Toward an Urban Sector Strategy : Georgia's Evolving Urban System and its Challenges
This review analyzes the profile, trends and challenges of Georgia's changing urban landscape since independence in 1991 and provides policy suggestions to facilitate the economic transition of the country through its cities. In its analysis a...
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ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADEQUATE HOUSING APARTMENT BUILDINGS APARTMENTS ARCHITECTURE ARMED CONFLICT AUTONOMY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BIG CITIES BIG CITY BRAIN DRAIN BUFFER ZONES BUILDING CODES BUILDING INDUSTRY BUILDING PERMITS CAPITAL CITIES CENSUSES CITIES ALLIANCE CITIZENS CITY CENTERS CITY DEVELOPMENT CITY LEADERS CITY PLANNING CIVIL UNREST COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SERVICES CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT CONSTRUCTION PERMITS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISPLACED PERSONS DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICTS DWELLING EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC TRANSITION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY EQUALIZATION ETHNIC MINORITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOMEOWNERS HOTEL HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING SHORTAGE HOUSING STOCK HOUSING UNITS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUITIES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INHABITANTS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LAND MANAGEMENT LAND REFORM LAND REGISTRATION LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEM LAND USE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARKET ECONOMY MAYORS METROPOLITAN AREAS METROPOLITAN CITIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DATA MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE MODERNIZATION MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL LEADERS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOODS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PHYSICAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION CHANGES POPULATION CONCENTRATION POPULATION DECLINE POPULATION DECREASE POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION GROWTH POPULOUS COUNTRY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC BUILDINGS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SERVICES REFUGEES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL PLANNING REGIONAL POPULATION RENTAL HOUSING REPATRIATION RESETTLEMENT RESIDENCES RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE SECTOR SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT PATTERNS SEWAGE SLUMS SMALL TOWNS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL PLANNING STATE UNIVERSITY SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAXATION TEMPORARY SHELTER TERTIARY EDUCATION TOURISM TOWNS TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY URBAN DWELLERS URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GROWTH URBAN GROWTH RATE URBAN INDICATORS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN PLANS URBAN POLICIES URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN REGENERATION URBAN SECTOR URBAN SECTOR STRATEGY URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN STRATEGY URBAN TRANSFORMATION URBAN TRANSITION URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS URBANIZED AREAS USER FEES UTILITIES VILLAGES WAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER SUPPLY ZONING |
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ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADEQUATE HOUSING APARTMENT BUILDINGS APARTMENTS ARCHITECTURE ARMED CONFLICT AUTONOMY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BIG CITIES BIG CITY BRAIN DRAIN BUFFER ZONES BUILDING CODES BUILDING INDUSTRY BUILDING PERMITS CAPITAL CITIES CENSUSES CITIES ALLIANCE CITIZENS CITY CENTERS CITY DEVELOPMENT CITY LEADERS CITY PLANNING CIVIL UNREST COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SERVICES CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT CONSTRUCTION PERMITS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISPLACED PERSONS DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICTS DWELLING EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC TRANSITION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY EQUALIZATION ETHNIC MINORITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOMEOWNERS HOTEL HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING SHORTAGE HOUSING STOCK HOUSING UNITS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUITIES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INHABITANTS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LAND MANAGEMENT LAND REFORM LAND REGISTRATION LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEM LAND USE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARKET ECONOMY MAYORS METROPOLITAN AREAS METROPOLITAN CITIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DATA MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE MODERNIZATION MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL LEADERS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOODS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PHYSICAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION CHANGES POPULATION CONCENTRATION POPULATION DECLINE POPULATION DECREASE POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION GROWTH POPULOUS COUNTRY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC BUILDINGS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SERVICES REFUGEES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL PLANNING REGIONAL POPULATION RENTAL HOUSING REPATRIATION RESETTLEMENT RESIDENCES RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE SECTOR SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT PATTERNS SEWAGE SLUMS SMALL TOWNS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL PLANNING STATE UNIVERSITY SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAXATION TEMPORARY SHELTER TERTIARY EDUCATION TOURISM TOWNS TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY URBAN DWELLERS URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GROWTH URBAN GROWTH RATE URBAN INDICATORS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN PLANS URBAN POLICIES URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN REGENERATION URBAN SECTOR URBAN SECTOR STRATEGY URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN STRATEGY URBAN TRANSFORMATION URBAN TRANSITION URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS URBANIZED AREAS USER FEES UTILITIES VILLAGES WAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER SUPPLY ZONING World Bank Toward an Urban Sector Strategy : Georgia's Evolving Urban System and its Challenges |
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This review analyzes the profile, trends
and challenges of Georgia's changing urban landscape
since independence in 1991 and provides policy suggestions
to facilitate the economic transition of the country through
its cities. In its analysis and subsequent recommendations
on policy interventions, this report draws on a program of
diagnostics called the 'Urbanization Review' (UR).
