Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hulst, Rudie (Editor), Montfort, André van (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Political science.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Architecture.; Administrative law.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Administrative Law.; Political Science.

Over the past fifty years, local government in Europe has been confronted with escalating scales of production, population migration and market pressures. These developments have complicated its performance, challenged its domain and even threatened its existence. A popular coping strategy is inter-...

Table of Contents:

• Inter-Municipal Cooperation: A Widespread Phenomenon
• Belgium: Flemish Inter-Municipal Cooperation Under Reform
• Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Finland: Old Traditions and New Promises
• Inter-Municipal Cooperation in France: Incentives, Instrumentality and Empty Shells
• Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Germany: The Mismatch Between Existing Necessities and Suboptimal Solutions
• Italy: The Changing Boundaries of Inter-Municipal Cooperation
• The Netherlands: Cooperation as the only Viable Strategy
• Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Spain: Dealing with Microscopic Local Government
• The Missing Ingredient: Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Central-Local Relations in the UK
• Comparative Analysis and Conclusions.