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Towards a New Methodology to evaluate the Urban structure of the Metropolitan Systems; Chicago and Barcelona Metropolitan Areas as Examples. [PDF]
The specialized researches have proposed various approaches to the delimitation of urban and metropolitan systems. Administrative aspects (administrative units historically inherited), morphological (urban continuum), some linked to the economies of ...
Montserrat Moix +2 more
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How Does Polycentric Engagement Relate to Countries’ NDC Ambition and Mitigation Policy Effort?
Under the Paris Agreement, global climate governance has become decidedly more polycentric. However, it is still debated whether the turn toward greater polycentricity leads to more effectiveness in delivering public goods like climate change mitigation.
Castro, Paula +2 more
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U.Porto Journal of EngineeringThis article proposes a discussion on the potential application of polycentricity strategies in the management of strategic transboundary natural resources, such as shared water bodies and river basins with regional potential for water supply and energy ...
Franklin Gabriel Menezes Gaspar +2 more
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British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract The circular economy (CE) is often treated as a technological or system‐design challenge. We argue that it is also a managerial transition that remains under‐theorized. Rather than assuming that CE requires wholly new managerial frameworks, we revisit Fayol's functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling as enduring managerial ...
Kerry Hudson, Roberta De Angelis
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, 2019 Incoherent institutional regimes are among the most critical barriers to adapt water governance under climate change. However, it remains unclear how different governance processes can coordinate competing resource uses despite incoherence of ...
Oberlack, Christoph +2 more
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Polycentricity and metropolitan governance. A Swiss case study [PDF]
The concept of ‘polycentric spatial development’, a central principle of the European Spatial Development Perspective, is closely linked to the concept of ‘sustainable urban development’.
Nathalie Grillon +3 more
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Challenging the ‘S’ of Mayoral Strategic Authorities: Standardisation over Strategy?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The Labour government's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (EDCEB) represents the most ambitious attempt yet to embed devolution and ‘empower communities’ across England, completing the map of devolution under mayoral strategic authorities.
Nicholas P. Sweeney
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LandMany of the larger US metropolitan regions promote polycentric development as a way of fostering livability, accessibility, and sustainability. Polycentric urban structures can increase transit ridership, promote active transportation, and decrease ...
Reid Ewing +4 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The year 2025 marked the ninetieth since a fossil hominin occipital bone was discovered in Swanscombe, southeast England. In subsequent years, its parietal bones were found, producing what remains the oldest partial cranium from Britain today. In the earliest analyses, it was interpreted as a descendant of the infamous fraudulent fossil Piltdown Man ...
Emma E. Bird, Chris Stringer
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Defining and measuring polycentric regions: the case of Tuscany
Polycentric development in regions has many dimensions, which involve several definitions and measures. This paper tackles the problem of defining and measuring polycentricity under an integrated and multi- dimensional perspective.
Burgalassi, David
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