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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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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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Regional patterns in the achievement of the Lisbon Strategy: a comparison between polycentric regions and monocentric ones [PDF]
Polycentrism is a common feature of European urban systems. Lately, the concept has assumed a more normative relevance and it has been often considered as a pre-requisite for a more sustainable and balanced development across Europe. However, the effects
Enrico Giovannetti +2 more
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High-level consumer services in polycentric urban regions - hospital care and higher education between duplication and complementarity [PDF]
In many European countries, territorial development strategies identify the development potential of so-called polycentric urban regions: regions in which a multitude of more or less similar-sized, formerly independent and distinct cities are located ...
Evert Meijers
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LandPolycentric urban structures are increasingly advocated to enhance economic efficiency, promote spatial equity, and support environmental sustainability.
Lipeng Duan +3 more
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State and local governance in Solomon Islands: building on existing strengths [PDF]
, 2015 In dealing with the question of a future system for governance in Solomon Islands, two options have been put on the table: patch up the existing system or convert the existing provinces into states under a federal system.
Scales, Ian
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article develops the concept of a territorial business model (TBM) to renew the analysis of the production of the urban built environment beyond established urban cores. Based on the case of Chongli, a site for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this article provides a double decentering of the ways in which a mountain region was urbanized
Thierry Theurillat, Mengke Zhang
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European Works Councils on the Periphery? A Case Study of a 'Global Economic Outpost' [PDF]
, 2001 European Works Councils (EWCs) are now an established part of industrial relations structures in approaching 600 multinational companies with potentially 10,000 or more employee participants(EIRR 2000).
Fitzgerald, Ian, Stirling, John
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Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT International politics is linked to its technical‐social character. Also, technology is socially constructed and thereby not entirely neutral or impartial. A tech‐driven geopolitical landscape has been a defining feature of contemporary world politics.
Eugenio V. Garcia
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Ecology and SocietyResolving complex social-ecological challenges requires many actors to coordinate and collaborate to take concerted governance actions. This is consistent with the concept of polycentricity, which focuses on self-governance.
Liuzhao Huang, Xiaoxin Liang, Yiqing Su
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