Scorecards for sustainable local governments

Strategies for Local Governments to Promote Solar

A variety of strategies and programs can be used by local governments to promote distributed solar installation. These programs or goals can be attempted in tandem or in a stepwise fashion. First, a goal for solar should be set to provide an example of solar installation benefits to the community. Then, solar permitting should be improved to allow for less time and money spent in the permitting...

sustainable development and security and legal empowerment of local governments in iran

given to the mosaic identity of states around the world, they have experienced different models for good spatial governance. even now, some states, disrespect of existence and non-existence of potential ethnic tensions, are looking ways of good governance of space and multi-ethnic geography. until now, five models including: 1.centralisation, 2.fedralism, 3.consociationalism, 4.decentralisation...

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Preparing for Tomorrow

Political Institutions and Conservation by Local Governments

In this article, the authors develop a political market framework to explain the circumstances under which Florida counties will supply environmental public goods in the form of conservation amendments to county general plans. The framework emphasizes the role of local legislative and executive institutions as mediators of local policy change. Using count models and interaction terms, the analy...

E-Participation among American Local Governments

Using data from national surveys conducted in 2006 and 2011, we examine whether local governments in the United States have adopted eparticipation (a.k.a. e-democracy). The results show that few American local governments have done so. These results are highly inconsistent with the claims of e-democracy advocates. Two important factors account for the lack of edemocracy at the American grassroo...