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<p>Globalization metrics rank Moscow as an <italic>alpha global city</italic> and the second most populous city in Europe. The city’s rate of urbanization and population growth has increased over the past decade triggering outward urban sprawl and the attendant need for spatial development within the city’s suburb – the <italic>Moscow Region</italic> municipality. This study focuses on internal factors and trends facilitating the need for inter-municipal waste management cooperation between the Moscow metropolis and the Moscow Region municipality. The paper reviews the policies driving this partnership and the inter-sectoral network facilitating waste management. Partnership effectiveness is evaluated via a multi-indicator approach, alongside qualitative thematic analysis comprising public surveys and the review of legal, administrative and operational documents. The findings reveal that cooperation between the municipalities is primarily driven by the convergence of socio-cultural factors, common territorial boundaries, the provision of public utilities and urban spatial constraints.</p>
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Globalization metrics rank Moscow as an alpha global city and the second most populous city in Europe. The city’s rate of urbanization and population growth has increased over the past decade triggering outward urban sprawl and the attendant need for spatial development within the city’s suburb – the Moscow Region municipality. This study focuses on internal factors and trends facilitating the need for inter-municipal waste management cooperation between the Moscow metropolis and the Moscow Region municipality. The paper reviews the policies driving this partnership and the inter-sectoral network facilitating waste management. Partnership effectiveness is evaluated via a multi-indicator approach, alongside qualitative thematic analysis comprising public surveys and the review of legal, administrative and operational documents. The findings reveal that cooperation between the municipalities is primarily driven by the convergence of socio-cultural factors, common territorial boundaries, the provision of public utilities and urban spatial constraints.

Inter-Regional Cooperation in Waste Management: New Trends in Moscow and the Moscow Region

National Research University Higher School of Economics

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Globalization metrics rank Moscow as an alpha global city and the second most populous city in Europe. The city’s rate of urbanization and population growth...

Inter-Regional Cooperation in Waste Management: New Trends in Moscow and the Moscow Region

Published Online: Dec 02, 2021

Page range: 9 - 39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2021-0013

Keywords
inter-municipal cooperation, municipal waste management, inter-sectoral networks, regionalism, urban spatial development

© 2021 Rosaline Georgevna Agiamoh, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Inter-Regional Cooperation in Waste Management: New Trends in Moscow and the Moscow Region

Published Online: Dec 02, 2021

Page range: 9 - 39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2021-0013

Keywordsinter-municipal cooperation, municipal waste management, inter-sectoral networks, regionalism, urban spatial development

© 2021 Rosaline Georgevna Agiamoh, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
inter-municipal cooperation, municipal waste management, inter-sectoral networks, regionalism, urban spatial development