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The flood risk management plan: towards spatial water governance [PDF]

, 2017
The flood risk management plan challenges both water engineers and spatial planners. It calls for a new mode of governance for flood risk management. This contribution analyses how this mode of governance distinguishes from prevalent approaches.
Driessen, P., Section Economic Urban Transitions, Hartmann, T., Environmental Governance, Economic Urban Transitions, Faculteit Geowetenschappen   +5 more
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Legal governance of smart heat infrastructure development under modes of liberalization; how to analyze and overcome deadlocks in heat projects

Energy, Sustainability and Society, 2017
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, Maurits Ph.Th. Sanders, Anne V. Brunnekreef   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Urban 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, Louis  Kusi Frimpong, Matthew Abunyewah, Stephen  Kofi Diko, Md. Nawrose Fatemi, Stephen  Leonard Mensah, Seth  Barnie Enning, Michihiro Kita   +7 more
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Urban Governance in Europe : the Government of What ?

Métropoles, 2010
«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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Decentring urban governance : agency, resistance, and place [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction to Decentring Urban Governance: Narratives, Resistance and ...
Bevir, Mark, McKee, Kim, Matthews, Peter
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Insouciant, powerless or helpless: An assessment of the factors that contribute to the non-compliance with the regulations that protect ecologically sensitive areas in the Greater Kumasi Metropolis

Urban Governance, 2023
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, Stephen Appiah Takyi, Owusu Amponsah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

New (sub)urbanism? - How German cities try to create “urban” neighborhoods in their outskirts as a contribution to solving their recent housing crises

Urban Governance, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Governing urban sustainability transitions: urban planning regime and modes of governance [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2020
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, Nieminen Jenni, Juhola Sirkku   +2 more
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Pakistani migrant workers’ social practices to deal with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Urban Governance, 2023
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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Decisions institutions, policy arenas, and inter-departmental collective action around urban sustainability

Urban Governance, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source