Urban Indicators for Managing Cities: Cities Data Book

Nowhere is the urban challenge more starkly evident than in Asia. Many cities lack data and information on urban conditions and trends, which has undermined their ability to understand and manage the complex forces of urban growth and change.

The 460-page Cities Data Book explores the theory, development and application of urban indicator systems for improved urban management and performance measurement, and presents the findings from a pilot exercise undertaken in 18 cities in the Asia and Pacific region. The book provides a detailed approach to applying the policy-based urban indicator system in other cities for improved urban management.

Contents

Terms and Abbreviations, Foreword, and Preface [ PDF: 142kb | 12 pages ]

I. Urban Indicators for Asia’s Cities: From Theory to Practice [ PDF: 205kb | 14 pages ]

1. 1. The Theoretical Problem
   2. Applying the Theory: Measuring Human Development
   3. Realities of the Contemporary Asian City
   4. Interpreting the Cities Data Book

II. Urban Indicators and the Management of Cities [ PDF: 121kb | 22 pages ]

1. 1. Data Collection
   2. Urban Indicators Frameworks
   3. Selection of CDB Urban Indicators
   4. Digital Information and the Internet

III. The CDB Process: Developing and Applying Urban Indicators [ PDF: 272kb | 10 pages ]

1. 1. A Toolkit for Urban Managers
   2. The Case Study of Asiaville
   3. Linking Urban Indicators to City Goals
   4. Follow-on Work, Replication and Scaling Up

IV. The CDB Database [ PDF: 987kb | 82 pages ]

1. 1. Urban Indicators
   2. Summary Tables of Urban Indicator Data

V. Comparing the Cities Data Base [ PDF: 272kb | 20 pages ]

1. 1. The Context of the Cities Data Book
   2. Developing A Framework For Analysis
   3. Data Comparisons
   4. Towards Sustainable Cities

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