作者：Trondal, Jarle
作者单位：University of Agder; University of Oslo
作者：Royo, Sonia; Yetano, Ana; Acerete, Basilio
作者单位：University of Zaragoza
摘要：There is widespread acceptance that current institutions are inadequate to address the challenges of sustainable development. At the same time, there is an urgent need to build awareness and increase capacity for promoting action with respect to environmental protection at the local level. This article analyzes the Web sites of the environment departments of European local governments that signed the Aalborg Commitments to determine the extent to which they are using the Internet to promote e-...
作者：Tang, Shui-Yan; Callahan, Richard F.; Pisano, Mark
作者单位：University of Southern California; University of Southern California; University of San Francisco; University of Southern California
摘要：This article analyzes local government fiscal sustainability as a common-pool resource (CPR) problem. Comparing the experiences of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino City, and San Bernardino County, California, the analysis applies a framework developed from three decades of CPR research to show the importance of six micro-situational variables-communications with the full set of participants, known reputations of participants, high marginal per capita return, entry or exit capabilities, longe...
作者：Teixeira, Pedro N.; Rocha, Vera; Biscaia, Ricardo; Cardoso, Margarida Fonseca
作者单位：Universidade do Porto; Universidade do Porto
摘要：Financial stringency has been an increasing concern in the higher education sector, especially in the aftermath of the financial crisis. As a result, public higher education institutions have been under increasing pressure to diversify their funding sources through tuition fees and other nonpublic revenues. This article reflects on the institutional impact of those changes by analyzing a panel of 30 higher education institutions from the Portuguese public university and polytechnic sectors for...
