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

open access: yesEcology 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   +4 more
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Exploring the Polycentric Structure and Driving Mechanism of Urban Regions From the Perspective of Innovation Network

open access: yesFrontiers in Physics, 2022
Polycentric city-regional development has become a buzzword for urban scholars and planners around the world. Inspired by the two critical characteristics of the polycentric urban region (PUR) as incubators and hinges of knowledge production, this study ...
Chenghui Tang, Jianmin Dou
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Croatia's Potential for Polycentric Development

open access: yesDrustvena istrazivanja, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to analyse Croatia's potential to integrate the concept of polycentric development – an even development of equally spaced urban centres which also aims at lessening regional disparities – into its regional development policy.
Bačić, Katarina, Šišinački, Jelena
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Polycentric urban development and urban amenities: Evidence from Chinese cities [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2020
The recent literature on the “consumer city” and the “love of variety” argues that the provision of urban amenities makes a city more attractive. Meanwhile, polycentric urban development has been highlighted by academics and policymakers as a sustainable urban development regime, although its purported benefits need to be further investigated. Against
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Polycentric Security Governance and Sustainable Development in the Global South [PDF]

open access: yesCrimRxiv, 2020
Policing in much of the developing world has always been, in many respects, both dominated by the nonstate and pluralised. Yet, plurality and the nonstate are predominantly conceptualised, by scholars and practitioners alike, as problematic, noninclusive and/or undemocratic. Yet the reality is far more complex than this.
Berg, Julie, Shearing, Clifford
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Measuring polycentric urban development: The importance of accurately determining the ‘balance’ between ‘centers’ [PDF]

open access: yesCities, 2021
In recent years, much research has been devoted to developing appropriate analytical frameworks to capture polycentric urban development (PUD). In a recent contribution to this journal, Bartosiewicz and Marcińczak (2020) present what is arguably the most comprehensive, comparative review to date of the degree to which different analytical frameworks ...
Derudder, Ben   +5 more
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A hypothesis on a comprehensive approach to managing the urban polycentralization of post-socialist metropolitan areas [PDF]

open access: yesSpatium, 2020
Managing the polycentralization of metropolitan areas can contribute to a more even pace of development of builtup areas; it can also increase the economic and temporary accessibility of urban centers. This study, attempts to synthesize the main
Zhukovsky Roman
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The Impact of Polycentric Structure on CO2 Emissions: Evidence from China

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
Driven by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the importance of sustainable urbanization has taken center stage. In this study, we investigate the impact of polycentric structures on CO2 emissions using data from 279 Chinese cities and employing
Jing Wen   +4 more
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Application of Polycentric Urban Region concept in Iran’s Metropolitan Areas [PDF]

open access: yesمسکن 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
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Democratic Hopes in the Polycentric City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The polycentric model of municipal governance suggests that multiple jurisdictions may approximate an efficient market for local public services: citizens move to jurisdictions offering services they value at tax rates they are willing and able to pay ...
King, Loren
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