Central America Urbanization Review
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Central America Urbanization Review
Author | : Augustin Maria,Jose Luis Acero,Ana I. Aguilera,Marisa Garcia Lozano |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2017-03-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781464809866 |
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Central America is undergoing an important transition. Urban populations are increasing at accelerated speeds, bringing pressing challenges for development, as well as opportunities to boost sustained, inclusive and resilient growth. Today, 59 percent of the region’s population lives in urban areas, but it is expected that 7 out of 10 people will live in cities within the next generation. At current rates of urbanization, Central America’s urban population will double in size by 2050, welcoming over 25 million new urban dwellers calling for better infrastructure, higher coverage and quality of urban services and greater employment opportunities. With more people concentrated in urban areas, Central American governments at the national and local levels face both opportunities and challenges to ensure the prosperity of their country’s present and future generations. The Central America Urbanization Review: Making Cities Work for Central America provides a better understanding of the trends and implications of urbanization in the six Central American countries -Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama- and the actions that central and local governments can take to reap the intended benefits of this transformation. The report makes recommendations on how urban policies can contribute to addressing the main development challenges the region currently faces such as lack of social inclusion, high vulnerability to natural disasters, and lack of economic opportunities and competitiveness. Specifically, the report focuses on four priority areas for Central American cities: institutions for city management, access to adequate and well-located housing, resilience to natural disasters, and competitiveness through local economic development. This book is written for national and local policymakers, private sector actors, civil society, researchers and development partners in Central America and all around the world interested in learning more about the opportunities that urbanization brings in the 21st century.
Architecture and Urbanization of Colonial Central America
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Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:636893000 |
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Raising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author | : María Marta Ferreyra,Mark Roberts |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2018-06-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781464812705 |
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With more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet, although its cities are, on average, more productive than those elsewhere in the world, their productivity lags that of North American and Western European cities. Closing this gap provides LAC with the opportunity to raise living standards and join the ranks of the world’s richest countries. Raising the Bar: Cities and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is about the productivity of cities in LAC and the factors that help to explain its determination. Based on original empirical research, the report documents the high levels of population density and other features of LAC cities that mark them out from those in the rest of the world. The report also studies the role of three key factors †“ urban form, skills, and access to markets †“ in determining the productivity of LAC cities. It shows that while excessive congestion forces and inadequate metropolitan coordination seem to be stifling the benefits of agglomeration, LAC cities benefit from strong human capital externalities. It also finds that, within individual LAC countries, cities are poorly integrated with one another, which contributes to large differences in performance across cities and undermines their aggregate contribution to productivity at the national level.
Food systems for an urbanizing world
Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,World Bank Group |
Publsiher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2018-08-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789251301272 |
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Food Systems for an Urbanizing World is a joint report prepared by the World Bank and FAO. It aims to stimulate discussion and suggest pathways to support local and national governments, and civil society and private sector actors in their efforts to improve the performance and capacity of food systems. The report describes the diversity and ever-changing nature of food systems, with interlinked traditional, modern and informal channels that respond to different market segments and different consumer preferences. It also underscores the importance of targeting support to the type of city and food system. The task is not an easy one. Data are weak and empirical analysis is weaker. As cities’ engagement in urban food issues is relatively new, the institutions, governance mechanisms and capacities needed for effective design, implementation and delivery of this agenda must be strengthened. Finding effective ways to prioritize, mobilize and coordinate contributions from multiple sectors will be essential for achieving food system goals.
Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South
Author | : Jonathan Crush,Bruce Frayne,Gareth Haysom |
Publsiher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2020-12-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781786431516 |
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The ways in which the rapid urbanization of the Global South is transforming food systems and food supply chains, and the food security of urban populations is an often neglected topic. This international group of authors addresses this profound transformation from a variety of different perspectives and disciplinary lenses, providing an important corrective to the dominant view that food insecurity is a rural problem requiring increases in agricultural production.
Urbanization in Latin America
Author | : Jorge Enrique Hardoy |
Publsiher | : Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105036297864 |
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Anthology of essays on trends and issues in Latin American urbanization - includes historical, demographic aspects and political aspects, and covers land tenure in urban areas, obstacles to urban planning, etc. References and statistical tables.
Colombia Urbanization Review
Author | : Taimur Samad,Nancy Lozano-Gracia,Alexandra Panman |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2012-11-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780821395240 |
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This book provides diagnostic tools to inform policy dialogue and investment priorities on urbanization in Colombia, addresssing the need to deepen economic connectivity, enhance coordination at a regional and metropolitan scale, and foster efficiency and innovativeness in how cities finance themselves.
Mexico Urbanization Review
Author | : Yoonhee Kim,Bontje Zangerling |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2016-09-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781464809170 |
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Despite impressive economic growth and increasing prosperity, cities in Mexico do not seem to have fully captured the benefits of urban agglomeration, in part because of rapid and uncoordinated urban growth. Recent expansion of many Mexican cities has been distant, disconnected, and dispersed, driven mainly by large single-use housing developments on the outskirts of cities. The lack of a coordinated approach to urban development has hindered the ability of cities in Mexico to boost economic growth and foster inclusive development. It also has created a fissure between new housing developments and urban services, infrastructure, and access to employment. Mexico Urbanization Review: Managing Spatial Growth for Productive and Livable Cities in Mexico provides an analytical basis to understand how well-managed urban growth can help Mexican cities to capture the positive gains associated with urbanization. To this end, the authors analyze the development patterns of the 100 largest Mexican cities using a set of spatial indexes. They then examine how the recent urban growth has affected the economic performance and livability of Mexican cities and offer recommendations for adjusting urban policy frameworks and instruments in ways that support sustainable spatial development and make cities more productive and inclusive.