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A Polycentric Approach to Global Climate Governance

open access: yes, 2017
As international climate negotiations under the UNFCCC have adopted the goal to limit the increase in global mean temperature to well below 2° C, a highly differentiated—but largely uncoordinated—global climate governance system has emerged.
Marcel J. Dorsch, Christian Flachsland
core   +1 more source

Complexity and Polycentricity

open access: yes
This repository complements a book chapter titled “The Problem of Complexity and the Emergence of Polycentric Political Order” published by Dries Daems and Alexander Schaefer, in which we discuss the emergence of polycentric political systems through the lens of historical social complexity formation. In the chapter, we illustrate our theoretical model
Daems, Dries, Schaefer, Alexander
openaire   +2 more sources

Co‐operatives and public policy: A scoping review

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We sketch a first‐ever map of the scholarly literature on co‐operatives and public policy from a selection of English‐language studies published since 2000 using a scoping review methodology. We find that while co‐operatives are often framed as solutions to societal problems, few scholars draw on formal public policy theories.
Marc‐André Pigeon   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polycentric banking and macroeconomic stability

open access: yes, 2017
We contribute to the post-crisis literature on macroeconomic stability by arguing that polycentric banking systems can better achieve stability than monocentric systems. Building on the theories of E.
Alexander William Salter, Vlad Tarko
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Barriers to the implementation of Ghana’s spatial planning agen-da: An assessment of the Sekondi-Takoradi Urban Network (STUN)

open access: yesTown and Regional Planning
This article investigates the extent to which the policy vision of polycentric urban develop-ment, articulated in Ghana’s National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF), has been realised in practice within the Sekondi-Takoradi Urban Network (STUN ...
Mawabo Msingaphantsi, Joachim Gaayuoni
doaj   +1 more source

Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Not all sprawl - Evolution of employment centers in Los Angeles, 1980 - 2000 [PDF]

open access: yes
Are contemporary metropolitan regions becoming more dispersed? The collective set of urban models tells us two stories. The first is that changes in the structure of the economy, ever faster and cheaper information and communications technologies, and ...
Genevieve Giuliano, Christian Redfearn
core  

Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025

open access: yes
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneurial State as a Creative Destroyer: Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore's Creative Industries

open access: yesCreativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the limits of mission‐directed entrepreneurial states by drawing on the theory of recombinant innovation and F.A. Hayek's insights on the spontaneous growth of knowledge in society. First, the use of discretionary policymaking curtails the range of knowledge generated in the process of social interaction, limiting the scope
Bryan Cheang, Praharsh Mehrotra
wiley   +1 more source

How Does the Spatial Structure of Innovation Agglomeration Affect Energy Efficiency? From the Role of Industrial Structure Upgrading

open access: yesEnergies
This paper employs the instrumental variable method and the intermediary model to explore the influence of monocentric and polycentric spatial structures of innovation agglomeration on energy efficiency.
Kaiqu Liu, Guofeng Wang
doaj   +1 more source

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