E-grāmata: Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance: Innovation, Concepts and Cases

The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance is an impressive collection of contributions on a variety of highly relevant topics. The editors have managed to produce a volume that covers timely issues in infrastructure governance and planning (such as digitalization, climate resilience, metropolitan governance and urban mobility). Remarkably, authors and cases are from all over the globe and the chapters are grounded in new scholarship. This is one of the most complete statements on urban infrastructure and enhances substantially our knowledge on urban governance and the provision of urban infrastructures. -- Karsten Zimmermann, Dortmund University, Germany Finger and Yanar have introduced todays urban analyst to a treasure trove of case studies, data and how-tos from around the globe; rich country, poor country all are faced with the mega challenge of the 21st century: sustainability. Each case study is unique in presenting the impacts of local governance, addressing critical issues (from Detroit to Nairobi). 21st century tools of analysis and modern technology carefully presented throughout make this a volume that is a must read for everyone in the urban infrastructure world, from practitioner to academic to citizen. -- Robert E Paaswell, City College of New York, US Defined broadly or narrowly, infrastructure is critical to economic productivity and peoples quality of life in all societies. Infrastructure discourse is multidisciplinary. These authors amplify the discourse on lessons that can be learned as the world strives to make all facets of infrastructure smart, equitable, resilient, affordable and sustainable. -- Jerry Kolo, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates