In recent years there has been international movement towards applying standards of economic efficiency and effective organizational management to public property assets. In this collection,
Kaganova (a senior associate at the Urban Institute, US) and McKellar (Schulich School of Business, York U., Canada) present a selection of 16 papers documenting and analyzing these emerging
practices. Case studies discuss central government asset management in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and France; real estate management in the US cities, Swiss communes, and German cities;
Canadian public information systems; and a range of property-related public-private partnerships. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
