Leveraging the potential of Argentine cities : a framework for policy action / Elisa Muzzini, Beatriz Eraso Puig, Sebastian Anapolsky, Tara Lonnberg and Viviana C. Mora.

Includes index.

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Authors' bios -- Overview -- Introduction -- Urbanization trends and spatial patterns -- Urbanization and growth -- Spatial demographic trends -- Economic trends -- Urban expansion patterns -- Diagnostics of city performance -- Territorial planning -- Municipal finance -- Housing -- Urban transport -- Local economic development -- Measuring prosperity and livability: spatial patterns of cities' performance -- Moving forward: a framework for action -- Priority I: Promote sustainable and efficient spatial development -- Priority II: Position municipalities as competent and accountable service providers -- Priority III: Encourage sustainable and efficient housing development -- Priority IV: Promote efficient, sustainable and equitable urban transport -- Priority V: Power the long-term economic growth of argentinian cities -- Table 12.1 Policy matrix: priorities, goals, and directions -- Appendix A. Argentina's regions, provinces and EPH agglomerations -- Appendix B. Estimating subnational GDP with night-time light data -- Appendix C. Livability and prosperity index methodology.

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