How Long to Read Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries

How Long Does it Take to Read Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries by Dominique Lorrain

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Description

Megacities are a new phenomenon in history. The fact that many of them are in emerging countries deepens the challenges of governing these spaces. Can these vast, complex entities, rife with inequalities and divisions, be governed effectively? For researchers, the answer has often been no. The approach developed in this work focuses on the material city and its institutions and shows that, without recourse to a big new theory, urban leaders have devised mechanisms of ordinary government. They have done so through the resolution of practical and essential problems: providing electricity, drinking water, sanitation, transportation. Three findings emerge from this book. Infrastructure networks help to structure cities and function as mechanisms of cohesion. Megacities become more governable if there is a legitimate authority capable of making choices. Finally, anarchic urbanisation has its roots in systems of land ownership, in inadequate urban planning and in the practices of developers and local actors. In the originality of its hypotheses and the precision of the analyses carried out in the four case study cities of Shanghai, Mumbai, Cape Town and Santiago de Chile, this work is addressed to all those interested in the life of cities: politicians, local and central government officials, executives in urban companies, researchers and students.

How long is Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries?

Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries by Dominique Lorrain is 346 pages long, and a total of 88,576 words.

This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries aloud.

What Reading Level is Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries?

Governing Megacities in Emerging Countries is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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