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245 00 $aStreet addressing and the management of cities /$cby Catherine Farvacque-Vitković, Lucien Godin, Hugues Leroux, Florence Verdet and Roberto Chavez.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bWorld Bank,$c2005.
300 $axvi, 264 pages :$bcolor illustrations, color maps ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aDirections in development
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tWhat is street addressing and why is it necessary? -- $g2.$tStreet addressing applications -- $g3.$tStreet addressing practices -- $g4.$tStreet addressing manual -- $gAnnex 1.$tTerms of reference for tax registers -- $gAnnex 2.$tToponymy Commission - Burkina Faso -- $gAnnex 3.$tCameroon : naming of streets and public squares in cities -- $gAnnex 4.$tTracking and monitoring addressing operations -- $gAnnex 5.$tPurchase of supplies and materials for street addressing -- $gAnnex 6.$tPreparing the address map : aerial photography -- $gAnnex 7.$tPreparing address and signage maps -- $gAnnex 8.$tPrinting the address map and street index -- $gAnnex 9.$tInstalling addressing materials.
520 1 $a"As cities in developing countries have confronted demographic explosion, urban management has become all the more challenging amid the current trend toward decentralization. With little experience in urban management, local governments have often been unable to develop the resources they need to deal with urban growth. Against this backdrop, systems for identifying streets, buildings, and plots have simply been unable to keep up with the pace of urbanization. As a result, 50 percent or more of the city streets in these countries have no names or addresses. The problem is particularly acute in the poorest neighborhoods." "This creates a worrisome predicament for urban services. With no system of coordinates and no baseline information, how do you find your way around a constantly growing city? How do you dispatch ambulances, firefighters, and law enforcement personnel quickly? How do you send mail and messages to homes? How do you locate urban facilities and infrastructure and maintain them? How do you pinpoint breakdowns in water, electricity, and telephone systems? How do you improve on-site collection of water and electricity bills? How do you set up an efficient system for local taxes?" "The World Bank has actively contributed to the "thinking" on urban issues through specific urban strategies and the implementation of urban development projects. A 1997 World Bank publication, The Future of African Cities, mapped out the key issues raised by Africa's increasing urbanization and identified street addressing as one of the key tools for urban management. This manual is the logical successor to the "toolbox" introduced in 1997. Produced jointly by the World Bank and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it reviews the role of street addressing within the array of urban management tools and explores the links between addressing and civic identity, urban information systems, support for municipal services, tax systems, land management and tenure issues, slum upgrading, support for concessionary services, and economic development. It also outlines current and future applications, highlights practices in many African countries, and offers a methodological guide for implementing street addressing initiatives that can be used in any country."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aStreet addresses$zAfrica.
650 0 $aCity planning$zAfrica.
650 0 $aMunicipal government$zAfrica.
650 0 $aUrbanization$zAfrica.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113136
650 0 $aRural roads$zAfrica$xIdentification.
700 1 $aFarvacque-Vitković, Catherine.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84186191
710 2 $aWorld Bank.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043403
830 0 $aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94026118
852 00 $boff,bus$hHT169.A35$iS87 2005g