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The governance of urban regeneration: a critique of the ‘governing without government’ thesis [PDF]

Public Administration, 2002
This paper offers a critique of the concept of governance as networks. Using the complementary concept of regime governance, it argues that networks are not the primary mode of governance in the politics of urban regeneration in the UK. Drawing on primary and secondary material, it is argued that Central Government is becoming more influential in the ...
Davies, Jonathan S., Jonathan S. Davies, Davies, Jonathan   +2 more
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Compound Urban Crises [PDF]

, 2022
The crises that cities face—such as climate change, pandemics, economic downturn, and racism—are tightly interlinked and cannot be addressed in isolation. This paper addresses compound urban crises as a unique type of problem, in which discrete solutions
Colen Ladeia Torrens, Jonas, Orr, Christopher J.,, Patterson, James, van der Heijden, Jeroen, Environmental Governance, Papin, Marielle,, Webb, Robert,, Rosan|, Dolan, Dana,, Gupta, Mukesh,, Patterson, James,, Castán Broto, Vanesa, Papin, Marielle, Ashcraft, Catherine, Ashcraft, Catherine M.,, Webb, Robert, Hickmann, Thomas,, Robin, Enora, Robin, Enora,, Torrens, Jonas, Orr, Christopher, Govern.of Urban Dynamics and Transitions, Broto, Vanesa Castán, Torrens, Jonas,, Macrorie, Rachel,, Orr, Christopher J., Hobbins, Robert, Torrens, Jonas; id_orcid, Westman, Linda, Hobbins, Robert,, Ashcraft, Catherine M., Global Sustainability Governance, Castán Broto, Vanesa,, Westman, Linda,, Gupta, Mukesh, van der Heijden, Jeroen,, Hickmann, Thomas, Dolan, Dana, Lund University., Macrorie, Rachel, Rosan, Christina,, Rosan, Christina   +41 more
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Exploring Spatiotemporal Variation of Carbon Storage Driven by Land Use Policy in the Yangtze River Delta Region

Land, 2021
Land use/land cover (LULC) change driven by land use policy always leads to dramatic change in carbon storage and sequestration, especially in a rapidly urbanizing region. However, few studies explored the influences of land use polices on carbon storage
Wenbo Cai, Wanting Peng
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Urban food security during COVID-19: The limits of statutory welfare and the role of community action in Sweden and Korea

Urban Governance, 2022
During COVID-19, the demand for food relief exploded as vulnerable people were suddenly more numerous and visible than ever, for which statutory welfare was not ready to cope with.
Johan Nordensvärd, Young-hwan Byun, Carl-Johan Sommar   +2 more
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Actor networks in urban water governance

, 2023
A network perspective to urban water governance provides a useful analytical perspective. Network approaches allow systematic descriptions and analysis of the structure of interactions among actors and technical elements. This chapter presents conceptual
Duygan, Mert (author), Pakizer, Katrin (author), Fischer, Manuel (author), Ingold, Karin (author), Manny, Liliane (author)   +4 more
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Informal social accountability mechanisms for water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in childcare centres in Nairobi City County's informal settlements

Urban Governance, 2022
Social accountability for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is a critical component to realising child rights to WASH services by the urban poor, more so in childcare centres. Despite the existence of discrete social accountability mechanisms
Ivy Chumo, Caroline Kabaria, Kanyiva Muindi, Helen Elsey, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Blessing Mberu   +5 more
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Coproducing Urban Governance

Politics and Governance, 2018
There are many critiques of existing forms of urban governance as not fit for purpose. However, what alternatives might look like is equally contested. Coproduction is proposed as a response to address complex wicked issues. Achieving coproduction is a highly complex and daunting task. Bottom up approaches to the initiation of coproduced governance are
Richardson, L., Durose, C., Perry, B.
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Principles and practice: Towards disaster risk reduction in New South Wales, Australia

Urban Governance, 2022
By ratifying the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), the Australian Government has accepted the need to mainstream disaster risk reduction (DRR) principles into policy and procedures.
Alice Conant, Graham Brewer
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URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN POLICY [PDF]

, 2005
During the last decade, in many European countries and cities, area-based Urban Development Programmes have been initiated, in response to major problems of poverty and social exclusion.
Tosics, Ivan, Dukes, Thea, IVÁN TOSICS, Dukes, M.J.M., THEA DUKES, Tosics, I.   +5 more
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The role of organizational capacity to foster digital transformation in local governments: The case of three European smart cities

Urban Governance, 2022
Organizational capacity is required to explain what it takes for local governments to succeed in their digital transformation. However, the current literature largely ignores how local governments are adapting their organizational dynamics in order to ...
Mila Gasco-Hernandez, Greta Nasi, Maria Cucciniello, Alexander M. Hiedemann   +3 more
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