Decentralisation and regional development : experiences and lessons from four continents over three decades /: experiences and lessons from four continents over three decades. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eva Dick, Karin Gaesing, Daniel Inkoom, Teodoro Kausel, editors.
• Editors: Dick, Eva; Gaesing, Karin; Inkoom, Daniel; Kausel, Teodoro
• Contents: Editorial.-Preface.-Theoretical reflections on Ghana's decentralisation: Increasing discretionalfunding through theDistrict DevelopmentFacility.- Decentralisation and local economic development promotion at the district level in Ghana.-Levelling the gradients–planning for equivalent standards of living, the German experience.-Decentralisation in the German context: An assessment of governance actors andapproachesfrombelow.- Decentralisation and urban governance: Trends and lessons from cities in Tanzania.-Decentralisation of municipal servicing in Tanzania: Opportunities and challenges.-Analysis and lessons from decentralisation and its implications to localenvironmental planning andmanagement in the Philippines.-Assessing the effectiveness of the decentralisation policy on disaster risk reduction andmanagement: The case of Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines.-Smarter money for smarter cities: How regional currencies can help to promote a decentralised andsustainable regional development.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxviii, 185 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 330.9; Geography; Economic development; Rural development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference; Economic development; Rural development; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; Social Science -- Human Geography; Political economy; Human geography; Regional planning; Regional economics; Human Geography; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Regional & area planning; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319293677; 3319293672; 3319293656; 9783319293653
• Related ISBNs: 9783319293653
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Library Ideas, viewed June 28, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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