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TRANSFORMING THIRD WORLD CITIES THROUGH GOOD URBAN GOVERNANCE: FRESH EVIDENCE [PDF]
Many Ghanaians believe that introducing multi-party elections at the metropolitan, municipal and district levels would ensure the election of competent people to manage the urban or local economy.
Franklin OBENG-ODOOM
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A growing body of research recognizes urban regions as critical scales for understanding and addressing this century’s most “wicked” problems. However, these problems are often exacerbated by the fact that most urban regions are characterized by ...
Friedman, Katie +1 more
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Blind spots and actionable insights for urban governance of the climate-biodiversity-health nexus. [PDF]
NPJ Urban SustainStojanovic M +6 more
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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Social Accountability in Pakistan: Participatory governance in urban WASH
, 2017 The urban context in Pakistan is complex and posses major risks for the most vulnerable groups. Following the results of a participatory analysis, Oxfam developed a strategy for improving urban WASH governance and accountability in Pakistan. The model is
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Urban governance to support adaptable solutions for conversion of residual street spaces into social spaces. [PDF]
Sci RepGarau C, Askarizad R, Pinna F.
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate +4 more
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“The Debate in Urban Anthropology and the Development of Empirical Investigation on Governance”
, 2013 Today half of humanity is living in urban settings and that proportion is expected to increase in the coming decades. Society — Western and non-Western — is fast becoming urban and even mega-urban as existing cities and a growing number of smaller ...
DE VIVO, PAOLA
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Policy-aware cross-city learning: A framework for sustainable urban governance. [PDF]
Innovation (Camb)Yang Y, Zhan J, Liu Y, Qu X.
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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