Linking city branding to multi-level urban governance in Chinese mega-cities: A case study of Guangzhou
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.10.018
Abstract: Abstract This article contributes to the academic discussion on city branding as a form of multi-level urban governance, by investigating city branding tied to urban policies and state strategies in Chinese mega-cities, using Guangzhou as… read more here.
Keywords: city; level urban; multi level; urban governance ... See more keywords
Smart urban governance in the ‘smart’ era: Why is it urgently needed?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.103004
Abstract: Abstract ‘Smart’ governance in the ‘smart’ era is not just about adopting technology but more concerned with obtaining effective governance processes and achieving improved urban outcomes through the innovative use of technologies. In this viewpoint,… read more here.
Keywords: governance smart; smart era; governance; urban governance ... See more keywords
“La coopération, c’est clé”: Montreal’s urban governance in times of austerity
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DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2019.1676647
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper presents an investigation of local politics in an age of austerity in Montreal. Based on detailed interviews with actors in the local state, the municipal sphere and civil society, we analyzed a… read more here.
Keywords: state; ration est; governance; urban governance ... See more keywords
Reproducing authoritarian neoliberalism in Turkey: urban governance and state restructuring in the shadow of executive centralization
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DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2018.1502494
Abstract: ABSTRACT The implosion of popular struggles against the erosion of economic and democratic rights in the Middle East has thrown into sharp relief the co-constitutive character of neoliberal reforms and authoritarian state practices. This article… read more here.
Keywords: state; executive centralization; state restructuring; urban governance ... See more keywords
Literary non-fiction and the neo-liberal city: Subalternity and urban governance in Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers
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DOI: 10.1080/17449855.2018.1496468
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article challenges claims made for Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers as a piece of non-fiction, using the text to explore questions around subaltern agency and voice that have been at the centre… read more here.
Keywords: beautiful forevers; literary non; urban governance; non fiction ... See more keywords
Law and urban governance for health in times of rapid change
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DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daab064
Abstract: Summary Governance is an important factor in urban health, and law is an important element of healthy governance. Law can be an intervention local government wields to influence behavior and shape environments. Law can also… read more here.
Keywords: law urban; government; health; law ... See more keywords
Explaining urban governance in the midst of political transformation: The city of Macao
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DOI: 10.1111/apv.12167
Abstract: This paper takes a close look at the urban governance and political culture of Macao, the world largest casino city. Macao has experienced spectacular economic growth since gaming liberalisation in 2002 and China's Free Individual… read more here.
Keywords: explaining urban; governance; city macao; urban governance ... See more keywords
Patterns of urban governance: A sequence analysis of long-term institutional change in six Canadian cities
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DOI: 10.1111/juaf.12291
Abstract: ABSTRACT How do the institutional structures of urban policymaking develop over time? To answer this question, scholars have often focused on one of three contexts: the city in which a set of policy institutions exists,… read more here.
Keywords: six canadian; policy; long term; canadian cities ... See more keywords
Cities and the Anthropocene: Urban governance for the new era of regenerative cities
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098018779769
Abstract: The emerging ‘grand challenges’ of climate change, resource scarcity and population growth present a risk nexus to cities in the Anthropocene. This article discusses the potential that rapid urbanisation presents to help mitigate these risks… read more here.
Keywords: regenerative cities; anthropocene urban; grand challenges; urban governance ... See more keywords
Private urbanism and the spatial rationalities of urban governance
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980221110692
Abstract: Many cities across Africa are characterised by poor planning, housing deficit, waste management challenges and land-use conflicts. Government efforts to address these challenges remain inadequate, with increased private sector participation in urban governance which in… read more here.
Keywords: urban governance; spatial rationalities; development; governance ... See more keywords
What makes urban governance co-productive? Contradictions in the current debate on co-production
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DOI: 10.1177/1473095218780535
Abstract: Following a number of prominent concepts in urban planning, like participatory planning or self-help housing, co-production has started to gain momentum in the global South context. While it is has been long discussed as a… read more here.
Keywords: production; urban governance; makes urban; productive contradictions ... See more keywords