Operating a city

Author: Sheng Zhigang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: A city is a living, organic entity with abundant resources. City resources are valuable, and valuable resources can be managed under certain conditions. Managing a city involves treating it as an economic organization and implementing it through various projects. Each project can be independent or interconnected and cross-related. Managing a city is an extension of urban management but cannot replace it. This book explores urban management, overall urban image design, city management, input-output analysis, urban resource development, and government function optimization. It investigates several patterns of city management and presents a mathematical model for input-output analysis. It provides valuable reference for urban management professionals and students majoring in public administration, urban planning, and related fields at colleges and universities.