Rethinking the Concept of Municipal Bonds to Improve Urban Governance in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097493062110236
Author(s):  
Manohar Samal
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Municipal Bonds ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Jel Codes ◽  
Government Grants ◽  
Effective Form

The pace of urban development in India has been slow, unorganised and unorderly as a result of inadequate planning and implementation of projects, mismanagement and misutilisation of funds, bureaucracy in the decision-making process and the reliance of urban local bodies on traditional forms of financing such as taxes and government grants. These factors not only restrict effective urban governance and development, but also create several dilemmas for comparatively modern and efficacious forms of urban financing. A perfect example of this is the unattractiveness and underutilised potential of municipal bonds for urban financing despite the fact that it was introduced in India in the year 1997. In pursuance of the above, this article aims to identify the problems associated with urban financing through municipal bonds and also makes an attempt to provide solutions which will not only help in creating a more reliable and effective form of urban financing for urban local bodies but also improve urban governance and permit the general public to invest in urban infrastructure development activities. JEL codes: K220, R510

Professional lobbying in urban planning: depoliticisation or REpoliticisation?

2019 ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Aino Hirvola ◽  
Raine Mäntysalo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
General Terms

This chapter argues that professional lobbying is turning out to be an important factor in the de- and re-politicisation processes of urban development. It describes the phenomenon of professional lobbying in urban planning in general terms. The chapter then draws on public affairs studies, outlining the broad spectrum of tasks of the lobbyist and identifying certain strategies and tactics of lobbying. To question the technocratic logics of contemporary urban governance, the chapter asks what the professionalisation of lobbying means and how it affects the planning process and the related decision-making process. The focus is on the Finnish context and especially on Helsinki.

Mayors and their interaction with municipal councils in the countries of Eastern Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (58) ◽  
pp. 147-157
Author(s):  
Александр Игоревич Черкасов
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Political System ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Modern Cities ◽  
Municipal Level

This article deals with the institute of mayor and his interaction with municipal councils in the countries of Eastern Europe. The author points out that the mayor personifies the whole urban governance mechanism and acts as an arbitrator in the struggle of various interests coming into confrontation at the level of a modern city. The article contains analyses of the trend towards “presidentialization” of the local political system and decollectivization of the decision making process at the municipal level common for many modern cities. On the basis of popular support and expectations the mayor begins to increasingly squeeze positions of local councils in the municipal mechanism. Direct mayoral elections are becoming more common and increase the independence of the head of local administration from political parties and slightly reduce the role of the latter in the decision making process

Russian View of American Architecture in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Part 2)

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 115-118
Author(s):  
Брумфилд ◽  
W.C. Brumfield
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
City Development ◽  
Technical Innovations ◽  
American Style ◽  
American Architecture

In the second part of this article continue to be considered the technology of American urban development at the turn of 19–20 centuries. Urban infrastructure development required a different approach to city development. All this prompted the Russian architects to study the information on technical innovations in Western Europe and the United States. The article deals with the study of the "American style" in architecture Russian architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

scholarly journals Sustainable Urbanization on Occupied Land? The Politics of Infrastructure Development and Resettlement in Beira City, Mozambique

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murtah Shannon ◽  
Kei Otsuki ◽  
Annelies Zoomers ◽  
Mayke Kaag
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Forced Displacement ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
Systematic Feature ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
International Investors

With this article we contribute to debates on urban land governance and sustainable urban development in Africa by providing an empirical analysis of forced displacement and resettlement associated with infrastructure development in Beira city, Mozambique. In recent years Beira has become the recipient of numerous investment flows targeting the built environment by a range of international investors. By analyzing the micropolitical engagements associated with three different infrastructure projects, based on extensive qualitative interviews, observations, and document analysis, we demonstrate how each intervention has been associated with highly informal and divergent processes of forced displacement and resettlement. We argue that these land related impacts have been annexed from debates on sustainable infrastructure development, and that they exhibit some fundamental differences from established resettlement research. We conclude by arguing that forced displacement and resettlement should be understood as a deliberate and systematic feature of urban infrastructure development, through which new social-spatial arrangements are created. This ultimately points to the emergence of a novel mode of fragmented urbanism within the context of urban development in Africa which poses new challenges to urban sustainability.

