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This volume comprises a collection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium, as part of the World Bank Group's strategy to share and encourage research oriented to urban issues and bridge these academic results with the pressing needs of developing cities. The selected papers included in this book combine robust analytical pieces and theoretical insights with best practices from around the world. Specific case studies include New Orleans in the context of a fragile environment, a framework to include poverty aspects in the cities and climate change di

Climatic changes -- Congresses. --- Greenhouse gases -- Congresses. --- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Congresses. --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Greenhouse gases --- Climatic changes --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Écologie urbaine --- Gaz à effet de serre --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- GHGs (Greenhouse gases) --- Heat-trapping gases --- Gases

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This paper provides the key elements to develop an integrated approach for measuring and monitoring city performance globally. The paper reviews the role of cities and why indicators are important. Then it discusses past approaches to city indicators and the systems developed to date, including the World Bank's initiatives. After identifying the strengths and weaknesses of past experiences, it discusses the characteristics of optimal indicators. The paper concludes with a proposed plan to develop standardized indicators that emphasize the importance of indicators that are measurable, replicable, potentially predictive, and most important, consistent and comparable over time and across cities. As an innovative characteristic, the paper includes subjective measures in city indicators, such as well-being, happy citizens, and trust.

Cities --- City Development Strategies --- City Performance --- Communities & Human Settlements --- Cultural Heritage and Preservation --- Cultural Policy --- Culture & Development --- Economic Development --- Environment --- Environmental Degradation --- Environmental Economics and Policies --- Governance --- Housing and Human Habitats --- Human Settlements --- ICT Policy and Strategies --- Industrialization --- Information and Communication Technologies --- Poverty --- Public Sector Development --- Quality of Life --- Service Delivery --- Service Providers --- Slum Upgrading --- Slums --- Social Progress --- Social Unrest --- Stakeholders --- Urban Agglomerations --- Urban Development --- Urban Development Policies and Strategies --- Urban Housing and Land --- Urban Indicators --- Urban Issues --- Urban Services to the Poor --- Urban Slums Upgrading --- Urbanization

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This volume first puts our current moment in context, tracing cities in the arc of human history. It also examines the basic structural elements of every city: materials and fuels; people and economics; and biodiversity. In part two, professionals working on some of the world’s most inventive urban sustainability projects share their first-hand experience. Success stories come from places as diverse as Ahmedabad, India; Freiburg, Germany; and Shanghai, China. In many cases, local people are acting to improve their cities, even when national efforts are stalled. Parts three and four examine cross-cutting issues that affect the success of all cities. Topics range from the nitty-gritty of handling waste and developing public transportation to civic participation and navigating dysfunctional government. Throughout, readers discover the most pressing challenges facing communities and the most promising solutions currently being developed. The result is a snapshot of cities today and a vision for global urban sustainability tomorrow.

Economics --- Nature protection --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Production management --- Environmental planning --- Social geography --- Economic geography --- environment --- ruimtelijke ordening --- duurzaamheid --- economie --- steden --- ecologie --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- reizen