Governing the complexity
Solid waste services in the metropolitan area of Barcelona
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6303625 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Montserrat Termes Rifé (0000-0002-2878-8077, Universitat de Barcelona), Llorenç Alerm Domènech (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (Spain)) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 625-629 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930701417700 |
| OpenAlex | W2066458595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In most European countries, local governments must provide waste collection, transportation and treatment services. However, the form of production for delivering the service chosen by local governments differs from one city to another. The decision on how to provide the service has usually been approached in a simple way, by either public or private production. However, solid waste services are becoming increasingly complex, and governing this complexity has become a challenge for governments and practitioners. Here we discuss the case of the metropolitan area of Barcelona, where a new and ad hoc intergovernmental agency has been created to manage the complexity. Since this metropolitan area includes a huge geographical agglomeration around Barcelona, this becomes a complex management system that makes this case study of great interest
Agency (philosophy · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · Environmental planning · Geography · Metropolitan area · Municipal solid waste · Production (economics · Regional science · Service (business · Waste management · Engineering · Municipal Solid Waste Management · Marketing
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |