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Leading Cities is a global review of the state of city leadership and urban governance today. Drawing on research into 202 cities in 100 countries, the book provides a broad, international evidence base grounded in the experiences of all types of cities. It offers a scholarly but also practical assessment of how cities are led, what challenges their leaders face, and the ways in which this leadership is increasingly connected to global affairs.

Arguing that effective leadership is not just something created by an individual, Elizabeth Rapoport, Michele Acuto and Leonora Grcheva focus on three elements of city leadership: leaders, the structures and institutions that underpin them, and the tools used to drive change. Each of these elements are examined in turn, as are the major urban policy issues that leaders confront today on the ground. The book also takes a deep dive into one particular example of tool or instrument of city leadership – the strategic urban plan.

Develop best practice and improve your leadership skills with this textbook, published in association with City and Guilds for the new Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care specification. -Build comprehensive understanding of the knowledge and skills required for the Level 5 qualification, with detailed coverage of all mandatory units -Apply theoretical aspects of the Diploma in the workplace, with the 'In Practice' feature -Build confidence reviewing and evaluating practice in Adult Care settings with 'Reflect On It' activities, and examples of reflective accounts -Prepare a strong portfolio, with advice and activities on how to use evidence most effectively -Extend knowledge and understanding with access to popular optional units available online (www.hoddereducation.co.uk/adultcareextras) - Fully updated to match the Level 5 qualification's integration into the higher apprenticeship programme including the new 'undertake a research project' unit The easy-to-follow design makes this an invaluable reference guide for anyone looking to progress their management career in Adult Care.

1 Introduction -- 2 Public Values approach -- 3 Public Values, cities and services -- 4 Ethics, Values and Public Value -- 5 Urbanization and Public Values -- 6 Knowledge-Based Community and Public Values -- 7 Economic development policy and Public Values -- 8 Digitalisation and Public Values -- 9 City Governance -- 10 City Leadership -- 11 Citizen capabilities for making meaningful cities -- 12 Conclusions.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Leading Is Complicated -- 2 Why Do You Want to Lead Anyway? -- 3 Leading Your Office -- 4 Managing Up -- 5 Leading Public Opinion -- 6 Leading by Listening -- 7 Facilitative Leadership -- 8 Strategic Planning and Leadership -- 9 Five Steps to Leadership -- Conclusion: Combing a Giant Hairball -- Afterword -- Index.

3. THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND CORRUPTION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP: Pregala Pillay and Evangelos Mantzaris3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON CORRUPTION; 3.3 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; 3.4 LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CREATION OF INNOVATIVE CLIMATE; 3.5 THE NDP AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL SERVICE; 3.6 THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP; 3.7 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 4. TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FOR INNOVATION IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT UPGRADING: Lorraine Amollo Ambole; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 METHOD; 4.3 REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE.

Innovation is often presented as being in the exclusive domain of the private sector. Yet despite widespread perceptions of public-sector inefficiency, government agencies have much to teach us about how technological and social advances occur. Improving governance at the municipal level is critical to the future of the twenty-first-century city, from environmental sustainability to education, economic development, public health, and beyond. In this age of acceleration and massive migration of people into cities around the world, this book explains how innovation from within city agencies and administrations makes urban systems smarter and shapes life in New York City.Using a series of case studies, Smarter New York City describes the drivers and constraints behind urban innovation, including leadership and organization; networks and interagency collaboration; institutional context; technology and real-time data collection; responsiveness and decision making; and results and impact. Cases include residential organic-waste collection, an NYPD program that identifies the sound of gunshots in real time, and the Vision Zero attempt to end traffic casualties, among others. Challenging the usefulness of a tech-centric view of urban innovation, Smarter New York City brings together a multidisciplinary and integrated perspective to imagine new possibilities from within city agencies, with practical lessons for city officials, urban planners, policy makers, civil society, and potential private-sector partners.

Are you ready to change your approach to improving community health? -- The transformative community coalition health leader -- Leadership styles and roles -- How to lead community population health improvement coalitions -- The voice of the community -- Understanding, measuring, and analyzing community health improvement interventions -- Developing and sustaining and community health improvement coalition -- Coalition collaborative tools -- Evidence based resources available to guide community health improvements / Amanda McCarty -- Oklahoma City-County Health Department Wellness Now coalitions / Gary Cox and Shannon Welch

Collectively, cities take up a relatively tiny amount of land on the earth, yet emit 72 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Clearly, cities need to be at the center of any broad effort to reduce climate change. This text argues that too many cities are only implementing random acts of greenness that will do little to address the climate crisis. It instead calls for 'greenovation' - using the city as a test bed for adopting and perfecting green technologies for more energy-efficient buildings, transportation, and infrastructure more broadly. Further, the work contends that while many city mayors cite income inequality as a pressing problem, few cities are connecting climate action and social justice-another aspect of greenovation.

Frontmatter --Contents --List of Abbreviations --Preface --Chapter 1. The study of urban politics --Chapter 2. The policy-making system of the Canadian city --Chapter 3. Urban political culture and the limits to policy choice --Chapter 4. The development of locally accountable organizations --Chapter 5. Elections and voters --Chapter 6. Political parties and theories of local non-partisanship --Chapter 7. Interests and lobbying at City Hall --Chapter 8. Social movements, leadership, and the policy agenda --Chapter 9. Relations among governments --Chapter 10. Standing issues in regional governing --Chapter 11. Theoretical questions about metropolitan institutions --Chapter 12. Organizing city governments in the metropolis --Chapter 13. The politics of local government reform --Chapter 14. The impact of world practices on Canadian metropolitan cities --Glossary --References --Index of Names --Index of Subjects

Planning is central to economic, social and environmental life but its practice is frequently criticised by all who engage in it. Seen as too restrictive by those who promote development and too weak by those opposing it, planners who advise on proposals cannot sit on the fence. Is it the planning system that is problematic or is it the planners who work within it? This valuable book examines these issues at the continuing professional development level and discusses the ways in which management theories, tools and techniques can be applied to planning practice and used by all who engage in it. Written by an experienced author and widely respected academic, the book includes case studies and question and answer sections, and will be valuable through both initial and continuous professional education, helping candidates prepare for examinations and subsequent management