Search Results - "Local environment"

Social equity in urban resilience planning by Meerow, Sara, Pajouhesh, Pani, Miller, Thaddeus R.

“…A growing number of cities are incorporating resilience into their plans and policies to respond to shocks, stresses, and uncertainties. While some scholars…”
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The impossibility of social distancing among the urban poor: the case of an Indian slum in the times of COVID-19 by Wasdani, Kishinchand Poornima, Prasad, Ajnesh

“…As cases of COVID-19 were rising in India and the country's political leadership instituted a nationwide lockdown, one of the authors of this article received…”
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Radical, reformist, and garden-variety neoliberal: coming to terms with urban agriculture's contradictions by McClintock, Nathan

“…For many activists and scholars, urban agriculture in the Global North has become synonymous with sustainable food systems, standing in opposition to the…”
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Blocking pipelines, unsettling environmental justice: from rights of nature to responsibility to territory by Temper, Leah

“…Indigenous peoples are among the most affected by environmental injustices globally, however environmental justice theory has not yet meaningfully addressed…”
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What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature by Piggott-McKellar, Annah E., McNamara, Karen E., Nunn, Patrick D., Watson, James E. M.

“…Across the Global South, community-based adaptation (CBA) projects are increasingly being implemented in an effort to respond effectively and sustainably to…”
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Whose energy transition is it, anyway? Organisation and ownership of the Energiewende in villages, cities and regions by Moss, Timothy, Becker, Sören, Naumann, Matthias

“…As one of the most ambitious national energy transition initiatives worldwide, the German Energiewende is attracting a huge amount of attention globally in…”
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Urban planning and degrowth: a missing dialogue by Xue, Jin

“…The paper aims at discussing the reciprocity of developing a dialogue between urban planning and degrowth by arguing for two interactive processes:…”
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Climate change, natural hazards, and risk perception: the role of proximity and personal experience by Lujala, Päivi, Lein, Haakon, Rød, Jan Ketil

“…Understanding public risk perception related to possible consequences of climate change is of paramount importance. Not only does risk perception have an…”
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Social innovation and the governance of sustainable places by Baker, Susan, Mehmood, Abid

“…This article explores social innovation as a tool for the promotion of place-based sustainable development. The literature highlights the satisfaction of basic…”
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Community repair in the circular economy - fixing more than stuff by Bradley, Karin, Persson, Ola

“…In the circular economy discourse it is stressed that products ought to be repairable and that repair work is assumed to be growing. However, repair can be…”
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Smart and sustainable cities? Pipedreams, practicalities and possibilities by Evans, James, Karvonen, Andrew, Luque-Ayala, Andres, Martin, Chris, McCormick, Kes, Raven, Rob, Palgan, Yuliya Voytenko

“…Smart cities promise to generate economic, social and environmental value through the seamless connection of urban services and infrastructure by digital…”
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Just green enough: contesting environmental gentrification in Greenpoint, Brooklyn by Curran, Winifred, Hamilton, Trina

“…While sustainability and green urbanism have become buzzwords in urban policy circles, too little analysis has focused on who gets to decide what green looks…”
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Stretching "smart": advancing health and well-being through the smart city agenda by Trencher, Gregory, Karvonen, Andrew

“…Contemporary smart cities have largely mirrored the sustainable development agenda by embracing an ecological modernisation approach to urban development…”
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Sustainable circular cities? Analysing urban circular economy policies in Amsterdam, Glasgow, and Copenhagen by Calisto Friant, Martin, Reid, Katie, Boesler, Peppi, Vermeulen, Walter J. V., Salomone, Roberta

“…Cities play a central role in the circular economy (CE) as they are important centres of production and consumption, responsible for 80% of global GDP…”
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Urban sharing in smart cities: the cases of Berlin and London by Zvolska, Lucie, Lehner, Matthias, Voytenko Palgan, Yuliya, Mont, Oksana, Plepys, Andrius

“…Addressing urban sustainability challenges requires changes in the way systems of provision and services are designed, organised and delivered. In this…”
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Community-based climate change adaptation: a review of academic literature by McNamara, Karen Elizabeth, Buggy, Lisa

“…The focus on climate change adaptation, rather than mitigation, has become more prominent since the turn of the century. Given this, it is important to…”
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Disaster resilience: a bounce back or bounce forward ability?

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Green infrastructure and planning policy: a critical assessment by Lennon, Mick

“…Advocates of the green infrastructure (GI) concept claim it offers a progressive planning approach that facilitates synergies between economic growth,…”
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Green financing, interrupted. Potential directions for sustainable finance in Luxembourg by Dörry, Sabine, Schulz, Christian

“…This paper has a quintessentially explorative character. It aims at identifying existing as well as potential (yet missing) links between the finance industry…”
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Solar photovoltaic energy infrastructures, land use and sociocultural context in Portugal by Silva, Luís, Sareen, Siddharth

“…Energy infrastructures co-evolve with and are enacted and acted upon by not only technical but also regulatory and institutional factors, as well as…”
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