How Can Law Be Robust in the Face of Heightened Societal Turbulence?
ABSTRACT Taking its cue from the growing frequency of disruptive crises, new research argues that crisis‐induced turbulence calls for robust governance based on adaptation and innovation. While law plays a key role in the effort of governments to govern robustly, the robustness of law has received scant regard.
Eva Sørensen +2 more
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Spatial paradox between urban center expansion and vitality loss in Guangzhou, China. [PDF]
Chen Y, Zhang L, Lu X, Zhang D, Deng A.
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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’.
Alain Thierstein +3 more
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ABSTRACT Polycentric governance is a trust‐intensive and trust‐dependent governance that should actively seek to build and restore trust. The different ways in which this is done are poorly understood. Our study of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies and the green transition clarifies the role of enhanced self‐regulation and ...
Agnieszka Smoleńska, David Levi‐Faur
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The biomechanical effect of different spring extension assist mechanisms in mechanical 4-bar polycentric prosthetic knees for unilateral above/through-knee amputees. [PDF]
Toderita D +5 more
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Sustainability of Urban Sprawl: Environmental-Economic Indicators for the Analysis of Mobility Impact in Italy [PDF]
Sound empirical and quantitative analysis on the relationship between different patterns of urban expansion and environmental or social costs of mobility are still very rare in Europe and the few studies available provide only a qualitative discussion on
Chiara M. Travisi, Roberto Camagni
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New Labor Governance? The German Supply Chain Act and National Governance Mechanisms in Brazil
ABSTRACT Due diligence laws respond to labor governance challenges and to a lack of public governance addressing human rights violations in Global Value Chains. Despite ongoing contestation, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act seeks to hold German‐based firms accountable for human rights risks in their supply chains.
Helena Gräf
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Public services and agglomeration effect under spatial structure: Threshold verification on the provincial capital cities in China. [PDF]
Li MQ, Li Z, Zhang W, Wang Z, Zhang Y.
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Re‐Imagining Regulatory Governance
ABSTRACT This paper invites the readers to rethink regulatory governance by examining how trust‐based and rule‐based governance interact. To do this, it uses analytical narratives of three fictional polities: “Trustland”, “Regland”, and “Concordia”. Each polity represents a stylized model of governance: Trustland is anchored in trust‐based governance ...
David Levi‐Faur
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Decentralized environmental health governance in a mining municipality: An interpretive analysis from Obuasi, Ghana. [PDF]
Botchwey CO +5 more
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