Understanding Urban Governance
With more and more people preferring cities as their choice of settlement, the challenge lies not in stemming this time of migration, but in managing and governing our cities better, to improve quality of life and living standards.
Attributes of Governance
Governability
Accountability
Transparancy
Participation
Compliance
Capacity
M and E
Interdependence
Legitimacy
Conflict Resolution
Negotiation
Rule-making
Equity
Efficiency
Tenure/Ownership
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Community Governance
Ultimately, it is at the community level, where ordinary people take and implement everyday decisions, that governance has its greatest relevance and need. But communities have being governing themselves anyway, and since time immemorial ...
Documents and Reports
The dimensions of governance are varied as are the issues and themes being brought under the umbrella of 'governance'. Governance after all cannot exist in vacumn - illustrated in the different ways in which governance is applied to different issues and themes.
Programmes and Initiatives
The breadth of coverage of governance themes is illustrated by the range of programmes and institutions from different backgrounds working from global to local levels.
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What is the basic context within which urban governance finds its relevance? How can it be defined?
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