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    Selections from The Municipal Year Book: On Sustainability
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    Selections from The Municipal Year Book: On Sustainability

    By James H. Svara, Mildred Warner and Laura Goddeeris

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    Selections from The Municipal Year Book: On Sustainability contains facts, figures, and research-based articles on management trends and intergovernmental relations: (1) Early Stages of Local Government Action to Promote Sustainability, (2) Off the Beaten Path: Sustainability Activities in Small Towns and Rural Municipalities, and (3) Local Government Support for Food System Development.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherICMA Publishing
    Release dateMar 31, 2014
    ISBN9780873265607
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    Selections from The Municipal Year Book: On Sustainability
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    James H. Svara

    James H. Svara is a professor of public affairs at Arizona State University and the director of the Center for Urban Innovation. He specializes in local government leadership, management, and ethics. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, a member of the board of the Alliance for Innovation, and an honorary member of ICMA, and he has served on the ICMA Strategic Planning Committee. His book More Than Mayor or Manager: Campaigns to Change Form of Government in America’s Large Cities, coedited with Douglas Watson, was recently published by Georgetown University Press.

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