The Impact of Municipal Finance and Governance on Urban Sprawl
The Impact of Municipal Finance and Governance on Urban Sprawl

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Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

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If residents of the outlying areas are charged the higher marginal cost of services provided to them (the cost of resources to society of producing an additional unit of the good or service) and residents of the central, more densely populated areas are charged the lower marginal cost of services provided to them, the result will be an efficient pattern of development. [...] Where the benefits of services (such as water and sewers) to a particular property are not fully charged to it, the difference between the benefits and the costs will be capitalized into the land value. [...] The calculation of the development charge cannot be based on a level of service that exceeds the average level of service provided in the municipality over the last ten years. [...] In the absence of a development charge, the developer considers only the private costs and benefits of alternative locations and does not consider the impact of the development on the municipality's costs of providing services. [...] A development charge that is the same amount per unit regardless of the where the unit is located will not reflect the true costs of the development to the municipality and will not lead to efficient development decisions.

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.

The Land Use Implications of Alternative Municipal Financial Tools
The Land Use Implications of Alternative Municipal Financial Tools

Author: Enid Slack

Publisher: Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research,$c1993.

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 74

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The first section of this paper presents a model of local government finance based on the benefits received from local government services. It includes discussion of the role of local government and the appropriate financing tools to carry out this role. The second section reviews the sources of revenues used by municipal governments, outlines recent trends in the use of these revenues, and evaluates the extent to which these trends have been consistent with the benefit model of local finance. The third section reviews planning tools used by municipal governments, highlights recent trends in planning, and discusses the relationship between planning and municipal finance. The fourth section analyzes the impact on land use decisions of three sources of revenue currently used by Canadian municipalities: user fees, property taxes, and development charges. The fifth section considers the potential impact of two sources not currently used: site value taxes and land value capture taxes. The sixth section summarizes the findings and discusses the implications of using tax policy to achieve land use objectives.

The Challenge of Urban Government
The Challenge of Urban Government

Author: Mila Freire

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9780821347386

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Cities and towns are vital for the development of economic systems and social organisations. However, cities face tremendous challenges. They have to simultaneously attract business, provide a good livelihood for their inhabitants, generate enough resources to finance infrastructure and social needs, and take care of their poor. The Challenge of Urban Government: Policies and Practices looks at the consequences of globalisation on city management. This book focuses on the complex of issues generated in urban areas, such as the dynamics of metropolitan spaces, and the need to define strategic territory for operational and policy purposes. Some urgent challenges include how to handle spillovers across municipalities and the need to create a new city structure over an existing city to give the suburbs some elements of centrality. It examines the dynamics of governance and how to get stakeholders' participation in the government process.

The Municipal Financial Crisis
The Municipal Financial Crisis

Author: Mark Moses

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-01-06

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 3030878368

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City governments are going bankrupt. Even the ones that aren’t are often stuck in financial chaos. It is easy to blame pensions, poor leadership, or a bad economy. But the problems go much deeper. With decades of experience in local government, author Mark Moses showcases the inside world of the city decision-making process that has spawned these crises. It becomes clear: City governments are maxing out their budgets because they are trying to maximize services. This book, likely the most ambitious attempt by someone who has worked in government to radically examine the delivery of municipal services since 'Reinventing Government' was published more than 25 years ago, explores why city governments pursue an open-ended mission and why bailouts and trendy budgeting processes will be, at best, only temporary solutions. Of interest to current and future city council members, regional and state government officials, those covering city government, financial analysts, city management, and individuals and organizations interested in influencing city policy, this book argues that cities won’t thrive until city hall is disrupted.

State and Local Finances Under Pressure
State and Local Finances Under Pressure

Author: David L. Sjoquist

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9781781008522

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State and Local Finances under Pressure explores the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces. It explores how these multiple forces play out in terms of the changes state and local governments should and are likely to make. The contributors argue that state and local governments must make substantial changes and that failure to act is likely to result in adverse effects and increasing pressures for modifications that are more difficult to implement and more politically unpalatable. Without reform, state and local fiscal systems will grow increasingly out of sync with economic reality. The authors suggest that government responses are likely to be evolutionary, but that in 25 years the recorded changes will be substantial. The first chapter provides a historic perspective of state and local fiscal trends. Each of the subsequent chapters describes the nature of one of the pressures state and local governments face including: political and legal forces, globalization of business, demographic and technological changes, deregulation of utilities, and urban sprawl. Policymakers, economists, political scientists, fiscal policy analysts and public administrators will find this comprehensive book of interest.