The Globalisation of Urban Governance: Legal Perspectives on Sustainable Goal 11

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface
Part 1
	1. Introduction: The Globalisation of Urban Governance – Legal Perspectives on Sustainable Development Goal 11
		Sustainable Development Goal 11 and the Changing Dynamics of Urban Governance
		Key Concepts and Methodological Issues
		Main Research Questions
		The Structure of the Volume
		Bibliography
	2. Including Cities in the 2030 Agenda – A Review of the Post- 2015 Process
		Introduction and Background
		Sustainable Cities in the Post-2015 Process
		The Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report and Intergovernmental Negotiations
		Indicators for Measuring the SDGs
		Universality and Implementation
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	3. International Institutions and the City: Towards a Comparative Law of Glocal Governance
		Introduction: International Institutions and the “Glocal City”
		The International Institutional Law of Glocal Cities
		Legal Relationships Between International Institutions and Cities
		The Substance of International Norms: The Example of Informal Settlements
		The Comparative Law of Glocal Cities
		Conclusion: Judging Glocal Governance Law
		Bibliography
	4. City Limits: Sustainable Urban Governance in Planetary Infrastructural Regimes
		The Prospect of Sustainable Development
		State Politics of Circulation: Governing Infrastructural Regimes
		Contours of the Invisible State
		A Typology of State Functions
		Periodising Intervention Patterns
		The Imperial Infrastructural Regime
		The Fordist Infrastructural Regime
		The Planetary Infrastructure Regime
		Variations of the Invisible State
		Globalising urban sustainability
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part 2
	5. Funding and Good Financial Governance as Imperatives for Cities’ Pursuit of SDG 11
		Introduction
		International and African Regional Responses to Promoting Good Financial Governance
		Sources of Funding for Cities’ Pursuit of SDG 11
		The Case of South Africa
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	6. War and Peace in the City
		Introduction
		Twenty-first Century Cities – General Considerations
		Concluding Remarks and Outlook
		Notes
		Bibliography
	7. Ensuring Access to Public Space as a Dimension of “Safe Cities”: The Role of UN Entities in Shaping the Global Urban Governance Agenda
		Introduction
		Access to Safe Public Space in Sustainable Development Goal 11 and the New Urban Agenda
		Discharging Mandates or Shaping Global Agendas? United Nations Operational Activities Revisited
		Between Implied Powers and Organisational Independence? The Uncertain Status of UN Programmes and Funds
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	8. The Challenges of Cultural Diversity for Safe and Sustainable Cities
		Introduction
		Cultural Diversity as a Challenge to Urban Safety and Sustainable Development
		Local Government and Constitutionalism
		Meeting the Challenges: A Review of Judicial Approaches
		Seeking a Solution to the Unavoidable but Intractable Difficulties of Cultural Diversity
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part 3
	9. Global Goals and Urban Development: The Territorial Effects of Implementing the MDGs in Brazil
		Introduction
		Social Policy in Brazil and the Role of Local Governments
		The Role of Cities in Implementing the MDGs in Brazil
		The City of Rio de Janeiro and the MDGs: Sustainable Urban Development, Security and the Improvement of Slums
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	10. City Regions in Pursuit of SDG 11: Institutionalising Multilevel Cooperation in Gauteng, South Africa
		Introduction
		The International Normative Framework and the Nature of South Africa’s Multilevel Government
		The Gauteng City Region
		Fragmented Decision-making
		The Challenge of Cooperation Across Jurisdictional and Political Lines
		The Instruments for Integration
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	11. The Pursuit of SDG 11 Through the Lens of Integrated Development Planning
		Introduction
		Origins and Nature of Integrated Development Planning
		Envisioning Sustainable Cities in Terms of SDG 11
		Integrated Development Planning and the Pursuit of Urban Sustainability: Learning from the South African experience
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	12. Governance in the Smart City: Sketches of a Research Programme in Legal Theory
		Introduction
		Promises and Pitfalls of the Digitisation of Urban Governance
		Sketching a Legal Theoretical Research Agenda on Smart City Governance
		Outlook: Aspects of a Legal Theory of Inclusive Urban Governance
		Notes
		Bibliography
	13. The Tensions Between Local Resilience-Building and Transnational Action: US-Mexican Cooperation in Crime Affected Communities in Northern Mexico, and What this Tells Us about Global Urban Governance
		Introduction
		The Mérida Initiative and Its Fourth Pillar
		The Mérida Initiative’s Resilience Framing
		Local Resilience Building in Northern Mexico: Beyond Mérida?
		Concluding Remarks: Local Resilience as a Technique of Global (Urban) Governance
		Notes
		Bibliography
	14. Conclusion: Summary of Observations and Pointers for Future Research
		Scholarly Responses to the City-centric Shift in Global Policy
		The Globalisation of Good Urban Governance from a Legal Perspective: Some Observations
		A Future Research Agenda
		Bibliography
Index