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Cities in the 21st Century
In recent years and decades, we observe the reality of a new urban world: the percentage of the world population living in urban areas has increased from around 30 in 1950 to around 54 in 2015, and is expected to reach 66 by 2050. However, in most cases the focus of research has been on the dynamics of the developed world. By contrast, our understanding of regional and urban dynamics in the developing world remains very limited. Developing countries will by 2030 host more than 85% of the world population, and more than 90% of the new urban residents of the world will live in cities in the developing world according to the United Nations. This special issue on "Cities in the 21st century: A view from the developing world" consists of an introductory editorial and four papers. They all study aspects of the reality of developing countries in the 21st century, always from a spatial perspective. Each paper focuses on a different topic, but they nicely complement each other. While three papers focus on Latin America and the fourth one on the reality of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, they all have broader implications for the developing world in general.
Metropolitan Governance in Latin America
This book represents a powerful analysis of the challenges of metropolitan governance in all its messiness and complexity. It examines Latin American metropolitan governance by focusing on the issue of public service provision and comparatively examining five of the largest and most complex urban agglomerations in the region: Buenos Aires, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City and Santiago. The volume identifies and discusses the most pressing challenges associated with metropolitan coordination and the coverage, quality and financial sustainability of service delivery. It also reveals a number of spatial inequalities associated with inadequate provision, which may perpetuate poverty and other inequalities. Metropolitan Governance in Latin America will be valuable reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers tackling themes of urban planning, spatial inequality, public service provision and Latin American urban development.
Diálogos entre la economía, la cultura y el territorio
El presente libro recopila valiosas aportaciones de expertos en el área de las Industrias Culturales y Creativas (en adelante ICC), las cuales han cobrado una mayor importancia en las últimas dos décadas. Esto ha permitido, tanto a nivel internacional como en los gobiernos locales, observar actualmente que, año tras año, son más las ciudades que promueven o que incluyen en sus políticas públicas este tipo de industrias. No obstante, con todo esto aún son pocas las ciudades que se posicionan transversalmente a este tipo de industrias en sus planes de desarrollo en un escenario académico en el que el acercamiento a esta área completa más de siete décadas.
Los festivales en la pandemia: voces para la reconstrucción del entramado escénico iberoamericano
El encuentro de Festivales Iberoamericanos de Artes Escénicas (EFíbero) nació como un proyecto especial en el seno del Programa Iberescena, único espacio de cooperación intergubernamental destinado al desarrollo del teatro, la danza y el circo en la región cultural iberoamericana. Desde su creación en 2006 este programa ha sido un espacio de enorme potencial para darle un impulso destacado al sector, como lo han sido también los organismos destinados al impulso específico de la actividad teatral en diversos países de la región. No solo Argentina cuenta con un Instituto dedicado específicamente al fomento de la actividad teatral: varios países latinoamericanos han creado también sus propios organismos estatales con la misma dirección. Sin embargo, la falta de evaluación de las políticas implementadas ha sido uno de los grandes déficits de estos ejemplos de gestión pública.
Especialización productiva de Tunja con miras a la promoción de la inversión
En este libro se aplica una metodología mixta para identificar las actividades económicas que podrían fomentarse como especialización o vocación productiva del Municipio de Tunja y a partir de ellas, establecer las acciones y los proyectos que permitirán lograr objetivos de atracción de inversión, inserción en el contexto internacional, asociatividad en cadena o clústeres y generar el empleo que requiere el territorio. En un primer capítulo se analizan algunos antecedentes; en el segundo se trabajan los datos de los últimos años para identificar las actividades eficientes en indicadores de productividad, competitividad y bienestar; el tercer capítulo habla de las expectativas de empresarios tunjanos con respecto a la inversión y potencial especialización del municipio; la cuarta parte define las actividades estratégicas recomendadas para promover la especialización productiva, así como las iniciativas y recomendaciones para desarrollarlas.
Metropolitan Economic Development
Metropolitan areas are home to a significant proportion of the world’s population and its economic output. Taking Mexico as a case study and weaving in comparisons from Latin America and developed countries, this book explores current trends and policy issues around urbanisation, metropolisation, economic development and city-region governance. Despite their fundamental economic relevance, the analysis and monitoring of metropolitan economies in Mexico and other countries in the Global South under a comparative perspective are relatively scarce. This volume contains empirical analysis based on comparative perspectives with relation to international experiences. It will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and policymakers in urban policy, urban economics, regional studies, economic geography and Latin American studies.
The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation
In this handbook, a group of 40 scholars and practitioners from some 30 countries takes a critical look at the contemporary practice of diplomacy. Many assume diplomacy evolves naturally, and that state- and non-state actors are powerless to make significant changes. But Diplomacy’s methods, its key institutions and conventions were agreed more than six decades ago. None take account of the opportunities and vulnerabilities presented by the Internet. Diplomacy is now a neglected global issue.The COVID pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine have highlighted some of the problems of diplomatic dysfunction. Beyond identifying current problems diplomacy is facing, the book also seeks to identify some practical options for reform and innovation. How might a process of reform be agreed and implemented? What role might the United Nations, regional organizations and Big Tech play? How can new norms of diplomatic behavior and methods be established in a multipolar, digital world where diplomacy is seen as less and less effective?
20th European Symposium of Computer Aided Process Engineering
ESCAPE-20 is the most recent in a series of conferences that serves as a forum for engineers, scientists, researchers, managers and students from academia and industry to present and discuss progress being made in the area of "Computer Aided Process Engineering" (CAPE). CAPE covers computer-aided methods, algorithms and techniques related to process and product engineering. The ESCAPE-20 scientific program reflects the strategic objectives of the CAPE Working Party: to check the status of historically consolidated topics by means of their industrial application and to evaluate their emerging issues. - Includes a CD that contains all research papers and contributions - Features a truly international scope, with guest speakers and keynote talks from leaders in science and industry - Presents papers covering the latest research, key topical areas, and developments in computer-aided process engineering (CAPE)
The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant
The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant examines what it means to be a public servant in today’s world(s) where globalisation and neoliberalism have proliferated the number of actors who contribute to the public purpose sector and created new spaces that public servants now operate in. It considers how different scholarly approaches can contribute to a better understanding of the identities, motivations, values, roles, skills, positions and futures for the public servant, and how scholarly knowledge can be informed by and translated into value for practice. The book combines academic contributions with those from practitioners so that key lessons may be synthesised and translated into the context of the public servant.
Self Portrait in Green
'NDiaye is a hypnotic storyteller with an unflinching understanding of the rock-bottom reality of most people's life.' New York Times ' One of France's most exciting prose stylists.' The Guardian. Obsessed by her encounters with the mysterious green women, and haunted by the Garonne River, a nameless narrator seeks them out in La Roele, Paris, Marseille, and Ouagadougou. Each encounter reveals different aspects of the women; real or imagined, dead or alive, seductive or suicidal, driving the narrator deeper into her obsession, in this unsettling exploration of identity, memory and paranoia. Self Portrait in Green is the multi-prize winning, Marie NDiaye's brilliant subversion of the memoir. Written in diary entries, with lyrical prose and dreamlike imagery, we start with and return to the river, which mirrors the narrative by posing more questions than it answers.
