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Understanding Engagement in Collaborative Governance Networks Through Motivation, Learning, and Values

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborative governance networks are increasingly central to local climate action, yet research offers limited understanding of the personal, psychological, and informal factors that sustain engagement within them. This paper examines how such networks facilitate meaningful and lasting participation through an in‐depth study of Malmö Works, a
Gustav Osberg
wiley   +1 more source

Trialogue in raising good news agents: A case study from InnerCHANGE South Africa

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article is a case study. It reflects on InnerCHANGE South Africa’s (ICSA) efforts to develop missionaries emerging from African neighbourhoods of poverty. ICSA calls those missionaries, good news agents.
Kasebwe T.L. Kabongo
doaj   +1 more source

Who's in charge here anyway? Polycentric governance configurations and the development of policy on invasive alien species in the semisovereign Caribbean

Ecology and Society, 2017
We address the development of policy by polycentric governance configurations, taking Caribbean overseas territories and their advancements on invasive alien species (IAS) policy as an example.
Jetske Vaas, Peter P. J. Driessen, Mendel Giezen, Frank van Laerhoven, Martin J. Wassen   +4 more
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Polycentric Regional Ocean Governance Opportunity in the Benguela Current Convention

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The Benguela Current Convention (BCC) has been operational for a decade and has emerged from the precursor natural and fisheries science large marine ecosystem programs.
Ashley Naidoo, Hashali Hamukuaya, Mafaniso Hara, Yamkela Mngxe, Jesper Raakjær   +4 more
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The East Midlands in 2010: the spatial economy of the East Midlands [PDF]

, 2010
The East Midlands in 2010 is the updated evidence base that supports the regional economic strategy, A Flourishing Region.
Bickerton, CG
core  

From Contingency Management to Transformative Climate Risk Adaptation? Analysis of Private Sector Agency in Navigating Complex Climate Risk Realities

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing complexity and severity of cross‐border climate risks characterised by non‐linear impact chains and deep uncertainty questions the capacity of environmental governance to tackle these problems effectively and in a just manner. To increase the efficiency of climate action, the private sector has been called upon to leverage market ...
Päivi Tikkakoski, Sirkku Juhola
wiley   +1 more source

A Passive Polycentric Mechanism to Improve Active Mediolateral Balance in Prosthetic Walking

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Prosthetic legs are typically passive systems without active ankle control, restricting mediolateral balancing to a hip strategy. Resulting balance control impairments for persons with a lower extremity amputation may be mitigated by increasing hip ...
Evert S. van Hal, Juha M. Hijmans, Klaas Postema, Egbert Otten   +3 more
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Application of Polycentric Urban Region concept in Iran’s Metropolitan Areas [PDF]

مسکن و محیط روستا, 2020
Application of Polycentric Urban Regions concept in Iran’s Metropolitan Areas Theoretical Origin: Looking at the research on polycentric urban regions, two approaches can be distinguished: The first approach: looking upon the similarity of a polycentric ...
Ali Farnam
doaj  

Moving Beyond Co-Management: Opportunities and Limitations for Enabling Transitions to Polycentric Governance in Chile’s Territorial User Rights in Fisheries Policy

International Journal of the Commons, 2020
This paper contributes insights to discussions of adaptive governance in marine socio-ecological systems by elucidating the conditions which limit or enable the transition from co-management to polycentric governance at the local scale.
Sarah A. Ebel
doaj   +1 more source

Inferring urban polycentricity from the variability in human mobility patterns

Scientific Reports, 2023
The polycentric city model has gained popularity in spatial planning policy, since it is believed to overcome some of the problems often present in monocentric metropolises, ranging from congestion to difficult accessibility to jobs and services. However,
Carmen Cabrera-Arnau, Chen Zhong, Michael Batty, Ricardo Silva, Soong Moon Kang   +4 more
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