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Decision map for spatial decision making in urban planning

open access: yes, 2005
In this paper, we introduce the concept of decision map and illustrate the way this new concept can be used effectively to support participation in spatial decision making and in urban planning. First, we start by introducing our spatial decision process
Pusceddu, Clara   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Investigating the democratic potential of temporary uses in urban redevelopment projects

open access: yes, 2018
In this chapter we shed light on enabling urban alternatives that arise through novel ways of governance and collaboration, observed in current urban redevelopment projects in Europe.
Parker, Peter   +8 more
core   +1 more source

An Institutionalist View on Experimentalist Governance: Local-level obstacles to policy-learning in European Union Cohesion Policy

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2017
The paper has the dual objective of contributing to theory development as well as to the debate about the added value of EU Cohesion Policy.
Stefan Telle
doaj  

Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Poverty and Support for Islamist Terror: Survey Results of Muslims in Fourteen Countries [PDF]

open access: yes
Survey respondents in fourteen countries representing 62% of the world’s Muslim population indicate that approval of Islamist terror is not associated with religiosity, lack of education, poverty, or income dissatisfaction. Instead, it is associated with
Michael Mousseau
core  

Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2013
A local government can use innovative governance practices to expand its jurisdictional capacity, thereby promoting local economic development.
Adam Grydehøj
doaj  

How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Compact city development: High ideals and emerging practices

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2012
Compact city development has, over the last 20 years or so, emerged as the preferred response to the goal of sustainable development. As such, it is pertinent to examine planning practices to see whether the traditional economic bias in planning is now ...
Hege Hofstad
doaj  

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Vision vs. Evaluation – Case Studies of Light Rail Planning in Denmark

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2017
Light rail transit (LRT) is a popular public transport mode used to upgrade the public transport system and support urban development strategies. Despite the seemingly poorer socio-economic return of LRT in cost benefit analyses (CBA) compared to bus ...
Morten Skou Nicolaisen   +2 more
doaj  

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