Fiscal stress, changing public expectations and shifting responsibilities for services have prompted many local governments to consider restructuring service delivery. This web site is designed to provide local governments with information on restructuring trends and innovations in public sector service provision, public-private partnerships, privatization, inter-municipal cooperation and contracting back-in. Local governments are faced with many challenges to address an aging population, the needs of families with young children, and promote sustainable development. This website profiles current research and Professor Warner's projects in these areas.

This web site is a project of Professor Mildred Warner in the Department of City and Regional Planning and Cornell Cooperative Extension at Cornell University.