The Importance and Complexity of Assessing Urban Fiscal Health. (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Helpap, David J.
• Is Part Of: State & local government review. Volume 48:Number 3(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 208
• Page End: 216
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: fiscal health -- financial condition -- indicators -- urban -- international; State governments -- United States -- Periodicals; Local government -- United States -- Periodicals; Gouvernements d'États fédérés -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; Administration locale -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; 351.7305
• DOI: 10.1177/0160323X16659908
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1943-3409

Abstract

The following is a review of Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack's edited volume Is Your City Healthy? Measuring Urban Fiscal Health . The review addresses major themes in the book as well as its place within existing scholarship.