Decentralized Wind Energy Systems as Catalysts for Urban Resilience: A Design Framework
Energy Science &Engineering, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 682-700, February 2026.ABSTRACT Confronting the escalating extreme weather events (EWEs) and intensifying winds, this study proposes an active response to these issues by exploring decentralized wind energy production for Peng Chau Island, Hong Kong. It integrates theoretical perspectives on energy democracy—empowering local communities through energy autonomy—and urban ...
Tian Cheng
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Landscape‐as‐governance: Exploring agency, embodied sensing and decision preferences
People and NatureWe introduce landscape‐as‐governance (LAG) as a dynamic landscape property and theoretical approach that uses people's embodied sensing to explain their governance preferences.
Julian Clark +3 more
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Disentangling the potential of protected areas to promote sustainable development
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 24, Issue 1, February 2026.Protected areas (PAs) and other effective area‐based conservation measures (OECMs) are crucial to sustainable development, yet their contributions to environmental, social, and economic dimensions remain unclear. We investigated the role of PAs and OECMs in advancing the sustainable development agenda by summarizing 400 effect‐size values and measuring
Aline Gaglia Alves +3 more
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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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Transforming Rural Water Governance: Towards Deliberative and Polycentric Models?
Water Alternatives, 2009 Editorial
Andreas Neef
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Territorial Administration and Political Control [PDF]
Based on recent field research, the paper suggests an interpretative model of territorial government in France. Relations between national and local authorities as well as policy- making processes suggest that the centralized State has faced a major ...
Jean-Claude Thoenig
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Governance of food safety in China's pre-made dishes industry: legal reforms, policy strategies, and international perspectives. [PDF]
Front NutrTang S, Yang Y, Li Z.
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Impact of Spatial structure of urban agglomerations on green innovation in China. [PDF]
Sci RepDong S, Liu K.
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Characterizing governance models for upscaling wetland restoration. [PDF]
Environ ManageTerrisse A +3 more
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Polycentric metropolitan areas in Europe towards a unified proposal of delimitation [PDF]
Metropolitan areas concentrate the main share of population, production and consumption in OECD countries. They are likely to be one of the most important units for economic, social and environmental analysis as well as for the development of policy ...
Francesc Hernández +3 more
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