Title :
On Western Urban Governance
Author_Institution :
Public Manage. Dept., Beijing Inst. of Petrochem. Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
This paper analyzes the difference between traditional urban management mode and modern urban governance mode. It further discusses the characteristics of western urban governance, that is, advocating empowerment, emphasizing multi-governance system, focusing on process guiding and regional guiding in decision-making. Reasons for the changes in urban governance are further discussed in this paper, that is, competitions between cities have led to entrepreneurial government action. With the rise of non-governmental organization, the way that government makes policy has changed. Due to the advancement of the democratization, residents have involved in urban governance. The author also put forward her views on the enlightenment brought by western urban governance to city development of China at the end of this paper.
Keywords :
decision making; government policies; nonprofit organisations; socio-economic effects; town and country planning; China; decision making; democratization; entrepreneurial government; government policy; modern urban governance; multigovernance system; nongovernmental organization; regional guidance; traditional urban management; western urban governance; Cities and towns; Construction industry; Decision making; Economics; Government; Standards organizations;
Conference_Titel :
Internet Technology and Applications, 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5142-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5143-2
DOI :
10.1109/ITAPP.2010.5566478
