Under the mounting pressures of urban development, cities of the developing world are in vital need of accurate and systematic information about their land markets. Such information is essential to a host...
The 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development Earth Summit concluded that the environmental problems of the world's growing urban population need attention; however, the 1993 Ford...
The 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development Earth Summit concluded that the environmental problems of the world's growing urban population need attention; however, the 1993 Ford...
This paper reviews efforts to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of urban service delivery in developing countries. It argues that failures in urban service delivery are not merely the result of...
This paper discusses the reduction of government activity through the participation of the private sector in service delivery. The paper poses the questions of whether and how to involve the formal private...
The report addresses the need to develop better information systems for the urban land development of French-speaking sub-Saharan African countries. The objectives of the report are to: 1) upgrade procedures...
In rapidly growing developing country cities, distorted land markets and ineffective urban land management often have resulted in the degradation of environmentally fragile land; occupation of hazard-prone...
Any attempt to improve, or even maintain, the standard of living in rapidly developing urban areas cannot go forward without adequate municipal infrastructure and utility services. Inadequate or poorly...
This paper summarizes the findings of a research program on the institutional framework of urban management. Urban management is concerned with the policies, plans, programs, and practices that seek to...
This paper summarizes the findings of a research program on the institutional framework of urban management. Urban management is concerned with the policies, plans, programs, and practices that seek to...
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the most common strategies and policy instruments (that is, regulatory and economic) used in developed and developing countries to achieve pollution...
This report serves as a practical guide to show how satellite remote sensing can be a useful source of urban management information and to demonstrate the benefits of geographical analysis of available...
The World Bank is currently assessing the relative health impacts of physical environment problems in urban areas of developing countries in order to better guide its urban policy and investment decisions...
Energy is a key input for economic development. The supply and demand of virtually every type of fuel generates varying degrees of environmental externalities that affect human health, ecological stability...