Since the industrial revolution, growing and active economic activities in urban area have disrupted sustainable material flow balance in the environment, and the imbalance has induced some serious environmental problems. In order to realize proper urban management, taking measures to keep...

This volume was prepared by Rahel Aichele while she was working at the ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2012 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. The chapters investigate how, in a...

China's urbanization is a traditional development way of high energy consumption, low efficiency and extensive type. The resulting ecological environment damage and other problems seriously restrict the healthy and sustainable development of the city. Based on this, aiming at the complexity of...

This paper presents two new assessment methods used in public administration. These are tools that can contribute to the continuous adaptation and institutional restructuring in urban management. Both models were created to fit the Romanian cultural, social and institutional realities. From this...