Finance for City Leaders Handbook

Finance for City Leaders Handbook

Author: Marco Kamiya

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789211327663

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Cities are a driving force of the 21st century. Through bringing large numbers of people into close proximity, they spark economic growth, foster innovation, and generate prosperity. But they face the pressing challenges of creating a livable environment for their residents, enabling economic activity that benefits all citizens, and fostering urban development that is environmentally sustainable, equitable, and resilient to disruptive forces. Finance for City Leaders presents an up-to-date, comprehensive, and in-depth analysis of the challenges posed by rapid urbanization and the various financing tools municipalities have at their disposal. By providing city leaders with a wide array of financing solutions that emphasize sustainability, inclusion, and financial autonomy, this publication contributes to the growing conversation on how cities can look inward to finance major capital expenditures, infrastructure maintenance and operation, and public services.


Urban Public Finance

Urban Public Finance

Author: Amit Singh Sisodiya

Publisher: SBS Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9788131427422

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CONTENTS: Urban Public Finance; An Introduction; Trends in Municipal Finances in India; The Impact of Municipal Finance & Governance on Urban Sprawl; Financing Urban Infrastructure: Innovative Financial Instruments for Cities; Unconventional Methods of Financing Urban Development: The Role of Public-Private Partnership (PPP); Expanding Local Government Resources for Capital Projects through Municipal Borrowing & other Market-Based Financing; Local Government Finance in India: Trends & Patterns of Select Municipal Corporations; Innovative Financing of Urban Infrastructure in India through Market-based Financing & Public-Private Partnership; Public Finance Challenges for Chinese Urban Development; Local Revenue Mobilization in Urban Settings in Africa.


Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance

Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance

Author: Craig L. Johnson

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-09-06

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 1800372965

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This timely Research Handbook explores the handling of city and municipal finances in the 21st century. It examines the impact of the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic on cities and municipalities, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and avenues for future progress in city and municipal financial management.


Unlocking Land Values to Finance Urban Infrastructure

Unlocking Land Values to Finance Urban Infrastructure

Author: George E. Peterson

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 0821377108

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Land-based financing of urban infrastructure is growing in importance in the developing world. Why is it so difficult to finance urban infrastructure investment, when land values typically increase by more than the cost of investment? Unlocking Land Values to Finance Urban Infrastructure examines the theory underlying different instruments of land-based finance, such as betterment levies, developer exactions, impact fees, and the exchange of publicly owned land assets for infrastructure. It provides a wealth of case-study illustrations of how different land-based financing tools have been implemented, and the lessons learned from these experiences. This practical guide is designed to help expand the role of land-based financing in urban capital budgets in a way that strengthens urban infrastructure finance and urban land markets.


Cities Under Stress

Cities Under Stress

Author: Robert W. Burchell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13:

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Cities can no longer meet service demands. Highways and water supply systems are increasingly inadequate; the quality of local health care and education has never been lower. These are problems which are germane to cities new or old, growing or declining, Sunbelt or Frostbelt.Thirty top urban affairs and municipal finance experts focus on the issues and approaches to the major financial problems facing cities in the 1980s. In these invited essays demographic changes, regional economic shifts, inflation, voter resistance and changing intergovernmental roles are viewed each for their impact on the capacity of cities to finance public services.The book is essential reading for city managers, business administrators, public officials, planners, planning board members and those interested in the future viability of American cities.