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Classroom boundaries and teacher agency: Challenges of implementing Ireland's new primary curriculum

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reports on a doctoral study examining teacher agency in one Irish primary school at a timely moment ahead of the implementation of the new Primary Curriculum Framework in September 2025. The framework embeds teacher agency as a central professional principle, yet findings from this study reveal a more cautious and bounded reality.
Máiréad Nally, Carmel O. Sullivan, Karin Bacon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The resilience of urban trees [PDF]

Trees incorporated into urban environments have both ecological and social values which help sustain public health and well being. What is not known is how resilient urban trees are to the challenges, including climate change, of the 21st century. If the species composition of trees in urban environments is likely to change over time then this raises ...
Wallbank, NJ, James, P
openaire  

Licensed Commoning and the Authoritarian Commons: Governing Participation in China's Community Gardens

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's environmental governance transition combines intensified vertical accountability and performance‐based management with expanding calls for public participation. However, despite growing demand for civic engagement, there remains limited understanding of how participatory environmental initiatives are structured and governed in practice.
Linjun Xie, Mengqi Shao, Gaohan Deng
wiley   +1 more source

When Policy Is the Hazard: Institutional Legitimacy and Climate Risk Attribution Among Farmers in Water Stressed California

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how farmers perceive and respond to climate policy risk in the context of drought and argues that understanding such responses is as important as understanding farmer reactions to the biophysical impacts of climate change.
M. Anne Visser, Jordan Pantano, Grace Kumetat, Julia Marhenke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A methodology to support species selection decisions for planting trees in urban spaces using explainable AI

Environmental Research Communications
In urban areas with poor plant growth environments, selecting trees for planting requires the consideration of the urban environment as well as the local conditions surrounding the proposed planting site.
Jihye Ha, Joonwoo Lee, Gunwon Lee, Geunhan Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hazard Assessment of Urban Trees along the Bagmati River Corridor: A Case Study from Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Ward Number 8. [PDF]

Scientifica (Cairo), 2023
Shapkota J, Gautam J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Nested Institutions and Overlapping Mandates: A Policy Analysis of Mangrove Governance in Ghana, Tanzania Mainland, and Zanzibar

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mangroves are critical resources in sustaining coastal communities by providing essential ecosystem goods and services. Occurring within the interface of land and sea, they serve as critical ecological zones shaped by dynamic interactions between terrestrial and marine systems.
Menelisi Falayi, Dorothy Khasisi Lukhabi, Linda Bana, Nanabanyin Okwentsie Ekumah, Vincent Cudjoe Egbenya, Denis Worlanyo Aheto, Nandera Juma Lolila, Hamidu Seki, Deo Shirima, Ibrahim Issifu, Mengyi Zhang, Terry Sunderland   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Street trees provide an opportunity to mitigate urban heat and reduce risk of high heat exposure

Scientific Reports
Climate change is exacerbating the need for urban greening and the associated environmental and human well-being benefits. Trees can help mitigate urban heat, but more detailed understanding of cooling effects of green infrastructure are needed to guide ...
Ailene K. Ettinger, Gregory N. Bratman, Michael Carey, Ryan Hebert, Olivia Hill, Hannah Kett, Phillip Levin, Maia Murphy-Williams, Lowell Wyse   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of spatial distribution of trees outside forests along urban-rural gradients: A review

Sustinere: Journal of Environment and Sustainability
Urbanization can create uncertainty for biodiversity. Understanding the spatial distribution of trees along urban-rural gradients is crucial for sustainable land management and the conservation of biological diversity.
Dorcas Wambui Kariuki, Sammy C. Letema, Godwin O. Opinde   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Irrigated urban trees exhibit greater functional trait plasticity compared to natural stands. [PDF]

Biol Lett, 2023
Ibsen PC, Santiago LS, Shiflett SA, Chandler M, Jenerette GD.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source