Sostibilidade

This Guide to Municipal Finance describes the current issues in municipal finance and the ways in which local governments finance services and infrastructure. It sets out a basic economic framework that is used to evaluate the different aspects of municipal finance and that can be used by readers to evaluate other options. The Guide emphasizes that responsible, accountable, and efficient local governments need to raise their own revenues as much possible, adhere to an open and visible municipal budgetary process, and engage in transparent and prudent financial management.

El Marco de Actuación de la UE para un desarrollo urbano sostenible va dirigido a coordinar y mejorar la intervención comunitaria en los problemas urbanos y se organiza en cuatro objetivos de actuación independientes: Acrecentar la prosperidad económicas y el empleo de pequeñas y grandes ciudades. Fomentar la igualdad, la integración socialy la regeneración de las zonas urbanas. Proteger y mejorar el medio ambiente urbano. Contribuir a un buen gobierno urbano y la participación ciudadana.
Organismo promotor:COMISIÓN EUROPEA
 

This communication examines possibilities for improving urban development and for increasing the effectiveness of existing Community intervention in urban areas. It is structured into four parts. The first part sets out the key challenges wich affect all cities to a greater or lesser degree. The second part takes stock of existing EU  policies wich hace an impact on cites. The third part proposes some directions for future actions and the approach wich urban policy in Europe could take as a starting point for debate. Finally, fourth part proposes a folllow-up of this communication.

This report on Competitive Cities and Climate Change presents findings on the impact of metropolitan regions on climate change. It illustrates how local involvement through climate-conscious urban planning and management can help achieve national climate goals and minimise tradeoffs between environmental and economic priorities. The report analyses policy tools that city and regional governments can deploy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to potential climate change impacts, including the greening of existing fiscal policies and new financing arrangements.