Material worlds? Resource geographies and thematter of nature'

K Bakker, G Bridge - Progress in human geography, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Concepts ofmateriality'are increasingly invoked in human geography. This paper discusses
several recent and influential workings of materiality, and examines their implications for …

Coastal resource management and tourism development in Fiji Islands: a conservation challenge

S Singh, JA Bhat, S Shah, NA Pala - Environment, Development and …, 2021 - Springer
The tourism sector has been a key driver of socioeconomic progress in Fiji Islands since the
1980s, in comparison with other industries such as agriculture, fisheries, and forestry. Fiji …

Multilevel water governance and problems of scale: Setting the stage for a broader debate

T Moss, J Newig - Environmental management, 2010 - Springer
Environmental governance and management are facing a multiplicity of challenges related
to spatial scales and multiple levels of governance. Water management is a field particularly …

[HTML][HTML] The coupling coordinated development of urban environment towards sustainable urbanization: An empirical study of Shandong Peninsula, China

X Fang, X Shi, TK Phillips, P Du, W Gao - Ecological indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapidly expanding urban areas urgently need to transform into sustainability-oriented
developments. In this study, we manage to establish a spatio-temporal coupling coordinated …

Municipal food strategies and integrated approaches to urban agriculture: Exploring three cases from the global north

B Mansfield, W Mendes - International Planning Studies, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
At a time when the majority of world's population live in urban areas, the role of cities in
addressing food system vulnerabilities is vital. One response has been a renewed focus by …

Participation and the pursuit of sustainability in US cities

KE Portney, JM Berry - Urban Affairs Review, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores the relationship between political and civic participation and the pursuit
of sustainability in American cities. Some have argued that cities that exhibit more …

Competitiveness and sustainability: can 'smart city regionalism'square the circle?

T Herrschel - Urban Studies, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Increasingly, the widely established, globalisation-driven agenda of economic
competitiveness meets a growing concern with sustainability. Yet, the practical and …

Rethinking sustainable urban regeneration: ambiguity, creativity, and the shared territory

J Evans, P Jones - Environment and Planning A, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite its broad definition, the concept of sustainability has become central to regeneration
policy in the UK. A growing body of research, however, suggests that the policy goals of …

Implementing social and environmental policies in cities: The case of food policy in Vancouver, Canada

W Mendes - International Journal of Urban and Regional …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen the appearance on urban agendas of social and environmental
issues not conventionally understood as municipal concerns. Often framed as policy areas …

Wind power planning in three Swedish municipalities

J Khan - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of the paper is to compare the planning for wind power in three municipalities and
analyze how it has influenced three important aspects of the wind power development: the …