Introduction; Alberto Asquer, Franco Becchis and Daniele Russolillo.- Section I.- Chapter 1. Where things happen: the local dimension in regulation; Franco Becchis.- Chapter 2. Researching the political economy of local regulation: theoretical and methodological issues; Alberto Asquer.- Chapter 3. The FIELD methodology; Daniele Russolillo and Franco Becchis.- Chapter 4. The impact of institutional and organisational factors in the efficiency and effectiveness of local regulatory systems; David Sancho.- Chapter 5. What economic theory can (can cannot) say about local regulation; Andrea Gallice.- Chapter 6. Perspectives on civil regulation and the firm; Gary Lynch-Wood and David Horton.- Chapter 7. Economics of complexity and the analysis of local regulation: the case of urban mobility; Angela Ambrosino, Elena Maggi and Elena Vallino.- Chapter 8. Regulatory contracts and the scope for local decision-making with respect to energy distribution networks; Vincent Pal.- SECTION II.- Chapter 9. National standards, subnational enforcement: regulating US natural gas pipelines; Michael J. Brogan.- Chapter 10. Water sector regulation in France: a complex multi-model and multi-level regulatory framework; Maria Salvetti and Guillem Canneva.- Chapter 11. Local electricity regulation in Germany; Gerhard Fuchs.- Chapter 12. Strengthening the determinants of the local government capacities for the successful PPP implementation in the Western Balkans; TatjanaJovanic and Sladjana Sredojevic.- SECTION III.- Chapter 13. Regulation of small local water service providers in Mali; Martina Rama.- Chapter 14. Urban water supply in the state of Karnataka, India; Arvin Shrivastava.- Chapter 15. Assessment and design of local regulation of solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries; Marco Caniato.- Chapter 16. Challenges and policy responses to local water management and regulation in Brazil; Sebastian Lopez Azumendi.- SECTION IV.- Chapter 17. Local regulation and district heating in Italy; Fabio Massimo Esposito.- Chapter 18. Control and regulation of water and sanitation (WS) services in Bulgaria: effect on quality and efficiency; Ivalyo Katschiev.- Chapter 19. A regulatory multi-level reform in the Italian urban waste service management: from several local regulatory agencies to a unique regional one; Giovanni Biagini.- Chapter 20. Regulating local environmental standards through private incentives; Fausto Makishi, Joao Paulo Candia Veiga, and Murilo Alves Zacareli.- Chapter 21. The youth guarantee: the cases of Milan (Lombardy) and Naples (Campania); Giuseppe Acconcia and Paolo R. Graziano.- Chapter 22. Urban waste management in Florence; Andrea Sbandati.- Conclusion.