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Governing the Fab Lab Commons: An Ostrom-Inspired Framework for Sustainable University Shared Spaces

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution has reshaped shared spaces in higher education, with manufacturing labs (Fab Labs) emerging as vital hubs for collaboration.
Eunki Kang, Yoon-jeong Shin
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Political and ethnic representation in Chinese local governance : analysis of the roles of the deputies of Leishan County People's Congress, Guizhou Province, China : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2016
This thesis investigates the political and ethnic environment of local Chinese political actors and their representational dilemmas in the Miao-dominant area of Leishan County, Guizhou Province, China.
Zheng, Yuanheng
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Enabling effective urban green space stewardship through planning: A qualitative comparative analysis in Southwest England

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Amid increasing urbanisation and biodiversity decline, ‘effective stewardship’ of urban green space (UGS) is a complex but critical nature‐based solution for long‐term environmental, social and economic gain. Combining stewardship and sense‐of‐place frameworks with European nature‐based solutions guidance, we investigate which social and ...
Fay Kahane, Melissa Ralph, Rosalind F. Shaw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconsidering Cohesion Policy : the Contested debate on Territorial Cohesion [PDF]

, 2009
The incorporation of territorial cohesion as a regional policy objective has focused attention on the potential role of territorial cooperation in pursuing this goal.
Bachtler, John, McMaster, Irene, Mirwaldt, Katja   +2 more
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Mobilising Community Engagement in Disaster Risk‐Sensitive Urban Planning: Insights From Grounded Theory and Two‐Mode Social Network Analysis

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the emphasis in sustainable development goals (SDG) 11, 13, and 17 on collaborative efforts to address climate change‐induced disaster risks through inclusive planning, stakeholders' role in fostering community engagement in risk‐sensitive urban planning (RSUP) remains underexplored.
Devindi Geekiyanage, Terrence Fernando, Kaushal Keraminiyage   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moroccan port strategy tested on the ground : the case of Agadir port

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and background  This research evaluates the implementation of Morocco's National Port Strategy 2030 through the study of the port of Agadir, designated as an "interregional balancing hub".
El Mati OUARMASSI
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Rethinking the scale, structure & scope of U.S. energy institutions [PDF]

, 2013
This essay notes some of the key institutions created in the twentieth century for the purpose of delivering energy in North America. Those institutions are being challenged by a combination of stresses in three interconnected areas: reliability ...
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Daniel C., Michael H. Dworkin, Roman V. Sidortsov   +3 more
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Uncovering Semantic Patterns in Sustainability Research: A Systematic NLP Review

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study maps how Natural Language Processing (NLP) contributes to sustainability. Using a PRISMA‐guided review of 131 English‐language articles from Web of Science (2018–2025), we combine bibliometric co‐word mapping with BERTopic to derive complementary structural and semantic views. Four themes emerge: Topic 0—Climate Change Discourse and
Ehsan Tashakori, Yaser Sobhanifard, Adel Aazami, Rahim Khanizad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Ministries of Food to National Food System Committees: A Global Mapping and Typology of Multisectoral Food System Governance Institutions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transforming the ways food systems are governed is key to achieving better social, environmental, and economic outcomes, all crucial to sustainable development. Strong multisectoral governance is critical to achieving this, but there is little evidence on the structure and function of governance mechanisms in this context.
Dori Patay, Holly Rippin, Gastón Ares, Erica Reeve, Carolina Venegas Hargous, Penny Farrell, Belinda Reeve, Jose‐Luis Vivero‐Pol, Anne Marie Thow   +8 more
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Blue‐Prints for Ocean Governance: Analyzing Resource Sustainability in International Blue Economic Frameworks

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Championed as a pathway for sustainable growth, the “blue economy” (BE) has garnered increasing interest in recent decades. International organizations like the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) increasingly point to marine resources and activities as a “new frontier” for economic growth ...
Flora St. Pier, Anar Ahmadov, Farid Guliyev   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source