URBAN MANAGEMENT: MANAGING CITIES IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

This book is about the management of cities amid the major challenges to fast growing cities as well as the struggling ones. It discusses trends in urbanization, urban challenges, the urban management approach, theories of the state and urban management, building capacity, urban planning, local economic development, housing, urban service delivery, public utilities, social services, general urban services, and transport. The book emphasizes general principles rather than specific case studies on managing cities.

The book is of interest to practitioners and students in the built environment, including mayors, urban managers, urban planners, developers, lenders, insurers, architects, engineers, project managers, and other consultants, contractors, and suppliers.

Contents:

• Introduction to Urban Management
• States and Urban Management
• Building Capacity
• Urban Planning
• Local Economic Development
• Housing
• Urban Service Delivery
• Public Utilities
• Social Services
• General Urban Services
• Transport

Readership: Practitioners and students in the built environment including mayors, urban managers, urban planners, developers, lenders, insurers, architects, engineers, project managers, and other consultants, contractors, and suppliers.

Key Features:

• Current books on urban management tend to focus on the developed countries (e.g. Stowers (2018) for the US). Those that cover the developing countries are mostly edited books based on published case studies (e.g. Cheema (1993) and Radoki (1997)). This proposed book differs by focusing on the general principles that are applicable to the developed as well as the developing countries
• The book is based on my many years of experience as a consultant on urban management in Oman, Qatar, China, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia