Informing Urban Governance? Boundary‐spanning Organisations and the Ecosystem of Urban Data
, 2019 Correspondence Michele Acuto Email: michele.acuto@unimelb.edu.au In urban policy there is an increasing emphasis on the management and sharing of information in and about cities.
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The Tangled Web of Associational Life [PDF]
This paper examines how decentralization and informalization are reshaping urban governance in contemporary Africa. By exploring the interface between urban institutional failures and popular organizational solutions, the paper considers how informal ...
Meagher, Kate
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
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A systematic review of a digital twin city: A new pattern of urban governance toward smart cities
, 2021 Tianhu Deng, Keren Zhang, Z. Shen
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Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.Microorganisms colonizing photovoltaic surfaces in the Atacama desert form biofilms that enhance particle adhesion and reduce energy yield. This study identifies UV‐resistant bacteria and carotenoid‐producing strains that interfere with PV performance.
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The networked micro-decision context: a new lens on transformative urban governance. [PDF]
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City marketing - a significant planning tool for urban development in a globalised economy [PDF]
In our days it is a fact that what is projected as the ‘image’ of a city, can be more important than the reality of the city itself, in shaping visitors’, investors’, and even its own inhabitants’ opinion of it.
Alex Deffner, Christos Liouris
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Long‐Term Elevated CO2 Improves Soil Health and Rice Yields in Paddy Fields
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Combining the two longest‐running rice free‐air CO2 enrichment experiments with a global data synthesis, this study demonstrates that long‐term elevated CO2 consistently enhances soil health. In rice paddies, this improvement sustains the CO2 fertilization effect over decades.
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Urban Governance, Multisectoral Action, and Civic Engagement for Population Health, Wellbeing, and Equity in Urban Settings: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
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Entry regulation and business start-ups : evidence from Mexico [PDF]
The authors estimate the effect on business start-ups of a program that significantly speeds up firm registration procedures. The program was implemented in Mexico in different municipalities at different dates.
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