Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figure
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Introduction
Chapter 1: Studying Urban Governance
The Inquiry and Explanatory Factors
Urbanization: Past and Present
The Urban Political Economy
City Programs
Chapter 2: Coping with Urban Problems
Urban Mobility in Curitiba
Environmental Management
Curitiba: The Incremental Approach on Environmental Quality
Continuous Improvement: Curitiba's Approach to Integrative Urban Development
Chapter 3: Explaining Institutional Change
Public Entrepreneurs: Political Commitment and Urban Reform
Municipal Agencies: A Catalyst for Change
Genesis and Evolution of the IPPUC
Building Consensus Around Urban Visions
Coping with Discord
Chapter 4: What Has Ailed São Paulo?
From Village to Metropolis
Governance Strategies Adrift
Is it All About Planning?
Chapter 5: Lessons from the Urban Laboratory
Government, Politics and Urban Visions
Epilogue
Appendix I: Abridged Version of the 1965 Curitiba Master Plan
Appendix II: Illustrations
Bibliography
Index
