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The social capital of urban activism

open access: yesCity, 2017
Practices of urban activism are increasingly viewed as a new form of engaged citizenship. Because of their insurgent and informal nature, however, these initiatives are at risk of marginalization from exclusionary urban policy processes. Employing the concept of social capital, this paper analyzes the internal organization of two activist communities ...
Federico Savini, Katherine Vanhoose
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Activating Urban Planners for Fostering Urban Integrity: An Inroad into Curbing City Level Corruption

2022
Corruption is one of the major hurdles to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) globally. Money is lost due to illicit financial flows and the lack of progress in updating policies and improving the technical capabilities of key departments at the national level.
Nkula-Wenz, Laura   +2 more
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Operational activities of urban roads

ACADEMICIA: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH JOURNAL, 2021
AbstractThis article sets out the basics of urban road maintenance. The tasks performed by the city road service are given. The operational factors of urban roads are considered in more detail. Particular attention is paid to determining the service life of urban road surfaces.
Abdikhalilov Fitrat Abdikhalil Oglu   +1 more
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Urban Continent, Urban Activism? European Cities and Social Movement Activism

Global Society, 2016
The European Union is currently experiencing a major protest wave. Citizens all over the continent are taking to the streets in droves to express their dissatisfaction with austerity policies, high unemployment, ineffective leadership and other issues.
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The lodge as an urban council activity

New Directions for Mental Health Services, 1980
AbstractAs a nonprofit, private organization, we discovered that we were quickly caught up in the ongoing battle between the state hospital and the local mental health center.
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City Case Studies in Urban Governance and Urban Activism

2018
This chapter will present UA case studies in the global North and South, from my own research (previous and current), as well as others. These studies were selected on the basis of their direct relevance to the themes specified throughout this book, namely, urban governance, food security and the use of urban space for UA activities.
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Relocating Centers of Urban Activity in the Urban Periphery?

disP - The Planning Review, 2014
Willem Salet   +2 more
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Urban physical activity

2018
Brad Harasymchuk, Chris North
openaire   +1 more source

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