Long-Term Benefits of Intermunicipal Cooperation for Small Municipalities in Waste Management Provision
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F21%3A00118921" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/21:00118921 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041449" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041449</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041449" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph18041449</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Long-Term Benefits of Intermunicipal Cooperation for Small Municipalities in Waste Management Provision
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Intermunicipal cooperation offers an interesting alternative in cases when municipalities are too small to individually provide public services at an efficient cost level but are reluctant to form a municipal amalgamation in order to benefit from economies of scale. Forming a body consisting of multiple municipalities with a specific focus provides a way to reduce costs on service provision while maintaining municipal sovereignty in other areas. In our paper, we quantify the cost benefits of utilizing intermunicipal cooperation in the field of municipal solid waste management. We examine this using data from a 10-year period from municipalities in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic, where high municipal fragmentation results in many dominantly small municipalities that often are not able to provide public services at reasonable costs. This analysis contributes to the literature by conducting a long-term study of the effects of intermunicipal cooperation on public service provision costs. Our results suggest that municipalities participating in intermunicipal cooperation focused on waste management experienced annual cost savings of approximately 13.5% for provision of this service throughout the examined period of 2010–2019 when compared to municipalities that did not cooperate. These long-term results show how beneficial intermunicipal cooperation can be in reducing service costs. In addition to the direct financial benefits, municipal representatives stated that intermunicipal cooperation often brings other qualitative and non-financial benefits such as better service quality, the possibility to share infrastructure, and relief from administrative and managerial burdens through the utilization of professional management, which was especially appreciated by the smallest municipalities with limited administrative staff.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Long-Term Benefits of Intermunicipal Cooperation for Small Municipalities in Waste Management Provision
Popis výsledku anglicky
Intermunicipal cooperation offers an interesting alternative in cases when municipalities are too small to individually provide public services at an efficient cost level but are reluctant to form a municipal amalgamation in order to benefit from economies of scale. Forming a body consisting of multiple municipalities with a specific focus provides a way to reduce costs on service provision while maintaining municipal sovereignty in other areas. In our paper, we quantify the cost benefits of utilizing intermunicipal cooperation in the field of municipal solid waste management. We examine this using data from a 10-year period from municipalities in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic, where high municipal fragmentation results in many dominantly small municipalities that often are not able to provide public services at reasonable costs. This analysis contributes to the literature by conducting a long-term study of the effects of intermunicipal cooperation on public service provision costs. Our results suggest that municipalities participating in intermunicipal cooperation focused on waste management experienced annual cost savings of approximately 13.5% for provision of this service throughout the examined period of 2010–2019 when compared to municipalities that did not cooperate. These long-term results show how beneficial intermunicipal cooperation can be in reducing service costs. In addition to the direct financial benefits, municipal representatives stated that intermunicipal cooperation often brings other qualitative and non-financial benefits such as better service quality, the possibility to share infrastructure, and relief from administrative and managerial burdens through the utilization of professional management, which was especially appreciated by the smallest municipalities with limited administrative staff.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA17-15887S" target="_blank" >GA17-15887S: Identifikace klíčových faktorů úspěšné meziobecní spolupráce</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2021
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN
1660-4601
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
18
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
4
Stát vydavatele periodika
CH - Švýcarská konfederace
Počet stran výsledku
16
Strana od-do
1-16
Kód UT WoS článku
000623527000001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85100270622