Basil Van Horen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1640911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Basil Van Horen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Basil |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Horen |
| SIGNATURE | VAN HOREN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Assessing the performance of urban water supply systems in providing potable water for the urban poor
Provision of adequate potable water for the urban poor is a serious problem in the developing world. There are many dimensions to be considered in assessing an urban water supply system's performance, yet no study to date includes all these dimensions together. This paper explores all the possible dimensions of an urban water supply system by which the system's performance can be assessed using an evaluation hierarchy of 'principles – criteria – …
Community water supply for the urban poor in developing countries
Strategic urban management in China
Building Institutional Capacity for the Upgrading of Barangay Commonwealth in Metro Manila
Upgrading is among the most effective interventions to address urban poverty, but weaknesses include outdated conceptual frameworks informing project design, and ineffective management by governance institutions. This paper examines the ingredients that need to be put in place during upgrading to ensure the continuity of the settlement improvement process. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section introduces urban upgrading, hig…
Hanoi
Localizing a Global Discipline
In order to be relevant and useful in a fragmented developing country context, community and regional planning needs to shift away from the use of rigid tools to more flexible, adaptive approaches. An international review of planning curricula indicated a widespread consensus with respect to key competencies required of planners. This understanding was used in the development of new teaching programs at three Sri Lankan universities. Complementin…
Fragmented coherence
Notwithstanding the increasingly fragmented organizational relationships within Colombo's urban governance system, the cooperative nature of stakeholder relationships lends a high level of coherence to the overall system. Since 1995, Colombo's solid waste management system has been characterized by the increased role of the private sector, community-based organizations and NGOs. Whilst the increasingly fragmented nature of this system exhibits so…
City Profile
Planning for institutional capacity building in war-torn areas
Developing community-based watershed management in Greater São Paulo
This paper describes how watershed protection is being combined with settlement upgrading and land-use management within an area that serves as one of Greater São Paulo’s main sources of fresh water. This is being undertaken in the municipality of Santo André. Unlike previous watershed protection measures, which proved ineffective, it recognizes the need to combine the protection of water-sheds with the improvement of conditions in existing settl…
Developing community-based watershed management in Greater São Paulo
Informal Settlement Upgrading
In order for informal settlement upgrading to build the institutions necessary to ensure continuity of the improvement process, planners must move beyond a narrow concern with legality and illegality. Upgrading should comprise a gradation of strategies that legitimize and integrate aspects of settlements' de facto institutions into the planning process. In so doing, it is possible to contribute to legal regulatory frameworks that are more appropr…
Strategic urban management in China
Hanoi
Informal Settlement Upgrading
In order for informal settlement upgrading to build the institutions necessary to ensure continuity of the improvement process, planners must move beyond a narrow concern with legality and illegality. Upgrading should comprise a gradation of strategies that legitimize and integrate aspects of settlements' de facto institutions into the planning process. In so doing, it is possible to contribute to legal regulatory frameworks that are more appropr…
Community water supply for the urban poor in developing countries
Fragmented coherence
Notwithstanding the increasingly fragmented organizational relationships within Colombo's urban governance system, the cooperative nature of stakeholder relationships lends a high level of coherence to the overall system. Since 1995, Colombo's solid waste management system has been characterized by the increased role of the private sector, community-based organizations and NGOs. Whilst the increasingly fragmented nature of this system exhibits so…
Building Institutional Capacity for the Upgrading of Barangay Commonwealth in Metro Manila
Upgrading is among the most effective interventions to address urban poverty, but weaknesses include outdated conceptual frameworks informing project design, and ineffective management by governance institutions. This paper examines the ingredients that need to be put in place during upgrading to ensure the continuity of the settlement improvement process. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section introduces urban upgrading, hig…
City Profile
Developing community-based watershed management in Greater São Paulo
This paper describes how watershed protection is being combined with settlement upgrading and land-use management within an area that serves as one of Greater São Paulo’s main sources of fresh water. This is being undertaken in the municipality of Santo André. Unlike previous watershed protection measures, which proved ineffective, it recognizes the need to combine the protection of water-sheds with the improvement of conditions in existing settl…
Localizing a Global Discipline
In order to be relevant and useful in a fragmented developing country context, community and regional planning needs to shift away from the use of rigid tools to more flexible, adaptive approaches. An international review of planning curricula indicated a widespread consensus with respect to key competencies required of planners. This understanding was used in the development of new teaching programs at three Sri Lankan universities. Complementin…
Planning for institutional capacity building in war-torn areas
Assessing the performance of urban water supply systems in providing potable water for the urban poor
Provision of adequate potable water for the urban poor is a serious problem in the developing world. There are many dimensions to be considered in assessing an urban water supply system's performance, yet no study to date includes all these dimensions together. This paper explores all the possible dimensions of an urban water supply system by which the system's performance can be assessed using an evaluation hierarchy of 'principles – criteria – …
Informal Settlement Upgrading
In order for informal settlement upgrading to build the institutions necessary to ensure continuity of the improvement process, planners must move beyond a narrow concern with legality and illegality. Upgrading should comprise a gradation of strategies that legitimize and integrate aspects of settlements' de facto institutions into the planning process. In so doing, it is possible to contribute to legal regulatory frameworks that are more appropr…
Developing community-based watershed management in Greater São Paulo
This paper describes how watershed protection is being combined with settlement upgrading and land-use management within an area that serves as one of Greater São Paulo’s main sources of fresh water. This is being undertaken in the municipality of Santo André. Unlike previous watershed protection measures, which proved ineffective, it recognizes the need to combine the protection of water-sheds with the improvement of conditions in existing settl…
Developing community-based watershed management in Greater São Paulo
City Profile
Planning for institutional capacity building in war-torn areas
Localizing a Global Discipline
In order to be relevant and useful in a fragmented developing country context, community and regional planning needs to shift away from the use of rigid tools to more flexible, adaptive approaches. An international review of planning curricula indicated a widespread consensus with respect to key competencies required of planners. This understanding was used in the development of new teaching programs at three Sri Lankan universities. Complementin…
Fragmented coherence
Notwithstanding the increasingly fragmented organizational relationships within Colombo's urban governance system, the cooperative nature of stakeholder relationships lends a high level of coherence to the overall system. Since 1995, Colombo's solid waste management system has been characterized by the increased role of the private sector, community-based organizations and NGOs. Whilst the increasingly fragmented nature of this system exhibits so…
Building Institutional Capacity for the Upgrading of Barangay Commonwealth in Metro Manila
Upgrading is among the most effective interventions to address urban poverty, but weaknesses include outdated conceptual frameworks informing project design, and ineffective management by governance institutions. This paper examines the ingredients that need to be put in place during upgrading to ensure the continuity of the settlement improvement process. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section introduces urban upgrading, hig…
Hanoi
Strategic urban management in China
Assessing the performance of urban water supply systems in providing potable water for the urban poor
Provision of adequate potable water for the urban poor is a serious problem in the developing world. There are many dimensions to be considered in assessing an urban water supply system's performance, yet no study to date includes all these dimensions together. This paper explores all the possible dimensions of an urban water supply system by which the system's performance can be assessed using an evaluation hierarchy of 'principles – criteria – …
Community water supply for the urban poor in developing countries
Geography (11 works) · Economics (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Environmental planning (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Politics (5 works)