Privatization of Urban Services, Opportunities & Challenges facing Urban Economy

Subject Areas : Urban Management Studies

علی  عسگری ¹ (نویسنده و مسئول مکاتبات)
علی  حاجی‌نژاد ² (نویسنده و مسئول مکاتبات)

Received: 2014-10-31 Accepted : 2014-10-31 Published : 2009-09-23

Keywords: Privatization, privatization of urban service, Urban Management, Urban Planning,

Abstract :

Privatization is a pervasive and global phenomenon. In recent years, all governments started to transfer to private sector activities that had until then been made by government to reduce expenses. Depending on the interactions in the community, the speed of privatization depends on the governing general condition of the economy and how much the government allows people and private institutions to contribute. Although, in practice, considerations such as service quality, social justice and employment conditions, harms the flow of privatization, but most of the world's experiences show the promotion of urban economy and the creation of more efficiency and productivity of the government during privatization. Privatization of urban services, as a private sector participation in the urban management system, has also entered the urban planning of different countries since decades ago; and, different countries (developed or developing ones) have experienced some form of it. This paper will attempt to study the privatization of urban services (as a duty of local governments) while providing basic concepts of privatization and the opportunities and challenges that follow have been provided.