Public–private partnerships (PPP) are considered as alternatives to full privatisation2 in which government and private companies assume co-responsibility and co-ownership for the delivery of city services. Through these partnerships, the advantages of the private sector—dynamism, access to finance, knowledge of technologies, managerial efficiency, and entrepreneurial spirit—are combined with the social responsibility, environmental awareness, local knowledge and job generation concerns of the public sector. Under mutually favourable circumstances it is advantageous to have both the public and the private sectors playing active roles, thus capitalising on the strengths of each sector.