Managing cities in developing countries: the theory and practice of urban management/ Meine P. V. Dijk

PART I: OLD ISSUES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN URBAN MANAGEMENT
1. Introduction
2. New Opportunities for Urban Managers

PART II: THE NEED FOR THEORETICAL UNDERPINNING AND A DEFINITION OF URBAN MANAGEMENT
3. A Theoretical Framework for Urban Management
4. What is Urban Management? 5. Methods and Tools for Urban Management

PART III: EXAMPLES OF URBAN MANAGEMENT
6. Improving Urban Service Delivery: Water Sector Reform in Ethiopia and its Impacts in Addis Ababa
7. Urban Environmental Management in Cities in The Netherlands
8. Financing Options for Urban Infrastructure in India
9. The Use of Information Technology in Urban Management

PART IV: CHINESE CASES IN URBAN MANAGEMENT
10. Urban Employment Promotion, the Importance of Micro and Small Enterprises
11. Urban Management in Nanjing and the Role of the IT Sector
12. Competition Based on Successful Urban Management: Pearl River Delta Versus the Yangtze River Delta

PART V: NEW CHALLENGES AND EMERGING THEMES IN URBAN MANAGEMENT
13. Conclusions References Index