Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers
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Issues in this Series
Cities and Security: A Risk Factor Approach
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 36), 2001.
Water for Big Cities: Big Problems, Easy Solutions?
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 35), 2001
Governance, Urban Environment, and the Growing Role of Civil Society
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 34), 2000. PDF: 133KB/18 pages
Urban Violence in São Paulo
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 33), 2000. PDF: 196KB/32 pages
Challenging Traditional Participation in Brazil: The Goals of Participatory Budgeting
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 32), 1999. PDF: 95KB/15 pages
Urbanization and Security
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 31), 1999. PDF: 158KB/25 pages
Local Dynamism and the Governance of Washington, D.C.: A Study on the Scope of Civil Society-State Engagement
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 30), 1999. PDF: 126KB/20 pages
Modes of Low-Income Housing Provision in Washington, D.C.: A Comparative Look at Policymaking for Developing Countries
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 29), 1999. PDF: 140KB/30 pages
Public Housing in Washington, D.C.: With Moscow in Mind
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 28), 1999. PDF: 149KB/24 pages
The Legacy of Habitat: Issues of Governance
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 27), 1999. PDF: 66KB/9 pages
Territorial Exclusion and Violence: The Case of São Paulo, Brazil
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 26), 1999. PDF: 1MB/38 pages
State and Local Approaches to Poverty in Washington, D.C.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1999. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 25). PDF: 99KB/16 pages
Yet Another Transition? Urbanization, Class Formation, and the End of the National Liberation Struggle in South Africa
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1999. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 24). PDF: 153KB, 31 pages
Overcoming the Trauma of Transition: Trends and Changes on the Threshold of the 21st Century
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1999. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 23). PDF: 194KB/32 pages
Population, Urbanization, Environment, and Security: A Summary of the Issues
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1999. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 22). PDF: 126KB/23 pages
Secondary Cities in West Africa: The Challenge for Environmental Health and Prevention
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1999. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 21). PDF: 279KB/27 pages
Participatory Urban Environmental Management: The Case of Ahmedabad, India
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1999. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 20).
The Russian Provincial City: Key Elements of the Structure of Life
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 19).
Small Ships on a Global Sea: Local Democracy in a Turbulent Age
Washington, D.C.:Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 18).
Organized Crime: Its Influence on International Security and Urban Community Life in the Industrial Cities of the Urals
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 17). PDF: 117KB/22 pages
Urban Research in the Developing World: From Governance to Security
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 16). PDF: 102KB/23 pages
Environmental and Social Stress Factors, Governance, and Small Arms Availability: The Potential For Conflict in Urban Areas
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 15). PDF: 91KB/28 pages
Can U.N. Conferences Promote Poverty Reduction? A Review of the Istanbul Declaration
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 14). PDF: 120KB/25 pages
Mayoral Leadership and Interest Group Politics: School Reform in Baltimore
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 13). PDF: 60.4KB/22 pages
External Actors and the Boston Public Schools: The Courts, the Business Community, and the Mayor
(Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series;12). PDF: 84.5KB/20 pages
Building Conditions for Sustainable School Reform in the District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 11). PDF: 132KB/24 pages
Poverty and Social Policies in the United States and Mexico: The Cases of Washington, D.C. and Mexico City
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1997. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 10). PDF: 107KB/35 pages
Space and Culture in Washington, DC: A Capital in Search of a City
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1997. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 9). PDF: 106KB/30 pages
Race, Class and the Political Mobilization of the Poor: Ghettos in New York and Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1997. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 8)
Stillborn Environments: The New Soviet Town of the 1960s and Urban Life in Russia Today
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1995. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 7)
The Bratislava-Vienna Development Corridor Region: Slovakia's Development Prospects
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1995.(Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 6)
Urban Impacts of Economic Globalization
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1995. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 5)
Global Forces and the Future of the Latin American City
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1994. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 4)
Urban Mobilization of Private Capital: A Cross-National Comparison
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1994. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 3)
São Paulo's Master Plan, 1989-92: The Politics of Urban Space
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1994. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 2)
New York: The Fate of a World City?
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1993. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Paper Series; 1)