Organization and provision of municipal services in small towns on the example of the municipalities of Łódź Province

Abstract

The organization of municipal services, including the choice of the way they are provided, is the responsibility of municipalities. This article presents the organization and the provision of municipal services in five small towns: Brzeziny, Głowno, Konstantynów Łódzki, Łęczyca and Rawa Mazowiecka. The data show that water supply, sewerage, purification, maintenance of greenery and municipal waste management are standard services, although differences occur in both the levels of the dissemination of services and in the density of the transmission networks.