TY - BOOK AU - Zhang, Le-Yin TI - Managing the city: challenges and strategies in developing countries SN - 9780415661768 U1 - 338.9 PY - 2015/// CY - Oxon PB - Routledge KW - PL N1 - 1. Cities in the contemporary contexts -- 2. The purpose of managing the city economy -- 3. The developmental challenge for city managers -- 4. The nature of the city economy -- 5. The rationale and scope for city-level public interventions -- 6. Frequently used conceptual and theoretical frameworks -- 7. Making manufacturing work-- 8. Promoting exports of services -- 9. Exploring the potential of cities as transport junctions and logistics centres -- 10. Managing urban real estate -- 11. Tackling urban poverty -- 12. Exploiting low-carbon transition -- 13. Dealing with the informal urban economy -- 14. Formulating and evaluating a city development strategy -- 15. Safeguarding municipal finance -- 16. Investing in people -- 17. Developing appropriate infrastructure ER -