Urban Management and its role in Urban Development

Abstract

Urban management is one of the most important elements for urban development, as it is the essential support that the urban development leans on it, in order to achieve all the development goals. This research discusses the identification of urban management; also clarifies the processes of urban management for planning, coordinating, providing resources, putting projects and programs, developing, operating and maintaining, in order to achieve urban development goals. This research also discuss the tasks of urban management for provision of sanitation, disposal of wastes, transportation services, health services, security and safety services, energy, education services, telecommunications, housing, food, employment generation and protection of global climate changes in order to improve quality of life for urban areas dwellers. The research also displays the stages of urban management such as identification of the problems, determining the goals, developing policies and establishing organizations, putting strategies, executing projects and programs, and evaluating. Then the research shows the requirements of good urban management, and finally the research shows the urban management in Egypt by giving samples such as Badr city and Rehab city to demonstrate the strategy, the policy and the way of urban management in Egypt. The research resulted that a proper and correct urban management system helps to achieve urban development goals as it guarantees the optimal exploitation of natural and human resources for reaching the objectives of the society and provide better level of living and better Quality of Life for residences