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AbstractIn April, 1929, the charter commission of New Rochelle, New York, reported a city manager charter which was accepted by the voter in November. This charter was the result of more than a year's study o the workings ofthe plan in both large adn small cities throughout the United States. During the drafting of the charter Dr. Bradford, who will be remembered as the author of "Commission Government in American Cities," visitd thirty cities and observed their managers and councils in action. At our request he is preparing a series of articles, of collected last year is being supplemented by current information in ordeer that his findings may be up to hte minute in every respect. The subject of next month's installment of this continued story of civic progress will be "Two New York Cities"

Most cities enjoy some autonomy over how they tax their residents, and that autonomy is typically exercised by multiple municipal governments within a given city. In this chapter, we document patterns of city-level taxation across countries, and we review the literature on a number of salient features affecting local tax setting in an urban context. Urban local governments on average raise some ten percent of total tax revenue in OECD countries and around half that share in non-OECD countries. We show that most cities are highly fragmented: urban areas with more than 500,000 inhabitants are divided into 74 local jurisdictions on average. The vast majority of these cities are characterized by a central municipality that strongly dominates the remaining jurisdictions in terms of population. These empirical regularities imply that an analysis of urban taxation needs to take account of three particular features: interdependence among tax-setting authorities (horizontally and vertically), jurisdictional size asymmetries, and the potential for agglomeration economies. We survey the relevant theoretical and empirical literatures, focusing in particular on models of asymmetric tax competition, of taxation and income sorting and of taxation in the presence of agglomeration rents.

The local industry mix provides the conventional framework within which a city's economic position & prospects are evaluated & its redevelopment is planned. The industrial approach has been complemented here with an occupational-functional approach that measures the comparative advantage -- competitive position -- of a given Ur area along five broad paths of economic development: entrepreneurship, central management, research & development, precision operations, & routine operations. Looking beyond the products a city makes to the roles it plays & the skills it performs shifts emphasis from the immediate fortunes of a given industry & the direct flow of current income to the long-run power & potential of local resources, especially human resources. This new perspective is also more sensitive to state & local public policy. Illustrations are provided of ways in which educational & other strategies have been used implicitly & could be planned more explicitly to guide cities through the difficult years of industrial transition. In Questions and Answers, Thompson responds to several comments made by: Jean Marie Enrecq (Regional & Ur Planning, Nord-Pas-de Calais Regional Council, France), Yale Rabin (U of Virginia, Charlottesville), & Barbara A. Coscarello. Modified HA

One aspect of race relations in New Zealand (NZ), the effect of Ur'ization on Maoris, is explored. Data are collected to provide a test of the NZ gov's policy of encouraging Ur'ization of the Maori people to further 'integration'-which the gov of NZ has defined as a combination of the white & Maori peoples in one nation 'wherein Maori culture remains distinct.' The alternate hyp, one suggested by critics of Ur'ization, is that cities act to erode the formal & informal bases of Maori culture & civilization. A Test of Maori Knowledge (TMK), a simple 10-item multiple-choice questionaire was designed with the aid of R's. 3 samples were tested: (1) Ur whites, (2) Ur Maoris, & (3) Ru Maoris. The respective X's of the 3 samples were 2.24, 3.43, & 7.15; all diff's were highly signif. The data are interpreted as a refutation of the NZ gov's belief that Ur'ization furthers, or at least does not retard, the distinctive qualities of Maori culture. Some analysis of the process of Ur'izing Maoris is given. AA.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- 1 Spatial Development and Technologies for Green Cities -- 2 Urban Metabolism and the Zero-Waste City: Transforming Cities through Sustainable Design and Behavior Change -- 3 Energy Strategy for Green Cities -- 4 Transport for Green Cities -- 5 Green Cities: A Water-Secure Future -- 6 Green City Solid Waste Management -- 7 Financing Sustainable Cities -- 8 Smart Concepts for Greener Cities -- Conclusion: Green Cities Will Become a Reality.

Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figure, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- Toward Livable Cities through Inclusive Urban Redevelopment: An Introduction -- I. ADB's Experiences -- India: ADB's Involvement in Slum Rehabilitation -- Indonesia: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Sector Project-Toward Cities without Slums -- Philippines: Strategic Private Sector Partnerships for Urban Poverty Reduction in Metro Manila -- II. Inclusive Urban Redevelopment: Toward Livable Cities -- Tables -- 1 Infrastructure Financed under the Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Sector Project (September 2005 to December 2009) -- 2 Source of Funds for Infrastructure Upgrading under the Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Sector Project -- 3 Planned vs. Actual Allocations for Project Inputs -- Figure -- 1 The Housing Policy Map -- Boxes -- 1 Activities Supported by Corporate Partners -- 2 The Cities Development Initiative for Asia.

Knowledge Cities are cities that possess an economy driven by high value-added exports created through research, technology, and brainpower. In other words, these are cities in which both the private and the public sectors value knowledge, nurture knowledge, spend money on supporting knowledge dissemination and discovery (ie learning and innovation) and harness knowledge to create products and services that add value and create wealth. Currently there are 65 urban development programs worldwide formally designated as "knowledge cities." Knowledge-based cities fall under a new area of academic

In Future Cities: All that Matters Camilla Ween will outline the challenges of meeting the anticipated growth of world cities over the next few decades. By 2030 it is predicted that between 80-90 % of the world's population will be living in cities, in several countries this will be 100%; Singapore is already classified as having a 100% urban population. There will be many cities with populations of over 20 million. The infrastructure required to support these cities will be a massive challenge for city planners and governments. Never in the history of civilisation has the need to deliver so m