Elements Of Urban Management (urban Management Program. Urban Management And Land, No 11)

Kenneth J. Davey. At Head Of Title: Undp/unchs World Bank. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [51]-52). Annotation Also available in Spanish Elementos de la GestiAn Urbana / (ISBN 0-8213-2457-8) / Stock No. 12457 / $6.95 / Price code 006 This handy management tool explains how urban government agencies can manage growth effectively. It shows how to fund urban services and monitor financing. It also points out ways by which municipal institutions can deliver better services with such methods as evaluation of the work of urban government agencies. Case studies of the performance of municipal governments come from cities in Brazil, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. A study of the Philippines evaluates municipal development projects funded by the World Bank. The author discusses how to improve city development and municipal planning, and recommends ways of managing urban services, whether privately or publicly owned. Politics have a crucial effect on urban management. The study discusses designation of executive positions, timing of elections, and gauging political risks. Relations between local agencies and central governments also are surveyed. The paper reviews ways to create an environment that instills pride in performing services well This paper summarizes the findings of a research program on the institutional framework of urban management. It focuses on selected elements of urban management arrangements and on their impact on the effectiveness of urban government in managing urban growth. Characteristics examined are the structure of urban government agencies, the division of tasks between them, their staffing and resources bases, their internal organization and management processes, their relations with central government, and their interaction with private and community organizations. It discusses how differences in these characteristics contribute to (or detract from) effectiveness. In doing so, it acknowledges fully that these characteristics themselves are only one set of factors that determine the success or failure of urban government. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur)