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    Outstanding Examples from Developing Countries and Their Implications for Urban Policy

    Edited by Yue Li, Martin Rama ...
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    With weak local government capacity hampering urbanization, entire cities led by private actors have emerged around the developing world. Building on a rigorous analytical framework, case studies of 14 outstanding private cities and inventories from four major economies help expose this reality, yielding new insights into urban policy. ... Read more

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    Inequality in South Asia appears to be moderate when looking at standard indicators, such as the Gini index, that are based on consumption expenditures per capita. But other pieces of evidence reveal enormous gaps, from extravagant wealth at one end to appalling human development outcomes at the other. Which prompts the question: How bad is inequality in South Asia? And why would that matter? ... Read more

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    A New Urban Development Paradigm Eastward

    Series series Directions in Development - Countries and Regions
    A unique strategic opportunity beckons Bangladesh. Dhaka, the economic powerhouse of the country, stands on the cusp of a dramatic transformation that could make it much more prosperous and livable. Today, Dhaka is prone to flooding, congestion, and messiness, to a point that is clogging its growth. But toward its east, where two major highway corridors will one day intersect, is a vast expanse of ... Read more

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  • Micro-Small Fixed-Wing UAV Control

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    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book focuses on the design and development of flight control for micro-small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The content is progressively deepened and closely linked to current engineering practices. By conducting an in-depth study of several key themes—such as UAV design, modeling, single-machine control and planning, swarm control and planning, and the development of visual ... Read more

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  • Private Cities

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  • Corruption and Anticorruption in Modern China

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  • Hierarchical Micro/Nanostructured Materials

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    Series series Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
    Hierarchical Micro/Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications presents the latest fabrication, properties, and applications of hierarchical micro/nanostructured materials in two sections-powders and arrays. After a general introduction to hierarchical micro/nanostructured materials, the first section begins with a detailed ... Read more

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