scholarly journals Business Intelligence Systems in the Holistic Infrastructure Development Supporting Decision Making in Organisations

10.28945/3011 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celina Olszak ◽  
Ewa Ziemba
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Business Practice ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Business Intelligence Systems

The paper aims at analysing Business Intelligence Systems (BI) in the context of opportunities for improving decision-making in a contemporary organisation. The authors - taking specifics of a decision-making process together with heterogeneity and dispersion of information sources into consideration - present Business Intelligence Systems as some holistic infrastructure of decisionmaking. It has been shown that the BI concept may contribute towards improving quality of decision-making in any organisation, better customer service and some increase in customers’ loyalty. The paper is focused on three fundamental components of the BI systems, i.e. key information technologies (including ETL tools and data warehouses), potential of key information technologies (OLAP techniques and data mining) and BI applications that support making different decisions in an organisation. A major part of the paper is devoted to discussing basic business analyses that are not only offered by the BI systems but also applied frequently in business practice.

scholarly journals Impacts of Governance toward Sustainable Urbanization in a Midsized City: A Case Study of Uyo, Nigeria

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Etido Essien
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Fiscal Management ◽  
Tenure System ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Land Tenure System

Urban studies in Nigeria mostly focus on large cities and metropolitan areas, with minimal attention given to sustainable urban development in midsized cities. In this study, we address this knowledge gap and examine the policies and practices driving urban growth in Uyo, a midsized city in Nigeria. Specifically, we evaluate to what extent the prevailing urban governance culture and practices move the city toward or away from being inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable—central tenets of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11. This study critically explores the strategic and operational approaches deployed by public stakeholders in pursuit of urban development, housing security, and economic and infrastructure development. We find the lack of continuity in commitment to urban infrastructural development projects and a flawed land tenure system that exacerbates housing insecurity are the two most critical challenges to address in attaining the goals of SDG11 in Uyo. The former calls for better fiscal management and adoption of good governance practices across the administrative hierarchy. The land tenure system can be made equitable and less cumbersome by overhauling the 1999 Land Use Act law of the country. Our findings can inform policies to make midsized cities facing similar challenges more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.

scholarly journals Russian View of American Architecture in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Part 3)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-99
Author(s):  
Брумфилд ◽  
W.C. Brumfield
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
City Development ◽  
The Third ◽  
Technical Innovations ◽  
American Architecture

In the third part of this article continue to be considered the technology of American urban development at the turn of 19–20 centuries. Urban infrastructure development required a different approach to city development. All this prompted the Russian architects to study the information on technical innovations in Western Europe and the United States. The article deals with the study of the «American style» in architecture Russian architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

scholarly journals Measuring the Degree of Balance between Urban and Tourism Development: An Analytical Approach Using Cellular Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9598
Author(s):  
Cheng Shi ◽  
Mengyang Liu ◽  
Yu Ye
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Continuous Measurements ◽  
Logistic Analysis ◽  
Scientific Decision

This study presents an analytical approach for measuring the degree of balance between urban and tourism development, which has been previously analyzed qualitatively and was difficult to measure. With the help of 1012 million cellular data records generated by 20 million users in two weeks, we tracked the behavior of residents, commuters, and tourists at a set of historical conservation areas in central Shanghai. We calculated the degree of balance and visualized it via ternary graphs. Moreover, the relationships between key urban features derived from multi-sourced urban data and balanced degrees of tourism development were analyzed via multinomial logistic analysis. Insights gained from this analysis will help to achieve a more scientific decision-making process toward balanced urban development for historical conservation area. Achievements in this study contribute to the development of human-centered planning through providing continuous measurements of an “unmeasurable” quality.

AAC Decision-Making and Mobile Technology: Points to Ponder

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ann Abbott ◽  
Debby McBride
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Ipod Touch ◽  
Feature Match

The purpose of this article is to outline a decision-making process and highlight which portions of the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) evaluation process deserve special attention when deciding which features are required for a communication system in order to provide optimal benefit for the user. The clinician then will be able to use a feature-match approach as part of the decision-making process to determine whether mobile technology or a dedicated device is the best choice for communication. The term mobile technology will be used to describe off-the-shelf, commercially available, tablet-style devices like an iPhone®, iPod Touch®, iPad®, and Android® or Windows® tablet.

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