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The terms city-region and city-regionalism are today widely used by urban managers, planners, representatives of businesses associations and international organizations, real estate and property developers and state officials and politicians. These terms disclose the complex intertwining of contemporary urbanization, world economy and world politics. In this chapter we first review the economic geographical literature on city-regionalism. Secondly, we interrogate city regionalism as a set of political-administrative and/or geopolitical processes in more detail. We suggest that city-regions should not be understood as discrete spatial units that operate as "agents" or "actor-scales" in themselves. Nor should city-regions be considered as passive backdrops on which economy, politics or social reproduction simply happen. Rather city-regions may be conceptualized as dynamic sites of policy experimentation and political struggle, which are produced from various political processes operating within and around the national state and its institutions. ; Peer reviewed

The use in the cities of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has increased, due to the political and economical control, that has favored their development. This new type of city (system) holds different names: Digital City and Smart City. The Smart City is a self-sustaining city. In the most innovative-technological dimension, there are included the factors for sustainable development. The Smart City uses the ICT, with the purpose of providing an infrastructure, that can guarantee: a sustainable development, an better life quality for its population, a higher efficiency when using the resources that are available and, a more active participation of the citizens. The focus of Smart City, is more popular among projects that imply transformation for this kind of cities. However, in researches that measure and classify some of the smart cities, there have been presented ideal models, where the main characteristics are based in the subsystems of these cities. The factor that allows establishing the level of intelligence that a city has achieved, is the analysis of a real city and then, comparing it to the features of a Smart City. This measurement model, can be adopted by the municipal government of the city, in order to carry out special improvement activities in their development plans. The case in this paper is the city of Manizales, which is considered to be the ICT city of Colombia. It was labeled as a Smart City by the adoption of intensive systems in ICT. Nevertheless, and according to a recent study in FEDESARROLLO, Manizales has the lowest usage rate of ICT in Colombia, based on the different components of urban intelligence. Therefore, this label is not based in a measurement that comprises all of the factors that define this type of cities. The project that is presented in this paper aims to set an assessment model, in order to measure the intelligence of Manizales as a Smart City. This paper is the final paper for graduation, in the Masters Program of Information Systems Management (Major).

As the global population continues to migrate to cities, new models for sustainable city design are being developed and tested. Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is one such project. In 2006, the government of Abu Dhabi announced that it intended to spend $22 billion with the aim of becoming a leader in renewable energy; a key part of this plan was to build a new carbon-neutral, zero-waste city from the ground up to demonstrate state-of-the-art sustainable city design. As initially conceived, Masdar City was something of an experiment: a clean-technology incubator powered by renewable energy, which was intended to exhibit the highest levels of efficiency. Partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008 and partly due to experience gained from continued assessments of the original concept, Masdar has scaled back the initial ambitions for the city's carbon and waste targets, as well as the development approach and time-line for the entire city. This, however, may ultimately prove to be the best outcome for Masdar City if it is truly to become a model for sustainable cities of the future.

In conformity with its objective of functioning as a local Government, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) sought the assistance of the World Bank for the preparation of a City Development Strategy (CDS). The various sectoral as well as integrated strategies presented in this document seem to be an overwhelming demand on KMC with its limited manpower and money. A CDS is essential if KMC is to focus its development potential. The optimism lies in political leadership, enabling environment and necessary support that will be rendered to KMC from civil society. The vision for Kathmandu stresses the need to develop the valley as administrative, cultural and tourism center. The strategy to move towards that vision through improvement in the overall situation of the KMC, however, is likely to be a long drawn struggle, yet achievable. The urban planning study strongly recommends that Kathmandu should be accorded special status as a capital city and large polluting and manufacturing industries should be discouraged immediately and if possible, re-location plans be drawn for existing industries in the near future. Alternatively, service and light industries should be promoted to replace the economic opportunities. Urban areas in KMC are not designated by a functional and occupational structure or contiguity criteria for managing housing and squatter settlements. Housing problems are a serious challenge in a situation where a historically planned city is fast transforming itself into a trade-cum-service center. On the other hand, it is encouraging to note that despite the absence of city specific policies and programs for housing, slums and squatters, the communities are highly organized and are gradually improving their conditions at their own costs, which show their potential for mobilization in participatory home improvement programs.

List of members in 1st-2d, 6th-10th, 17th-19th yearbooks. ; List of members in 1st-2d, 6th-10th, 17th-19th yearbooks. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Beginning with 1925 the March number of each year contains annual proceedings of the International City Managers' Association. ; Title from cover. ; Beginning with 1925 the March number of each year contains annual proceedings of the International City Managers' Association. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Issued by: the International City Managers' Association, Oct. 1924-Nov. 1926. ; Official organ of: the International City Managers' Association. ; 14

Solutions to the climate and energy crises will likely involve large scale renewable energy technology deployment and of renewable energy technologies in building energy systems and transportation systems. But they will also require changes in lifestyle, behavior, and social organization. Solar heating and bicycle use are well-developed technologies that exemplify social-technological hybrids. Davis, California, has established a national reputation as a bike-friendly city and has been an international leader in supporting energy efficient housing developments. Support, however, has waxed and waned over the years. Davis provides an ideal case study to explore the conditions necessary to develop a sustained community commitment to passive solar design and human powered transport at a scale large enough to make a difference. This analysis points to the importance of local politics, municipal identity tied to an energy or environmental vision, and the organization of social capital to influence broad-based technological choice.Key words: solar heating, bicycle lanes, social capital, behavior, environmental politics.

• Alderman McCarthy was too ill to come to the 69th meeting of the City Council, held today• The Committee of Ways and Means reports that the county appropriations for malaria infected districts and for the drainage of certain districts and public health improvements have proceeded through the Sanitary and Drainage Commission• The U.S. government requires that Charleston appropriate $10,000.00 and the County Authorities $20,000.00 against malaria• $5,000.00 was appropriated for use this year, and the same amount for next year, the money to be paid by the City Treasurer on warrant of the Government officers in charge or authorized agent, the work to be done under government supervision ; Newspaper article ; 9

This chapter about playful urban planning argues that play and games can help foster smart citizenship. In recent years, many cities have embarked on what is termed smart-city policies, deploying ICT to optimize a variety of urban processes. Various authors have noted that these smart-city policies often leave little room for civic action and agency. This contribution proposes the notion of the 'playful city' as an alternative vision for leveraging the smartness of people in creating more livable and lively cities. Play, it is argued, should not be positioned as offering solutions to urban problems. Instead, play offers alternative narratives about the potential futures of city-making, and reinserts the 'political' into smart city-making.

Meeting minutes of the Armstrong City Council. Details of the motions carried, those present, correspondence and reports as well as discussions of by-laws.

Meeting minutes of the Armstrong City Council. Details of the motions carried, those present, correspondence and reports as well as discussions of by-laws.

Meeting minutes of the Armstrong City Council. Details of the motions carried, those present, correspondence and reports as well as discussions of by-laws.

Meeting minutes of the Armstrong City Council. Details of the motions carried, those present, correspondence and reports as well as discussions of by-laws.

Meeting minutes of the Armstrong City Council. Details of the motions carried, those present, correspondence and reports as well as discussions of by-laws.

Meeting minutes of the Armstrong City Council. Details of the motions carried, those present, correspondence and reports as well as discussions of by-laws.