Bird, Richard M. 1938-

Financing infrastructure : who should pay? / edited by Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack. - Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 Financing Urban Infrastructure: Should Users Pay? -- 2 Financing Urban Infrastructure in Canada: Overview, Trends, and Issues -- 3 Paying for Water in Ontarioâ#x80;#x99;s Cities: Where Have We Come from and Where Should We Go? -- 4 Financing Urban Infrastructure in Quebec: Use of Fees in the Water and Transportation Sectors -- 5 User Charges for Municipal Infrastructure in Western Canada -- 6 The Role of User Charges in Funding the Flow of US Infrastructure Services 7 Financing Environmental Infrastructures through Tariffs: The Polluter/User-Pays Principle, Swiss Way8 The Role of User Fees in Urban Transportation Publicâ#x80;#x93;Private Partnerships: Canada in a Global Perspective -- 9 Why We Should but Donâ#x80;#x99;t Pay the Right Prices for Urban Infrastructure -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y

Why it is best that users, instead of the federal or provincial taxpayers, pay for public infrastructure.



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Infrastructure (Economics)--Finance--Canada--Case studies.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Government policy--Canada--Case studies.
Municipal finance--Canada--Case studies.
User charges--Canada--Case studies.
Municipal finance--Case studies.


Electronic Books.

HP120 / .F563 2017