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The Impact of Governance Structures on the Distribution of Land Consolidation Benefits in Urban Areas: Case Studies in Ningbo, China

open access: yesLand, 2023
Against the backdrop of an urban-rural dual structure, governance structure significantly influences the fairness and sharing of land value increment profits from land consolidation in various regions.
Wenzheng Lu   +4 more
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Developing an Ecosystem Services-Based Approach for Land Use Planning

open access: yesLand, 2021
Rapid urbanization has altered many ecosystems, causing the decline in many ecosystem services (ES), and generating serious ecological crisis. The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region is one of the most rapidly urbanized regions in China and has experienced ...
Wenbo Cai, Wei Jiang, Yongli Cai
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Spatiotemporal Variation of Carbon Storage Driven by Land Use Policy in the Yangtze River Delta Region

open access: yesLand, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Urban food security during COVID-19: The limits of statutory welfare and the role of community action in Sweden and Korea

open access: yesUrban 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informal social accountability mechanisms for water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in childcare centres in Nairobi City County's informal settlements

open access: yesUrban 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   +5 more
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Principles and practice: Towards disaster risk reduction in New South Wales, Australia

open access: yesUrban 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
doaj   +1 more source

The role of organizational capacity to foster digital transformation in local governments: The case of three European smart cities

open access: yesUrban 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coproducing Urban Governance

open access: yesPolitics 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.
openaire   +5 more sources

What makes urban governance co-productive? Contradictions in the current debate on co-production [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Following a number of prominent concepts in urban planning, like participatory planning or self-help housing, co-production has started to gain momentum in the global South context. While it is has been long discussed as a means of service provision, the
Galuszka, Jakub
core   +1 more source

The moderating role of Covid-19-related support on urban livelihood capitals: Evidence from suburban Accra

open access: yesUrban Governance, 2023
In the Global South, the COVID-19 crisis has compelled varied efforts to quickly address the pandemic's impact on urban livelihoods. Families, friends as well as public, private, and civil society organizations have mobilized various resources to avert ...
Seth  Asare Okyere   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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