Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies

Edited by Jan Fransen, Senior Researcher of Urban Economic Development and Resilience, the Institute of Housing and Urban Development, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Meine Pieter van Dijk, Professor of Urban Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Economics, Maastricht School of Management and Jurian Edelenbos, Professor of Governance, State and Society, Department of Public Administration and Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

• Contents:1 Urban paradigm shifts in emerging economies 1Jan Fransen, Meine Pieter van Dijk and Jurian Edelenbos2 Urban management in practice, issues at stake andoverview of the book 20Meine Pieter van Dijk3 Managing a just transition in urban contexts 40Darren McCauley4 Structural change, labour markets and urban economicpolicy in emerging economies 57Frank van Oort, Paula Nagler and Indriany Lionggo5 Smart city for comprehensive urban management:concepts, impacts, and the South Korean experience 80Yirang Lim6 How sustainable, green and smart eco-cities deal withwater issues 99Meine Pieter van Dijk7 Urban commons in emerging economies 117Rudina Toto, Marija Ćaćić, Zvezdina Ivanova, PeterNientied and Katarzyna Stachowiak-Bongwa8 Knowledge and skill transfer in Addis-Ababa’s light-rail transport 142Taslim Adebowale Alade and Alberto Gianoli9 Financing urban infrastructure and services in Africa 162Aloysius N. Bongwa and Meine Pieter van Dijk10 Collaborative capacity of public–private partnerships inhousing projects: case studies from Nigeria 186Daniel Adamu and Alberto Gianoli11 Planning for all? Guiding principles for selectingmulti-stakeholder tools in urban planning processes 204Els Keunen and Saskia Ruijsink12 Conclusions: new insights in urban planning, managementand governance in emerging economies 225Jan FransenIndex

’The authors argue that cities in emerging economies can increase their sustainable competitiveness by replacing their traditional system of urban planning and management with a modern system of urban governance. This is a must-read for those interested to understand how cities in emerging economies can cope with societal dynamics.’