As Regiões Metropolitanas no Brasil e o problema institucional de cooperação: a trajetória das Regiões Metropolitanas de Natal e Aracaju

Santos, Diego Fiel; Fernandes, Antônio Sérgio Araújo; Teixeira, Marco Antônio Carvalho

doi:10.1590/s1679-39512013000300004

“…Souza (2003) points out that the metropolitan areas' lack of political and administrative structure after 1988 "transformed urban/metropolitan governance issues into local governance problems, leaving the metropolitan issues in a political and administrative vacuum". Thus, in practice, there has been no effective joint metropolitan area management as such (Santos, Fernandes, Teixeira 2013). disP 205 · 52.2 (2/2016) Nevertheless, over the past quarter century, state complementary laws have officially created a great number of metropolitan areas: however, there is no consensus as to the exact number of metropolitan areas in the country.…”

Section: The Post-1988 Boom and The Metropolitan Panaceamentioning

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Does Metropolitan Area Management Matter in Brazil?

Araújo¹,

Fernandes²,

Coêlho³

2016

disP - The Planning Review

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The article aims to discuss some crucial elements as regards metropolitan governance in Brazil in the current context. Some elements serve to explain the complexity of metropolitan governance in Brazil, one of which is the proliferated diffusion of metropolitan areas across the country after 1988, something that has not yet been properly explained. Some state governments have formalized metropolitan areas, aggregating few cities in underdeveloped regions without urban density. This has been done without technical criteria or clear political purpose. In addition, today's metropolitan issue requires an analytical treatment different to that used prior to democratization. In the current context, it requires not only the consideration of the federative challenge, but also the puzzle involving the many public policies that underlie the metropolitan space. It is necessary to observe the relevant actors in this 'game', particularly the strong Federal Government. Besides this, it is important to analyze what the Americans call 'marble cake': metropolitan plans and city master plans, urban mobility policy, sanitation policy, solid waste policy and other such imposed on urban areas by Brazilian law.

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“…According to Garson (2009), Santos, Fernandes, and Teixeira (2013), Nascimento and Fernandes (2015), local governments in Brazil have worked through consortia to provide services in areas such as social services, healthcare, culture, and housing. However, in areas such as solid waste services and the impact of this activity on the population's health and welfare, there are still managerial challenges for municipalities, considering that the complexity of this service is related to the size of the population.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An analysis of intermunicipal consortia to provide waste services based on institutional collective action

Fernandes

¹

,

Pinheiro²,

Nascimento

³

et al. 2020

Rev. Adm. Pública

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Abstract This article analyzes the factors that affect local governments’ decision-making processes on whether to engage in cooperative agreements through intermunicipal consortia. Several studies have examined this issue in Western developed countries, but there is a gap in the literature regarding the phenomenon in the developing world. The research addresses this gap and observes the Brazilian local governments’ policies on waste services, focusing on cooperative agreements such as interlocal consortia. These arrangements may be a solution to the political and managerial challenges of providing public services in many areas, including waste collection, treatment, and disposal. However, it is still unclear what factors influence municipalities in their decision to cooperate. Based on cross-sectional research exploring 963 Brazilian municipalities and on the perspective of Institutional Collective Action, this study identified characteristics of communities, transaction characteristics of goods, and the structure of policy networks that influence the local governments in their decision to work cooperatively. The findings shed light on the field of public policies, particularly those carried out through intermunicipal consortia.

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Uma análise dos consórcios intermunicipais para serviços de tratamento de resíduos sólidos a partir da ação coletiva institucional

Fernandes

¹

,

Pinheiro²,

Nascimento

³

et al. 2020

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Abstract This article analyzes the factors that affect local governments’ decision-making processes on whether to engage in cooperative agreements through intermunicipal consortia. Several studies have examined this issue in Western developed countries, but there is a gap in the literature regarding the phenomenon in the developing world. The research addresses this gap and observes the Brazilian local governments’ policies on waste services, focusing on cooperative agreements such as interlocal consortia. These arrangements may be a solution to the political and managerial challenges of providing public services in many areas, including waste collection, treatment, and disposal. However, it is still unclear what factors influence municipalities in their decision to cooperate. Based on cross-sectional research exploring 963 Brazilian municipalities and on the perspective of Institutional Collective Action, this study identified characteristics of communities, transaction characteristics of goods, and the structure of policy networks that influence the local governments in their decision to work cooperatively. The findings shed light on the field of public policies, particularly those carried out through intermunicipal consortia.

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As Regiões Metropolitanas no Brasil e o problema institucional de cooperação: a trajetória das Regiões Metropolitanas de Natal e Aracaju

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Does Metropolitan Area Management Matter in Brazil?

Does Metropolitan Area Management Matter in Brazil?

An analysis of intermunicipal consortia to provide waste services based on institutional collective action

Uma análise dos consórcios intermunicipais para serviços de tratamento de resíduos sólidos a partir da ação coletiva institucional

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