Public-Private Partnerships: Trends, Perspectives and Opportunities

✍ Scribed by Diego Monferrer Tirado; Beatriz Irún Molina

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 372
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"In the context of the economic crisis, governments are under increased pressure to find quick answers to hard questions about maintaining public services and funding infrastructure. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) can be used to describe a wide variety of arrangements involving the public and private sectors working together in some way. The key elements for a PPP project are long-term contract; design construction, financing and operation of public infrastructure by the private sector party; payments over the lifetime of the project to the private sector party for the use of the facility made either by the public sector party or by the general public as users of the facility; and facility remaining in the public sector ownership or reverting to public sector ownership at the end of the PPP contract. In this book we go through this concept by analyzing not only the opportunities in that field but also the trends and new perspectives. Therefore, this book captures the results of some of the recent research that is being carried out on public-private cooperation"--

✦ Table of Contents

PUBLIC-PRIVATEPARTNERSHIPSTRENDS, PERSPECTIVESAND OPPORTUNITIES
PUBLIC-PRIVATEPARTNERSHIPSTRENDS, PERSPECTIVESAND OPPORTUNITIES
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Chapter 1PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FORSOCIO-TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALTRANSITIONS IN SPAIN
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS PROJECTED INTHE MEDIA
PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTEENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION
MAIN TOPICS OF THE DISCOURSE IN THE SPANISHPUBLIC OPINION
Water
Health
Tourism
Farming
University
Energy
Industry
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ANNEXES
Annex 1: Cluster Analysis of the Linguistic Corpus
A1.1. Cluster 1: University
A1.2. Cluster 2: Public Policy and Energy
A1.3. Cluster 3: Industrial Production
A1.4. Cluster 4: Services
REFERENCES
Chapter 2ACCOUNTABILITY CHALLENGES IN PPPS:ARE PARTNERS BEING DEMOCRATICALLYACCOUNTABLE? THE CASE OF TRANSPORTINFRASTRUCTURE IN PORTUGAL
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
ACCOUNTABILITY CHALLENGES IN NEWGOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
ACCOUNTABILITY OF PPPS
RESEARCH DESIGN
THE CASE OF ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE
Lusoponte: The Burden of Cumulative Financial RebalanceAgreements (FRA)
Ascendi Group: Renegotiating Former-SCUTs and Toll Devices– The General Agreement
Contracting Sub-Concessions: The Economic Crisis Impact onBest and Final Offer (BAFO) and Visa Refusal by the Courtof Auditors
TO WHOM ARE PPPS AND PARTNERS BEINGHELD ACCOUNTABLE?
HOW ARE PPPS DEALING WITH THEIR DEMOCRATICACCOUNTABILITY LIABILITIES?
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Chapter 3ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCYOF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONACTIVITIES: PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATEIN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
EU ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FRAMEWORK
METHODS AND MATERIALS
RESULTS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Chapter 4HIERARCHICAL SPICE-MODELSOF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS*
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
SPICE-MODELS
INVESTIGATION OF THE MODEL
APPLICATION TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Chapter 5THE ENERGY AND INDUSTRY 4.0 SECTORSAND THEIR OPPORTUNITIES IN THECHINESE MARKET. THE KEY ROLE OFCLUSTERS IN THE CURRENT CONTEXTOF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
THE CHINESE ECONOMY
THE CHINESE ‘TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER’ STRATEGY
Technology Transfer in General Terms
Clusters as a Tool to Promote Technology Transfer
THE ENERGY SECTOR MARKET IN CHINA
THE INDUSTRY 4.0 MARKET IN CHINA
CONCLUSION
ANNEXES
Annex 1: Legal Framework
A1.1. Legal Framework of China’s Energy Sector
A1.2. Legal Framework of China’s Industry 4.0
Annex 2: Main Functions of the National Development andReform Commission
REFERENCES
Chapter 6ASSESSING PEOPLE’S CONCERNSAND ATTITUDES TOWARDS SOLID WASTEMANAGEMENT FACILITIESIMPLEMENTATION IN NABLUSAND JENIN DISTRICTS OF PALESTINE
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
METHODOLOGY
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 7DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLEMANAGEMENT MODELFOR HEALTHCARE SOLID WASTE:NABLUS HOSPITALS AS A CASE STUDY
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE REVIEW
Environmental Impact
Characteristics and Classification of Healthcare Solid Waste
Healthcare Solid Waste Management
Sustainable Healthcare Solid Waste Management
Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
METHODOLOGY
Study Area
Location, Population and Land Use
Research Design and Approach
Site Selection
Data Collection
Development of Sustainable Management Model UsingAnalytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Identification of Criteria and Sub Criteria
Comparison of the Determined Criteria/Pairwise Comparison
Evaluation of Criterion Weights and Consistency
Limitation of Study
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Comparison between the Two Selected Hospitals
Nablus Municipality
Policies and Regulations
Main Responsibility
Sustainable Management Model for Solid Medical Waste
Environmental Quality Authority
Laws and Regulations
Main Responsibility
Ministry of Health
Laws and Regulations
Generated Healthcare Solid Wastes
Main Responsibility
Model Results
Pairwise Comparison between the Main Four Criteria
Appling the Pairwise Comparison Method to All Sub Criteria
Evaluation of All Criteria
AHP for Waste Treatment
Pairwise Comparison between the Main Four Criteria
Evaluation of Treatment Alternatives Local and GlobalPriority/Weight
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Conclusion
Recommendations
ANNEX 1: RELEVANT PHOTOGRAPHS
REFERENCES
Chapter 8QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVEANALYSIS OF GENERATED DENTAL WASTEIN NORTHERN WEST BANK,PALESTINE CLINICS
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
Dental Waste Fraction
Dental Waste Management in Palestine
METHODOLOGY
Questionnaire Field Research
Waste Sampling
Analysis of Retrieved Raw Data
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Current Management Practices in Dental Clinics/Offices
Assessment of Awareness Level
Assessing Dentists’ Behavior in Application of In-Situ (Clinic)Waste Management Practices
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of GeneratedDental Wastes
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 9MEDICAL LABORATORIES GENERATEDWASTE MANAGEMENTIN WEST BANK, PALESTINE
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Study Area
Field Research Means
Research Population
Data Processing
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Waste Characterization
EFFICIENCY OF APPLIED HCW PRACTICES(PERFORMANCE EVALUATION)
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
REFERENCES
Chapter 10WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICEQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT: A CASESTUDY IN HEBRON DISTRICT, PALESTINE
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
METHODOLOGY
STUDY AREA
Idhna
Deir Samit
Beit Awwa
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMANDATIONS
REFERENCES
ABOUT THE EDITORS
INDEX
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