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Sustainable Development and Municipalities: Getting the Prices Right

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  • Enid Slack

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Municipalities can play an important role in promoting sustainable development by pricing services correctly. How we pay for municipal services has an impact on our behaviour: how much water we consume, how much waste we generate, whether we drive to work or take transit, and other economic decisions. How we pay for services and infrastructure also affects the nature, location, and density of development. Correct pricing will improve the efficiency with which resources are used to provide the services that residents and businesses want. Moreover, if cities are interested in pursuing compact development, they need to consider the impact of other financial tools (such as property taxes and development charges) on how cities grow and develop.

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  • Enid Slack, 2016. "Sustainable Development and Municipalities: Getting the Prices Right," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 42(s1), pages 73-78, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:42:y:2016:i:s1:p:73-78
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2015-024
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    1. Muhammad Adil Rauf & Olaf Weber, 2022. "Housing Sustainability: The Effects of Speculation and Property Taxes on House Prices within and beyond the Jurisdiction," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-19, June.

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