POINT OF VIEW: What Is the Biggest Challenge in Managing Large Cities?

Three experts from Asia and Africa, shared their views on different ways to manage things well. According to Habitat for Humanity International area VP Matthew Maury, managing large cities in Africa continues to get more challenging as poor urban populations rapidly grow. As the independence spread...

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Published inFinance & Development Vol. 44; no. 3; p. 24
Main Authors Maury, Matthew, Mahbubani, Kishore, Ramanathan, Ramesh, Ramanathan, Swati
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington International Monetary Fund 01.09.2007
Subjects
Affordable housing
Cities
Ghettos
Guidelines
Housing needs
Infrastructure
Innovations
Low income groups
Population
Population growth
Urban planning
Urbanization
Asia
Africa
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Summary:Three experts from Asia and Africa, shared their views on different ways to manage things well. According to Habitat for Humanity International area VP Matthew Maury, managing large cities in Africa continues to get more challenging as poor urban populations rapidly grow. As the independence spread and new local governments took over urban management, city gates opened and the poor began relocating to unprepared cities. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy dean Kishore Mahbubani said urbanization is unstoppable. To succeed to becoming global centers, Asian cities will have to develop the right balance of strengths in "hardware" and "software" -- something few of them realize. Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy cofounders Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan said their comments are limited by their experiences in urban India. The operating term in the question is "managing." They prefer the term "governing" because it not only encompasses the function of managing but also locates it in a larger context.
ISSN:0015-1947
1564-5142