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Decoupling sustainability and performance: How government infrastructure projects in Australia fare on strategic environmental commitments

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Australian government organisations are pivotal in helping to meet the United Nations sustainable development goals. Yet while these organisations promote sustainability in their strategic plans, they struggle to embed these same commitments into their own infrastructure and construction projects. This study examines this persistent disconnect
Richard Hughes, Kerry Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Boston Waterfront Partners' Equity Rubric for Waterfront Development [PDF]

open access: yes
The Equity Rubric is a framework created by the Boston Waterfront Partners to better understand in what ways existing and proposed projects along the Greater Boston waterfront are or are not furthering racial and socioeconomic equity.The rubric ...
Boston Waterfront Partners
core   +1 more source

The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Waterfront Landscape Planning

open access: yes, 2009
As a high quality green belt in the city, a city's waterfront landscape is can be a liveable and comfortable place. For citizens, it is also an attractive place to live in.
Hou, Diyun
core   +2 more sources

New Concept and Practice of Urban Flood Control Design Based on Waterfront Space Design

open access: yesRenmin Zhujiang, 2020
Through systematic summary and problem analysis of domestic and foreign urban flood control design,this paper believes that the urban flood control design should develop from traditional water conservancy engineering design to a new stage of building ...
LI Yuanyuan, HOU Guibing, WANG Yingjie
doaj  

BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

Conditions influencing waterfront development and urban actors capacity as a strategic response [PDF]

open access: yesSpatium, 2008
This paper is primarily based on the research on existing waterfront development that occurred in last few decades of the XX century in Western Europe with potentials for waterfront development in the changed and transitional context that Serbia and ...
Radosavljević Uroš
doaj   +1 more source

ENVIRONMENTAL STATECRAFT AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Chengdu's Ecological Preservation and Eco‐development

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of environmental statecraft to study changing urban environmental politics in China and beyond. Our review of existing conceptions reveals a growing need to account for temporal and geographical complexity. Neoliberal conceptions of eco‐state restructuring are increasingly strained by contemporary geopolitical
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

A study on landscape feature and emotional perception evaluation of waterfront greenway

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Communications
Waterfront greenway is important spatial carriers for urban residents to engage in walking tours and fitness activities. Improving the quality of its walking spaces can have a positive impact on the mental well-being of pedestrians. This enhancement is a
Dong Sun   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coastal waterfront and urban development in Spanish medium-sized cities: insights from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)

open access: yesJournal of Maps
Urban waterfront development has undergone significant transformations throughout history, driven by shifting economic imperatives, social dynamics, and environmental considerations.
Iván Medina-Álvarez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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