1-5 of 72 matching articles 5 20 100 All Book review: Death of a Suburban Dream: race and schools in Compton, California by Emily E Straus Kerwin Datu • 21 October 2014 Emily E Straus takes on three critical issues which have shaped the Los Angeles suburb: the history of race and educational equity, the relationship between schools and place, and the intersection of schooling and municipal economies. In favour of direct aid for cities Rowan Fraser • 14 October 2014 Despite growing numbers of international development organisations focused at the municipal level, donors are still reluctant to provide ODA directly to local governments. From pancakes to clusters: why Shanghai needs fiscal decentralisation to achieve its sustainability plans Sebastian Schulz • 11 December 2012 Sebastian Schulz describes how decentralisation without fiscal powers is encouraging districts to undermine the master plan and overdevelop their territories. How Detroit's emergency financial manager is needed to control infrastructure costs across the US Isidoros Kyrlangitses • 19 March 2013 Neither the right nor the left like the appointment of an emergency manager for Detroit, but he will be critical in calming the municipal bond market and preventing infrastructure costs from inflating. How cities are financing their own energy efficiency by making retrofitting possible Julia Thayne • 14 January 2014 New financial institutions and instruments have made it easy for large building owners to retrofit their properties 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
