| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 106 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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World Bank e-Library.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Currency, Abbreviations, and Definitions; Summary; Chapter 1. Introduction: Background, Scope, and Methods; Chapter 2. Development Context: Governmental, Socioeconomic, and Local Profile; Chapter 3. Land and Housing; Chapter 4. Water Supply; Chapter 5. Municipal Roads and Public Transportation; Chapter 6. Solid Waste Management; Chapter 7. Heating; Chapter 8. Electricity; Chapter 9. Education and Health Services; Chapter 10. Conclusion; Endnotes; Appendixes; References; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
The sustainable development of "ger" areas in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, is one of the critical development issues facing the country. The ger areas host 60% of the population of Ulaanbaatar, and they have expanded 35 times larger than the original center of the city. Provision of basic services (e.g. heating and water supply) is very limited or non-existent in ger areas. The lack of basic public services resulted in air and water pollution as well as serious health risks to residents. The government tries to control expansion of the city, particularly ger areas, but its policy practices have been inconsistent. These inconsistent actions are, in part, a result of limited awareness and understanding by the general public, as well as by the policy makers, of the public costs of their actions. There is high susceptibility to ad-hoc behaviors that place premiums on short-term private gains over long-term value-creation in public goods. Many supporting mechanisms, including land valuation and taxation, have not yet been developed to create incentives for long-term value creation. Managing Urban Expansion in Mongolia: Best Practices in Scenario-Based Urban Planning aims at helping policy makers and citizens of Ulaanbaatar to improve their understanding of the consequences of their choices of policies and practices. Specifically, it intends to provide clear cost and benefit implications of three different development paths (central, mid-tier, and fringe gers) for seven sectors (land and housing, water supply, roads and public transport, heating, electricity, solid waste, and social services). The report is a best practice in urban planning exercise which provides useful information that can apply for other big cities |
| Analysis |
Urban planning -- Mongolia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
City planning -- Mongolia -- Ulaanbaatar
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
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City planning
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Städtebau.
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Stadtentwicklung.
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Mongolia -- Ulaanbaatar
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Ulan Bator.
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Mongolei.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kamata, Takuya
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World Bank.
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| LC no. |
2010013121 |
| ISBN |
9780821383155 |
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0821383159 |
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0821383140 |
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9780821383148 |
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1282645390 |
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9781282645394 |
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6612645393 |
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9786612645396 |
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