Urban Governance in Asia
Sub-regional and City Perspectives
Developing countries of Asia and their ever-growing mega-cities are faced with multifarious problems. Among them urban governance strikes out to be the most problematic. But urban governance is no longer regarded a sole responsibility of the state or even the local government, rather it should be the combined responsibility of the state (including the local government) and the civil society (including the private sector and the NGOs.).This book brings together papers on problems of urban governance written by leading urban researchers from Asia based on studies conducted by them during 1994-1997 under the Global Urban Research Initiative (GURI) supported by the Ford Foundation.
Contents: Introduction: Asian Perspectives on Urban Governance; Urban Governance in Bangladesh and Pakistan; Governing Cities in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka; Urban Governance and Poverty Alleviation in Southeast Asia; Reforming Governance in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Institutions, Poverty, Politics; and, Urban Governance in China.
Nazrul Islam is a Professor of Geography and Environment at the University of Dhaka, and Honorary Chairman of the Centre for Urban Studies, Dhaka. He is currently also the Chairman of the Board of Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority. Professor Islam was the Coordinator for the Bangladesh-Pakistan Sub-region and the asian Region in the Global Urban Research Initiative (GURI).
