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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
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The background of this article is how the challenge to accomplish a sustainable energy transition—in service of various objectives, such as environmental and geopolitical concerns—has recently brought the development of smart heat infrastructures to the ...
Michiel A. Heldeweg +2 more
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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
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The complexities involved in the urbanization process and its effect on environmental sustainability and city aesthetics has been extensively researched in the conventional literature.
Augustine Chiga Awolorinke +2 more
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Urban Governance in Europe : the Government of What ?
«Who governs when nobody governs ?» This question is addressed by looking at phenomena that have become characteristic of cities today: violence, crime, immigration, mobility. Answering this question also requires paying more attention to different forms of regulation : state, market, along with cooperative/reciprocal modes of regulation. Risk embodies
Olivier Borraz, Patrick Le Galès
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The paper explains the current state of greenfield development for housing in major German cities. The respective projects are a result of the ways metro regions are structured both administratively and physically, the resulting governance arena that is ...
Uwe Altrock
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This qualitative research investigates the impact of the lockdowns (which started in March 2020) and other factors on Pakistani migrant workers’ food access and consumption practices in Kuala Lumpur. It also explores how they managed food supply.
Abdullah Khoso
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Governing urban sustainability transitions: urban planning regime and modes of governance [PDF]
There is an increasing need for urban sustainability transitions, though empirical cases that focus on the governance of these processes over time are not plentiful.
Salomaa Anna +2 more
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The implementation of urban sustainability policy efforts often require collaboration across multiple semi-independent units within a single government organization.
Christopher V. Hawkins, Rachel M. Krause
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New development: Directly elected mayors in Italy: creating a strong leader doesn’t mean creating strong leadership [PDF]
More than 20 years after their introduction, directly elected mayors are key players in Italian urban governance. This article explains the main effects of this reform on local government systems and provides lessons for other countries considering ...
Alessandro Sancino +17 more
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