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Urban environment and infrastructure : toward livable cities / Anthony G. Bigio and Bharat Dahiya.
- Title
- Urban environment and infrastructure : toward livable cities / Anthony G. Bigio and Bharat Dahiya.
- Author
- Bigio, Anthony G.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : World Bank, [2004], ©2004.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dahiya, Bharat, 1970-
- Description
- xxi, 149 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Directions in development
- Uniform Title
- Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-143) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Main findings of the portfolio review -- 1. Objectives of the urban environment portfolio review -- 2. The world bank's commitment to improving the quality of the urban environment -- 3. Portfolio review methodology -- 4. Profile of the portfolio -- 5. Sector contributions to the portfolio -- 6. Urban environmental investments in small and large cities -- 7. The role of local government, civil society, and the private sector -- 8. Institutional strengthening and technical assistance -- 9. Tracking the quality of the urban environmental portfolio -- 10. Using monitoring indicators to measure progress -- 11. Strengths and weaknesses of the urban environment portfolio -- 12. Recommendations for future work -- Pt. II. Case studies -- China : Liaoning environment project -- India : Bombay sewage disposal project -- Colombia : Cartagena water supply, sewerage, and environmental management project -- Guinea : third urban development project -- Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela : Caracas slum-upgrading project -- Nicaragua : natural disaster vulnerability reduction project -- Latvia : municipal solid waste management project -- Algeria : industrial pollution control project -- Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda : Lake Victoria environmental management project -- Poland : Krakow energy efficiency project -- Mongolia : improved household stoves in urban centers project -- China : Guangzhou city center transport project.
- ISBN
- 0821357964 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2004043534
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries