In this open access publication, the social cohesion of urban neighborhoods and their residents is examined, which is often viewed as vulnerable since increased mobility, individualization, wider socio-economic and demographic changes have fundamentally altered the basis for everyday social...

Einleitung -- Theoretische Grundlagen -- Finanzmanagement der Kommunen -- Grundlagen von Asset-Backed Securities -- Theoretische Fundierung von Asset-Backed Securities -- Analyse zur Nutzung von Asset-Backed Securities als Finanzierungsalternative im kommunalen Sektor -- Methodisches Vorgehen --...

Dieses essential beantwortet die Frage, ob Crowdfunding eine geeignete Möglichkeit ist, um kommunale Projekte zu finanzieren, und beschreibt den Ablauf einer solchen Kampagne. Nach einer kurzen Begriffseinführung werden die Akteure und Grundprinzipien sowie die wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktoren...

Andreas Burth stellt einen Mechanismus vor, der die Themen Haushaltskonsolidierung und Doppik konzeptionell in einem doppischen Schuldenbremsenmodell miteinander verbindet. Der Autor untersucht eine konkrete, u.a. vom Bund der Steuerzahler Hessen angeregte Möglichkeit der...

The housing market, like every market, is the product of thousands of interacting buyers and sellers driven by different interests. But unlike other markets, the housing market is able to profoundly transform the socioeconomic structure and the image of a city. Very often, changes in urban space...

This edited collection provides a comprehensive geographic and chronological overview of the decentralisation processes in the successor states of former Yugoslavia and Albania during their transition and EU integration years, from 1990 until 2016. These countries present a unique laboratory for...

The overall objective of the book is to holistically assess the property tax systems in BRICS megacities. As megacities play a vital role within their respective countries - economically, administratively, and from a human development perspective - they experience the costs and benefits of...