TY - BOOK AU - Miller, Michelle Ann AU - Bunnell , Tim TI - Asian cities in an era of decentralisation SN - 9780415705486 U1 - 306.09 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxon PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis KW - Local government -- Asia KW - Decentralization in government -- Asia N1 - 1. Introduction: Asian Cities in an Era of Decentralisation 2. Decentralisation, Power and Networked Governance Practices in Metro Manila 3. Fields of Gold: Empowering Local Officials to Catalyse Rural-to-urban Development in Tarlac Province, The Philippines 4. Decentralisation and Local Government Innovation in Providing Urban Services for the Poor in South and South-east Asia 5. Effective Decentralisation-Going beyond Reconciled Planning Scales and Capacities: The Need to Recognise Specific Socio-political Drivers 6. Urban Renewal, Fiscal Deficit and the Politics of Decentralisation: The Case of the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission in India 7. Parallel Structures of Decentralisation in the Mega City Context of Urban India: Participation or Exclusion? 8. Community Bus in Tokyo: Promoting Community Initiative through Decentralisation ER -