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Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Food Policies: Governance Processes and Policy Designs From Three Spanish Cities

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the integration of gender mainstreaming in urban food policies (UFPs) through three Spanish case studies: Barcelona, Valencia, and Zaragoza. While UFPs are pivotal for addressing sustainability in urban food systems, attention to gender disparities within them remains insufficient.
Chiara Bergonzini, Francesca Donati
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
wiley   +1 more source

Blocked and “Unblocked” Learning: Structural Factors That Impede and Enable Evidence‐Informed Policymaking

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article addresses a critical issue in evidence‐informed policymaking: the challenge of translating knowledge into policy outputs amidst the complex interplay between research and politics. It discusses the concept of “blocked learning,” where individual‐level learning fails to scale up to organizational and policy levels, thus impeding ...
Thenia Vagionaki
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralized Wind Energy Systems as Catalysts for Urban Resilience: A Design Framework

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Confronting the escalating extreme weather events (EWEs) and intensifying winds, this study proposes an active response to these issues by exploring decentralized wind energy production for Peng Chau Island, Hong Kong. It integrates theoretical perspectives on energy democracy—empowering local communities through energy autonomy—and urban ...
Tian Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

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