Local Government Restructuring Lab

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Infrastructure and Sustainability

Local governments can take a leadership role in promoting sustainability. The Local Government Restructuring Lab has set out to understand the drivers and barriers to sustainability policymaking among the full range of local governments across the nation, with research funding from U.S. Department of Agriculture.

 

PUBLICATIONS

McKiernan, Thomas J. and Mildred E. Warner. (2024). Challenges in Reintroducing Fair Market Value to US Public Water/Wastewater Systems, International Water Resources Journal, 40(6): 989–1005. 

Zhang, X., Gonzalez Rivas, M., Warner, ME and Grant M. 2022.  Water Pricing and Affordability in the US: Public vs Private Ownership, Water Policy, 24 (3): 500–516.

Liao, Lu, Warner, Mildred E. and Homsy, George C. 2020. “When Do Plans Matter? Tracking Changes in Local Government Sustainability Actions from 2010 to 2015”, Journal of the American Planning Association, 86:1, 60-74. 

 

🔶Homsy, George, Zhilin Liu, Mildred Warner 2019. “Multilevel Governance: Framing the Integration of Top- Down and Bottom-Up Policymaking,” International Journal of Public Administration, 42(7): 572-582.

Liao, Lu, Mildred E. Warner and George C. Homsy (2019). “Sustainability’s Forgotten Third E: What Influences Local Government Actions on Social Equity?” Local Environment, 24, 1197-1208. 

Homsy, G.C., Warner, M.E. and Liao, L. (2016). Sustainability and Local Governments: Planning Helps Balance Environmental, Economic, and Social Equity Priorities. Local Government Review, pp 5-14. Washington, DC: International City County Management Association.

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