Gearing up for competitiveness : the role of planning, governance, and finance in small and medium-sized cities in South Asia / Asian Development Bank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wooldridge, Vivian Castro-, author.

Asian Development Bank, author.

Lizon, Tatiana Gallego, author.

Contributor:

Asian Development Bank, publisher, copyright holder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--South Asia--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Urbanization.

South Asia--Population--Economic aspects.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 pages) : color illustrations, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Metro Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book focuses on local government's role in increasing city competitiveness through planning, governance, and finance, particularly in small to medium-sized cities in South Asia. Existing studies on city competitiveness tend to focus on megacities, and yet smaller cities house an increasingly large portion of South Asia's population. This study seeks to initiate a more systematic thinking on the role of planning, governance, and finance to overcome the challenges of urbanization, improve the investment climate, and provide greater opportunities for more people, especially in small to medium-sized cities.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Boxes, Figures, and Tables

BOXES

1 New York City Economic Development Corporation

2 Singapore's Targets

3 Wider Role for Planning

4 From City to City-Region: Helsinki Strategic Spatial Plan

5 Key Services Provided by Local Government

6 Definition of Value Capture

7 Types of Value Capture Mechanisms

8 Key Planning Documents - Gazipur City Corporation

9 Key Planning Documents - Khulna

10 Key Planning Documents - Kurunegala

11 Key Planning Documents - Pokhara

FIGURES

1 Scoring Framework-Latent and Actual

2 Presentation of Scores of Local Panel and Expert Panel (an example)

3 Gazipur City Corporation's Score - Planning

4 Gazipur City Corporation's Score - Governance

5 Gazipur City Corporation's Score - Finance

6 Khulna City Corporation's Score - Planning

7 Khulna City Corporation's Score - Governance

8 Khulna City Corporation's Score - Finance

9 Map of Kurunegala

10 Kurunegala Municipal Council's Score - Planning

11 Kurunegala Municipal Council's Score - Governance

12 Kurunegala Municipal Council's Score - Finance

13 Pokhara's Score - Planning

14 Pokhara's Score - Governance

15 Pokhara's Score - Finance

TABLES

1 Country Urbanization Rates by Year, 1980-2012

2 Examples of the Thematic Categories Used by Different Studies to Measure City Competitiveness

3 Intersection between Competitiveness and Planning, Governance, and Finance

4 Key Links between Competitiveness and Economic, Land Use, and Physical Planning

5 Key Links between Competitiveness and Governance

6 Definition of Scores Using the "Potential" and "Actual" Framework

7 Assessment Areas - Planning

8 Assessment Areas - Governance

9 Assessment Areas - Finance

10 City and District Demographics - Gazipur City Corporation, 2011.

11 Gazipur City Corporation Indicators on Water Supply and Sanitation

12 Gazipur City Corporation Responsibilities per the City Corporation Act, 2011

13 City and District Demographics - Kurunegala, 2012

14 Water Supply and Sanitation Indicators - Kurunegala

15 Demographics - Pokhara and District, 2011

16 Water Supply and Sanitation Indicators - Pokhara

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

Introduction

Chapter 1: Why Planning, Governance, and Finance Matter for City Competitiveness

Planning and Competitiveness

Governance and Competitiveness

Finance and Competitiveness

Chapter 2: Methodology

Chapter 3: City Competitiveness Profiles

Gazipur, Bangladesh

Khulna, Bangladesh

Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

Pokhara, Nepal

Chapter 4: Insights and the Way Forward

References

Appendixes

Appendix 1 - Checklist and Scores for Rating by the Expert Panel

Appendix 2 - Local Panel Scores

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2016).

ISBN:

9789292573034

9292573039