Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
I. Urban Planning and Participatory Governance
Chapter 1. Riding Roughshod Over People: Reading Politics, Economy and Civil Society in Metropolization. A Case Study in Rome
Giulio Moini and Barbara Pizzo (Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy)
Chapter 2. Challenges in Public-Private Partnerships: The Case of the Chapultepec Cultural Corridor in Mexico City
Jessica De Alba-Ulloa and Juan Arellanes-Arellanes (Universidad Anáhuac México, Mexico)
Chapter 3. Citizen Initiative Review: Engaging Citizens in Local Government
Erica McFadden and Thomas F. Reilly (Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, AZ, USA)
II. Leveraging Communication and Technologies to Strengthen Accountability
Chapter 4. Communication in Spanish Local Bodies: Working for Politicians Rather than Citizens
Pablo Vázquez-Sande and Andrea Valencia-Bermúdez (Universidad Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Chapter 5. An Inquiry for Local Open Government Data Policy: Is Proactive Models of Open Government Data Portal Possible in Turkey?
Naci Karkin and Nilay Yavuz (Pamukkale University, Turkey, and others)
Chapter 6. E-Government Development and Challenges of Freeing Public Sector Information
Proscovia Svärd (Södertörn University, Sweden)
III. Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Chapter 7. Key Measurements for Local Infrastructure Sustainability: Case Study of Communities in Thailand
Preenithi Aksorn and Chotchai Charoenngam (Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, and others)
Chapter 8. The Spatiality of Citizenship and Governance: The Case of Water and Sanitation in Durban, South Africa
Sagie Narsiah (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
IV. Decentralization, Local Self-Governance and Fiscal Autonomy
Chapter 9. To Consolidate or Not to Consolidate: An Analysis of the Enabling Legislation that Facilitates City-County Consolidation
Pamela M. Schaal, Charles D. Taylor and Dagney Faulk (Ball State University, IN, USA)
Chapter 10. Tsunami, Civil Society and Sharia Law in Aceh, Indonesia: Intersection of Disaster, Decentralization and Gender Relations
Siti Kusujiarti (Warren Wilson College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, USA)
Chapter 11. Russian Local Self-Government: The Evolution Towards Its End
Kristina Gushchina and Pavel Kononenko (University of Cologne, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany, and others)
Chapter 12. The Size of Local Government in a Three-Tier Federal Government System with Special Reference to New South Wales, Australia
Peter Abelson (Managing Director, Applied Economics Pty Ltd., and Mayor of Mosman Council, New South Wales, Australia)
Chapter 13. Mobilizing Local Resources for Financing Sustainable Urbanization: The Missing Link in Sustainable Development Finance
Charlotte Lafitte and Nathalie Le Denmat (United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Spain, and others)
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