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Urban Governance
Of Accessibility, Accountability, Transparency and Efficiency ...
So what is needed for good governance at the local level - considering that most problems, conflicts and risks have a strong local dimension?


Simply put, governance is the science of decision-making. The concept of governance refers to the complex set of values, norms, processes, and institutions by which society manages its development and resolves conflict, formally and informally. It involves the state, but also the civil society at the local, national, regional and global levels.

Governance at the Community Level Documents and Reports on Governance Programmes and Institutions working on Governance Mediation, Risk and Conflict in Governance What, indeed, is Governance??

Highlights of GDRC Research
  • Urban Governance - Need of the Day
  • Conflict Resolution in the Family
  • Special Feature: Leadership
  • Special Feature: Precautionary Principle
  • Special Feature: Gender and Governance
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    What is GDRC doing now?
    		 ; Currently, GDRC is looking at cities as "sustainable ecosystems". In order to reduce their ecological footprint, there are a number of step that urban residents need to take - to aim for a closed-loop recycling society.
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