Sökning: "Local Authorities"

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1. 1. Flow-oriented studies for environmental management by local authorities : experiences from a regional substance flow analysis

   Författare :Annica Lindqvist-Östblom; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :flow-oriented studies; material flow analysis; substance flow analysis; interpretation; local authorities; regional authorities; environmental management; cadmium; sewage;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the issue of how to perform flow-oriented studies in order to become more useful for and adapted to local/regional authorities. Compared to traditional environmental monitoring and measurement of the state of the environment, flow-oriented studies are an attempt to broaden the approach to environmental concerns. LÄS MER

3. 2. The use of standardised environmental management systems in Swedish local authorities

   Författare :Sara Gustafsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environmental Management Systems; EMS; ISO 14001; EMAS; local authorities; Local Agenda 21; Local Investment Programme LIP ; mapping;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on one of many tools that can be used for enhancing  environmental management in local authorities; standardised environmental management systems (EMSs). EMS is a strategic environmental management tool that originally was designed for and mainly used by industrial organisations. LÄS MER

4. 3. Local government expenditures and regional growth in Sweden

   Författare :Johan Lundberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deficit shocks; local authorities; local public expenditures; tax base; externalities; spatial econometrics; regional growth; migration; Kommunal ekonomi; Sverige;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five papers, which concern expenditure decisions and economic growth within Swedish local government.Paper [1] explores the hypothesis that local fiscal shocks have short run effects on revenue and expenditure decisions made within local government. LÄS MER

5. 4. Against all odds : local economic development policies and local government autonomy in Sweden and Britain

   Författare :Christine Hudson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; local government; autonomy; local economic development policies; comparative perspective; policy area approach;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis makes a comparative study of local government autonomy in Britain and Sweden within the local economic development policy area. It argues for local government autonomy to be viewed in terms of both a vertical dimension concerning local government's autonomy vis-à-vis national government (national context) and a horizontal dimension relating to its autonomy vis-à-vis local social and economic forces (local context). LÄS MER

7. 5. Samverkan på spel : Rationalitet och frustration i nätverksstyrning och svensk stadsdelsförnyelse

   Författare :Nils Hertting; Evert Vedung; Bo Bengtsson; Eva Sorensen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; network governance; rational choice; local institutional design; mechanisms; neighbourhood renewal; urban renewal policy; case study design; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : Grounded in a rational choice perspective, this thesis tries to develop the study of network governance. The starting point is a puzzling pattern of local multi-organizational cooperation observed in official evaluation reports on urban neighbourhood renewal in Sweden. LÄS MER