Search Results - subject:"Local Infrastructure"

Capturing the Value of Public Land for Urban Infrastructure : Centrally Controlled Landholdings

Peterson, George E. - 2017

Government entities in India hold large amounts of public land. Their landholdings include some of the most valuable property in the country. Parts of this patrimony lie vacant or underutilized. Public sector bodies also own large blocs of land that sometimes stand in the way of efficient...

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Financing Indian Cities : Opportunities and Constraints in an Nth Best World

Clarke Annez, Patricia - 2017

This paper examines international experience with mobilizing funding for both capital and recurrent costs for municipal infrastructure with a view to identifying areas where India could improve its system of financing infrastructure in cities. Based on international data, the analysis shows that...

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The New Era of Global Economic Growth and Urban Infrastructure Investment : Financial Intermediation, Institutions and Markets

Clark, Gordon L. - 2017

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, questions have been raised about the capacity of banks and related savings institutions to play their traditional roles in financing urban and regional development. Drawing on the theory of intermediation, this paper suggests that, over the past...

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Municipal Bonds As a Source of Finance for Urban Infrastructure Development in India

Nallathiga, Ramakrishna - 2017

Municipal bonds are an option available to the large cities to raise resources for financing long term projects such as infrastructure development. Countries like the USA have had a long experience of using municipal bonds to finance the development of cities and their infrastructure. Indian...

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Private Capital, Public Goods : Forest Plantations' Investment in Local Infrastructure and Social Services in Rural Tanzania

Degnet, Mohammed B. - 2017

by NGOs and researchers alike. This study investigates the impacts of private forest plantations on local infrastructure … findings from focus group discussions. The results show that the private forest plantations have positively affected local … infrastructure and social services in adjacent villages. The results suggest that large-scale private forest plantations can …

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Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods : Long Run Evidence from Tanzania

Michaels, Guy - 2017

What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study “Sites and Services” projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...

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Sustainable Urban Drainage Infrastructure

Mrowiec, Maciej - 2016

Water is one of the most important resources, essential for all life forms. From the perspective of sustainable development there are three important challenges: water availability, water purity, and infrastructure, especially in cities. In this last case the problem is not only with water...

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Enhancing the Urban Environment Through Green Infrastructure

Nolon, John R. - 2016

This Article is adapted from Chapter Seven of John R. Nolon, Protecting the Environment Through Land Use Law: Standing Ground, published by ELI Press. The book describes how localities are responding to new challenges, including the imperative that they adapt to and help mitigate climate change...

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The Value of Integrating Water Management and Urban Infrastructure

Buurman, Joost - 2016

Water management in cities is changing as a result of climate change and increasing urbanisation. Instead of a “big pipes in, big pipes out” approach which imports water from the river basin into the city and discharges sewage water downstream, more and more the city itself is seen as a...

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Byproducts of Urban Infrastructure Interfaces : Evidence from Parking Compliance

Pelechrinis, Konstantinos - 2016

The increased levels of urbanization have resulted in the demand for developing urban technologies that can realize the vision of smart cities, i.e., urban environments that are sustainable, livable and resilient. Electromechanical infrastructure is substituted by intelligent, cyber-physical...

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