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Polycentricity and Social Services of General Interest: A Multivariate Analysis [PDF]

, 2015
The aim of this study is to discuss the impact of polycentric structures and other regional patterns on the provision of Social Services of General Interest (SSGI).
Humer, Alois, Palma, Pedro, Rauhut, Daniel   +2 more
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Realizing a Regenerative Future by Revisiting Our Roots: A Dialectical Model of Management for the Circular Economy

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract The circular economy (CE) is often treated as a technological or system‐design challenge. We argue that it is also a managerial transition that remains under‐theorized. Rather than assuming that CE requires wholly new managerial frameworks, we revisit Fayol's functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling as enduring managerial ...
Kerry Hudson, Roberta De Angelis
wiley   +1 more source

From campaign-style response to positive response: how local actors’ behaviors affect the effectiveness of polycentric water governance

Ecology and Society
Resolving 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
doaj   +1 more source

Inferring urban polycentricity from the variability in human mobility patterns. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Cabrera-Arnau C, Zhong C, Batty M, Silva R, Kang SM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Knowledge polycentricity and the evolving Yangtze River Delta megalopolis [PDF]

, 2017
Knowledge polycentricity and the evolving Yangtze River Delta megalopolis. Regional Studies. Inspired by the two defining but often overlooked features of megalopolises as ‘hinges’ and ‘incubators’, this paper presents a multi-scalar and dynamic analysis
Phelps, NA, Li, Y
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Examining Governance Situations Using A Polycentricity Lens [PDF]

, 2019
This material has been published in 'Governing Complexity: Analyzing and Applying Polycentricity', edited by Andreas Thiel, William A. Blomquist and Dustin E. Garrick, as chapter 2 (pages 45–64), https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108325721.003. This version is
Blomquist, William, Nadine Jenny Shirin Schröder, Schröder, Nadine Jenny Shirin, William A. Blomquist, Blomquist, William A.   +4 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
wiley   +1 more source

Does spatial functional division in urban agglomerations reduce negative externalities in large cities? Evidence from urban agglomerations in China. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Zhang S, Ding J, Zheng H, Wang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Swanscombe fossil at 90: revisiting its phylogeny, taxonomy, and place in human origins Le fossile de Swanscombe, 90 ans après : retour sur sa place phylogénique, taxonomique et dans les origines de l'humanité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The year 2025 marked the ninetieth since a fossil hominin occipital bone was discovered in Swanscombe, southeast England. In subsequent years, its parietal bones were found, producing what remains the oldest partial cranium from Britain today. In the earliest analyses, it was interpreted as a descendant of the infamous fraudulent fossil Piltdown Man ...
Emma E. Bird, Chris Stringer
wiley   +1 more source

A diversity-based approach to the spatial development of socio-ecological systems [PDF]

Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2017
Although the concepts of sustainability and resilience have been in place for many years, their meaning and interpretations continues to be a subject of controversies, impeding their practical implementation.
Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor
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