A high level of public services in housing, transport, education and health care is essential for liveability in urban centres, as shown in this report, with the help of European data for large cities. Inhabitants of larger cities, where the housing market is heavily commercialised in terms of...

This paper investigates the local effects of mining on the quality of public services and on people's optimism about their future living conditions. It also assesses the mediating role of local institutions and local governments 'taxing rights in shaping the proximity-to-mine effects. The...

Die Folgen des demographischen Wandels und knapper werdenden öffentlichen Mitteln erfordern eine grundlegende Überprüfung und Anpassung der Leistungen und Angebote sowie der Standards der öffentlichen Daseinsvorsorge. Der vorliegende Leitfaden liefert hierfür eine handlungsorientierte...