Sustainable Development and Municipalities
Getting the Prices Right
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11967263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Enid Slack (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | S73-S78 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cpp.2015-024 |
| OpenAlex | W2548331357 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
Municipalities can play an important role in promoting sustainable development by pricing services correctly. How we pay for municipal services has an impact on our behaviour: how much water we consume, how much waste we generate, whether we drive to work or take transit, and other economic decisions. How we pay for services and infrastructure also affects the nature, location, and density of development. Correct pricing will improve the efficiency with which resources are used to provide the services that residents and businesses want. Moreover, if cities are interested in pursuing compact development, they need to consider the impact of other financial tools (such as property taxes and development charges) on how cities grow and develop
Business · Economics · Environmental economics · Industrial organization · Municipal services · Natural resource economics · Public economics · Sustainable development · Work (physics · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Smart Parking Systems Research · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |