Decentralisation and Regional Development : Experiences and Lessons from Four Continents over Three Decades - Dick, Eva.; Gaesing, Karin; Inkoom, Daniel; Kausel, Teodoro; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
Editorial -- Preface -- Theoretical reflections on Ghana's decentralisation: Increasing discretional funding through the District Development Facility -- Decentralisation and local economic development promotion at the district level in Ghana -- Levelling the gradients - planning for equivalent standards of living, the German experience -- Decentralisation in the German context: An assessment of governance actors and approaches from below -- Decentralisation and urban governance: Trends and lessons from cities in Tanzania -- Decentralisation of municipal servicing in Tanzania: Opportunities and challenges -- Analysis and lessons from decentralisation and its implications to local environmental planning and management in the Philippines -- Assessing the effectiveness of the decentralisation policy on disaster risk reduction and management: The case of Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines -- Smarter money for smarter cities: How regional currencies can help to promote a decentralised and sustainable regional development. .
Keywords: Regional planning; Urban planning; Regional economics; Spatial economics; Human geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Regional/Spatial Science; Human Geography