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COMPARING CITY GOVERNANCE MODELS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Emergence of Shared, Visionary Leadership

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a theoretically informed and empirically grounded analysis of the local political leadership of economic development policy. It is a small‐N comparative study examining two cities in England and two in Spain: Birmingham in the Midlands and Manchester in the north‐west of England, and Seville and Malaga, both in the ...
Georgina Blakeley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economics of climate-sensitive infectious diseases affecting human health in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Glob Health
Caballero N   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CARE INFRASTRUCTURES IN CHILE DURING THE PANDEMIC: Communitarian Weavings, Spaces and the Production of Common Goods

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract The article addresses the role that communities played in managing the social and health crisis generated by the Covid‐19 pandemic in two Chilean cities. Chile is an interesting case study owing to its intense and prolonged confinement measures, which focused heavily on individuals and households.
Francisco Letelier Troncoso   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CARING FOR CATS IN CAIRO: Urban Grammars of Compassion

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract At first sight, Cairo is a cruel and harsh city, marked by extreme inequality and offering few resources for the poor. Like other metropolises, Cairo can easily numb its residents to the suffering of others. But it is also a city in which quiet, barely noticeable acts of compassion occur every day.
Amira Mittermaier
wiley   +1 more source

EMBODYING AND RESISTING URBAN HEAT INJUSTICE: Migrant Vulnerabilities and Radical Adaptations in El Raval, Barcelona

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Heat is a central concern for many cities whose efforts for adaptation tend to reproduce inequities. While community‐led adaptation has been considered key for enhancing just outcomes, how migrants from majority world countries are in‐ or excluded from local visions and practices of adaptation has rarely been asked.
Panagiota Kotsila   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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