The UR diagnostic is based on three main pillars of urban
development which have emerged as key areas of policy
engagement for successful cities. These are: a) planning,
charting a course for cities by setting the terms of
urbanization, especially policies for using urban land and
expanding basic infrastructure and public services; b)
connecting, physically linking people to jobs, and
businesses to markets; and c) financing, raising and
leveraging up-front capital to meet the increasing demand
for infrastructure and services. In moving forward, the
review recommends that Georgia focus on: a) developing a
national urban strategy that recognizes the contribution of
each city to the overall economy, i.e. a 'systems of
cities' approach that can assist in reducing regional
disparities; b) assisting cities to develop urban plans,
including local economic development plans, c) reforming
building and planning codes; and d) assisting cities in
improving their local governance and finances. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Other Urban Study |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
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Toward an Urban Sector Strategy : Georgia's Evolving Urban System and its Challenges |
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Toward an Urban Sector Strategy : Georgia's Evolving Urban System and its Challenges |
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Toward an Urban Sector Strategy : Georgia's Evolving Urban System and its Challenges |
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Toward an Urban Sector Strategy : Georgia's Evolving Urban System and its Challenges |
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Toward an Urban Sector Strategy : Georgia's Evolving Urban System and its Challenges |
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toward an urban sector strategy : georgia's evolving urban system and its challenges |
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Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-178672021-04-23T14:03:40Z Toward an Urban Sector Strategy : Georgia's Evolving Urban System and its Challenges World Bank ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADEQUATE HOUSING APARTMENT BUILDINGS APARTMENTS ARCHITECTURE ARMED CONFLICT AUTONOMY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BIG CITIES BIG CITY BRAIN DRAIN BUFFER ZONES BUILDING CODES BUILDING INDUSTRY BUILDING PERMITS CAPITAL CITIES CENSUSES CITIES ALLIANCE CITIZENS CITY CENTERS CITY DEVELOPMENT CITY LEADERS CITY PLANNING CIVIL UNREST COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SERVICES CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT CONSTRUCTION PERMITS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISPLACED PERSONS DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICTS DWELLING EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC TRANSITION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY EQUALIZATION ETHNIC MINORITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOMEOWNERS HOTEL HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING SHORTAGE HOUSING STOCK HOUSING UNITS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUITIES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INHABITANTS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LAND MANAGEMENT LAND REFORM LAND REGISTRATION LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEM LAND USE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARKET ECONOMY MAYORS METROPOLITAN AREAS METROPOLITAN CITIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DATA MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE MODERNIZATION MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL LEADERS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOODS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PHYSICAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION CHANGES POPULATION CONCENTRATION POPULATION DECLINE POPULATION DECREASE POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION GROWTH POPULOUS COUNTRY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC BUILDINGS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SERVICES REFUGEES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL PLANNING REGIONAL POPULATION RENTAL HOUSING REPATRIATION RESETTLEMENT RESIDENCES RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE SECTOR SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT PATTERNS SEWAGE SLUMS SMALL TOWNS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL PLANNING STATE UNIVERSITY SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAXATION TEMPORARY SHELTER TERTIARY EDUCATION TOURISM TOWNS TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY URBAN DWELLERS URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GROWTH URBAN GROWTH RATE URBAN INDICATORS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN PLANS URBAN POLICIES URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN REGENERATION URBAN SECTOR URBAN SECTOR STRATEGY URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN STRATEGY URBAN TRANSFORMATION URBAN TRANSITION URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS URBANIZED AREAS USER FEES UTILITIES VILLAGES WAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER SUPPLY ZONING This review analyzes the profile, trends and challenges of Georgia's changing urban landscape since independence in 1991 and provides policy suggestions to facilitate the economic transition of the country through its cities. In its analysis and subsequent recommendations on policy interventions, this report draws on a program of diagnostics called the 'Urbanization Review' (UR). The UR diagnostic is based on three main pillars of urban development which have emerged as key areas of policy engagement for successful cities. These are: a) planning, charting a course for cities by setting the terms of urbanization, especially policies for using urban land and expanding basic infrastructure and public services; b) connecting, physically linking people to jobs, and businesses to markets; and c) financing, raising and leveraging up-front capital to meet the increasing demand for infrastructure and services. In moving forward, the review recommends that Georgia focus on: a) developing a national urban strategy that recognizes the contribution of each city to the overall economy, i.e. a 'systems of cities' approach that can assist in reducing regional disparities; b) assisting cities to develop urban plans, including local economic development plans, c) reforming building and planning codes; and d) assisting cities in improving their local governance and finances. 2014-04-16T21:14:35Z 2014-04-16T21:14:35Z 2013-02-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/19319449/georgia-urbanization-review-toward-urban-sector-strategy-georgias-evolving-urban-system-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17867 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Urban Study Europe and Central Asia Georgia |