Mega-events involve large...
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Sustainable Infrastructure for Urban Growth
PonenciasMayo 2013Katherine SierraSustainability increasingly affects infrastructure investment patterns, particularly in cities in developing countries where urban populations will more than double—increasing by 2.6 billion people—...
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Understanding Urban Infrastructure-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Key Mitigation Strategies
PonenciasMayo 2013Anu RamaswamiAnalyzing the economic and environmental impacts of urban infrastructure—whether its contribution to productivity or its generation of greenhouse gas emissions—is very challenging because urban or...
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Strengthening Urban Industry
The Importance of Infrastructure and LocationPonenciasMayo 2013Nancey Green LeighWithin urban policy development and planning practice, a little acknowledged conflict exists: efforts to increase population density and promote more effective use of grey infrastructure—built...
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What Is the Value of Infrastructure Maintenance?
A SurveyPonenciasMayo 2013Felix RiojaPublic infrastructure has been established as the foundation for the productive activities of a country. Road and rail networks, water systems, power generating and distribution systems, and...
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How and Why Does the Quality of Infrastructure Service Delivery Vary?
PonenciasMayo 2013George R. G. ClarkeIn this paper, presented by George R. G. Clarke at Lincoln Institute’s 2012 Conference on Infrastructure and Land Policy the author observes that access to infrastructure and the quality of...
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Metropolitan Cities
Their Rise, Role, and FuturePonenciasAbril 2013Shahid YusufIn this paper, the author points out that the world’s population crossed the 7 billion mark in 2011, more than half of it in cities. Each week the ranks of urban residents increase by 1million and on...
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Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure
PonenciasAbril 2013Paul SmokeIn this paper, Paul Smoke points out that an important yet neglected issue in the study of urban public finance in developing countries is how urban and metropolitan governments are situated in the...
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The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas
PonenciasAbril 2013Roy W. BahlThe theory and practice of providing government services in metropolitan areas are subjects that have attracted a great deal of attention in the industrial countries but have been largely ignored in...
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Institutions and Politics of Metropolitan Management
PonenciasAbril 2013Inder Sud and Serder YilmazIn this paper by Inder Sud and Serdar Yilmaz, the authors point out the fact that metropolitan cities play a vital role in economic development. In most countries they account for a significant share...
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