Strengthening urban governance in the South through city-to-city cooperation: Towards an analytical framework

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-189

  Bontenbal, Marike C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

City to city cooperation; Institutional strengthening; Local government; North South partnerships; Participation; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CIVIL SOCIETY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; BENELUX; CENTRAL AMERICA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NICARAGUA; PERU; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60649094078     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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