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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Cities and Global Governance Ser |
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Cities and Global Governance Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Part 1; 1. Introduction: The Globalisation of Urban Governance -- Legal Perspectives on Sustainable Development Goal 11; Sustainable Development Goal 11 and the Changing Dynamics of Urban Governance; Key Concepts and Methodological Issues; Main Research Questions; The Structure of the Volume; Bibliography; 2. Including Cities in the 2030 Agenda -- A Review of the Post- 2015 Process; Introduction and Background; Sustainable Cities in the Post-2015 Process |
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The Secretary-General's Synthesis Report and Intergovernmental NegotiationsIndicators for Measuring the SDGs; Universality and Implementation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 3. International Institutions and the City: Towards a Comparative Law of Glocal Governance; Introduction: International Institutions and the "Glocal City"; The International Institutional Law of Glocal Cities; Legal Relationships Between International Institutions and Cities; The Substance of International Norms: The Example of Informal Settlements; The Comparative Law of Glocal Cities |
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Conclusion: Judging Glocal Governance LawBibliography; 4. City Limits: Sustainable Urban Governance in Planetary Infrastructural Regimes; The Prospect of Sustainable Development; State Politics of Circulation: Governing Infrastructural Regimes; Contours of the Invisible State; A Typology of State Functions; Periodising Intervention Patterns; The Imperial Infrastructural Regime; The Fordist Infrastructural Regime; The Planetary Infrastructure Regime; Variations of the Invisible State; Globalising urban sustainability; Notes; Bibliography; Part 2 |
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5. Funding and Good Financial Governance as Imperatives for Cities' Pursuit of SDG 11Introduction; International and African Regional Responses to Promoting Good Financial Governance; Sources of Funding for Cities' Pursuit of SDG 11; The Case of South Africa; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 6. War and Peace in the City; Introduction; Twenty-first Century Cities -- General Considerations; Concluding Remarks and Outlook; Notes; Bibliography; 7. Ensuring Access to Public Space as a Dimension of "Safe Cities": The Role of UN Entities in Shaping the Global Urban Governance Agenda; Introduction |
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Access to Safe Public Space in Sustainable Development Goal 11 and the New Urban AgendaDischarging Mandates or Shaping Global Agendas? United Nations Operational Activities Revisited; Between Implied Powers and Organisational Independence? The Uncertain Status of UN Programmes and Funds; Conclusion; Bibliography; 8. The Challenges of Cultural Diversity for Safe and Sustainable Cities; Introduction; Cultural Diversity as a Challenge to Urban Safety and Sustainable Development; Local Government and Constitutionalism; Meeting the Challenges: A Review of Judicial Approaches |
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Seeking a Solution to the Unavoidable but Intractable Difficulties of Cultural Diversity |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Du Plessis, Anél
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| ISBN |
9781351049252 |
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1351049259 |
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