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Towards Transformative Climate Governance: Capacities and Constraints for Local Government in Aotearoa New Zealand

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An emerging consensus calls for transformative climate governance. However, what instigates and sustains transformative pathways remains unclear. This study characterises the existence, quality and structural underpinnings of transformative governance capacities in local government climate change response in Aotearoa New Zealand, applying a ...
Gangadari K. Ranawaka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Comprehensive Climate Action: Assessing Mitigation Approaches Across Canadian Municipalities

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local governments are widely regarded as key leaders in the global response to climate change. Understanding if and how municipalities commit to climate mitigation is crucial for assessing their contribution to global emission‐reduction goals and identifying barriers to effective climate transitions.
Aryana Soliz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

MXene‐Induced Selective Ion Separation in Capacitive Deionization: Bridging Fundamentals With Frontier Innovations

open access: yesElectron, EarlyView.
This review presents an in‐depth analysis of employing the MXenes electrodes in advancing ion‐selective capacitive deionization technologies, by exploring various strategies to achieve the desired selectivity. It highlights the critical challenges that hinder scalability and practical implementation. The review showcases the future opportunities toward
Rahat Alam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Compact City Fallacy

Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2005
The problems of urban sprawl have long been recognized. The classic response to sprawl has been compact settlements of one form or another. Yet the profession’s modern origins stem from responses to overcrowding. Relieving crowding by letting in more light and air led to less compact urban form.
Michael Neuman
exaly   +2 more sources

The compact city and the environment: a review

Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 2000
In many Western countries the concept of the compact city has been adopted as a guiding principle for urban development. It is commonly held that the compact city is the best policy goal to prevent or reduce the negative effects of urbanisation on the environment.
exaly   +3 more sources

Public Transport and the Compact City

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2000
The compact-city policy is a prudent strategy for carrying out city intensification and expansion. Similarly, public transport is seen as the most appropriate mode of transportation for this urban form. The connection between the two is clear—public transport makes sense in a compact city, and the compact city seeks to increase the use of public ...
Le Clercq, F., de Vries, J.S.
openaire   +3 more sources

The Compact City and Networked City in Korea

International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2003
This thesis is the focus on the compact city. There is a strong link between urban form and sustainable development, but it is not simple and straightforward. It has been suggested that a sustainable city must be of a form and scale appropriate to walking, cycling and efficient public transport, and with a compactness that encourages social interaction.
openaire   +1 more source

The Compact City

Built Environment
This commentary takes papers from two issues eight years apart which focused on the compact city showing how the focus on density became less apparent while questions of sustainability gained prominence.
openaire   +1 more source

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