State And Local

Going it Together: Coventry's Community Safety Partnership

Publication Date: August 09, 2006

This case looks at the adoption by the city of Coventry, UK, of a 1998 law meant to enhance collaboration among public agencies to reduce crime rates. Coventry created a Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership and hired staff to coordinate...

Hurricane Katrina: Responding to an "Ultra-Catastrophe" in New Orleans (B)

Publication Date: June 19, 2006

When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on Monday morning, August 29, it cut a wide swath of destruction in the area; but despite inflicting enormous damage, it initially appeared that the storm had spared low-lying New Orleans the...

Hurricane Katrina: Preparing for "The Big One" in New Orleans (A)

Publication Date: June 19, 2006

When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on Monday morning, August 29, it cut a wide swath of destruction in the area; but despite inflicting enormous damage, it initially appeared that the storm had spared low-lying New Orleans the...

Too Many Parents? Making a Conservancy Work (B)

Publication Date: June 05, 2006

In April 2005, Nancy Brennan took over as director of the newly-created Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in Boston. This case examines the challenges which faced her and the 10-person Conservancy board. The body, charged with raising money...

Too Many Parents? Governance of Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway (A)

Publication Date: June 05, 2006

This case study examines through the lens of governance structure the evolution of the Central Artery (or "Big Dig") in Boston, a public works project of historic proportion which had the potential to create a green oasis of parks in the heart...

Confronting HIV/AIDS in Pingxiang, China (B)

Publication Date: March 21, 2006

In 1997, when Dr. Li became head of the health department in Pingxiang, he began aggressively to provide information to officials about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and the ways in which this disease constituted a serious problem that went far beyond...

Confronting HIV/AIDS in Pingxiang, China (A)

Publication Date: March 21, 2006

When the first local cases of HIV were detected in 1996 among injection drug users in Pingxiang, a major transportation hub in southern Guangxi province on China's border with Vietnam, officials decided to keep the finding secret, fearful of...

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case discusses the efforts by the state of Andhra Pradesh and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to provide water services to its poorest inhabitants--approximately 1.7 million people. Undermining this challenge is...

City Renovation: New Images for Athens

Publication Date: January 27, 2006

In preparation for hosting the 2004 Olympics, the city of Athens, Greece embarked on an extensive renovation project, New Images for Athens, to beautify the city. In total, over 1,600 buildings received attention at a cost of over 4.5 million...

Pension Reform in California

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

As February 2005 drew to a close, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger faced increasingly vociferous attacks from labor unions, and other interest groups, over his proposed public employee pension reform. California had been facing a...

Wireless Philadelphia (Sequel)

Publication Date: December 20, 2005

This case tells the story of the decision by the city government of Philadelphia to develop a publicly-owned competitor to private high-speed internet connection systems ("broadband"). The case describes both the city's rationale, its desire to...

Wireless Philadelphia

Publication Date: December 20, 2005

This case tells the story of the decision by the city government of Philadelphia to develop a publicly-owned competitor to private high-speed internet connection systems ("broadband"). The case describes both the city's rationale, its desire to...