Since the 1990s, many of the 2,842 Swiss municipalities have reached their performance
limits when fulfilling their tasks. As a response to this problem, different reforms have been …

It is widely recognized that many cost-efficient opportunities to employ end-use energy
efficiency measures exist in countries in transition (CITs) and that municipal authorities have …

1.1 Fiscal decentralization: International comparisons for the 2000s 11 3.1 Basic urban and
institutional profiles 59 3.2 Levels of government and administration 61 3.3 Decentralization …

In this paper we review several 'models' of governing structure found in metropolitan areas
around the world from a fiscal perspective. We evaluate how different models achieve …

Large metropolitan areas or city-regions differ from other urban or rural areas in large part
because of the size of their populations and because of the concentration of population …

The economic growth that has occurred in post-communist Romania has polarised society
and greatly increased existing inequalities. The aim of this paper is to investigate regional …

Although in most countries large cities and metropolitan areas are seldom treated very
differently than other local governments (Bahl 2011), in practice their expenditures are often …

Las grandes zonas metropolitanas son, en todo lugar, importantes generadores de empleo,
riqueza y crecimiento de la productividad. Más que esto, esas zonas parecen tener cada …

Models of Government Structure at the Local Level Page 1 FINAL DRAFT Models of
Government Structure at the Local Level by Enid Slack Enid Slack Consulting Inc. (eslack@esci.ca) …

A gestão metropolitana é um tema de interesse universal, já que muitas cidades estão
crescendo rapidamente e tornando-se áreas metropolitanas. Em um mundo essencialmente …