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Management of Human Settlements in Developing Countries: Case Studies in the Application of Microcomputers [Pehme köide]

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Originally published in 1990 this book covers Jamaica, Tunisia, Malaysia, India, Mauritius, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus and Panama. Combining an emphasis on actual practice with an awareness of the wider implications of the use of high tech in developing countries, it looks at how computers can be a force for change.



Originally published in 1990 and unique in terms of diversity and extent, this book covers a wide geographical area, including Jamaica, Tunisia, Malaysia, India, Mauritius, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus and Panama. Combining an emphasis on actual practice with an awareness of the wider implications of the use of high tech in developing countries, it looks at how computers can be a force for change. The book looks at more than twenty case studies of the use of personal computers for the planning and management of human settlements in developing countries.

1. Part 1: Getting Started
1. Preparing for a Consultant (Jamaica)
2.
Now or Later? (Trinidad and Tobago)
3. Assessing the Plan (Tunisia)
4. Taking
Delivery (Abu Dhabi, UAE) Part 2: Computer Applications
5. An Embarrassment
of Choices (Burma)
6. Physical Planning Applications (Yemen)
7. Social
Planning Applications (Malaysia)
8. Management Applications (Thailand) Part
3: Information Systems
9. Data Arent Everything (Indonesia)
10. Top-Down
Versus Bottom-Up Design (India)
11. Data Banks and Information Systems
(Philippines)
12. A Land Management Information System (Mauritius) Part 4:
Institutional Factors
13. Identifying User Needs (Bahrain)
14. Setting
Priorities (Turkey)
15. Increasing Productivity (Swaziland)
16. Improving
Computer Use (Jordan)
17. Building Institutional Capacity (Sri Lanka)
18.
Maintaining The Balance of Power (Cyprus)
19. Computers and Decentralization
(Mexico)
20. Computers and Development (Panama).
Timothy J. Cartwright