Essays about: "urban regime theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words urban regime theory.

1. 1. God, the Nation, and the King in Everyday Life : Everyday politics and everyday religion in an urban Jordanian context

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Julia Sandin Bard; [2022]
   Keywords : everyday politics; everyday resistance; everyday support; everyday religion; lived religion; Jordan; political engagement;

   Abstract : Scholars and experts speak of a political apathy and a lack of political engagement in Jordan. In conventional studies of political engagement a large part of the actual everyday engagement of “the ordinary” is overlooked as it does not conform to the prevailing view of political or civic engagement. READ MORE

3. 2. City of the Anthropocene : A Case Study of Lynetteholm, Copenhagen.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Amalie Mørk; [2021]
   Keywords : urban development; sustainability; ecological modernization; human development; urban regime theory; urban planning; local governance; Lynetteholm;

   Abstract : This paper is a study upon a global vision of a sustainable future, to local implementation of environmentally effective solutions, in contemporary urban planning projects. The purpose was to illuminate a gap between the global rationality of sustainability and local rationality of sustainability and to identify the effect it has on sustainable outcomes. READ MORE

4. 3. The determinants of local government involvement in nature conservation programs : Evidence from Swedish municipalities

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Marco Kessler; [2021]
   Keywords : Environmental policy adoption · Local government · Nature conservation · LONA · Swedish municipalities · Poisson fixed effects panel regression;

   Abstract : Environmental degradation is a coining issue of our time. Hardly any place in the world is spared from its repercussions. Governments on all administrative levels have begun to take action. It has been acknowledged that local governments are playing a key role in combating the sources and adverse effects of environmental degradation. READ MORE

5. 4. Homeownership, the production of urban sprawl and an unexpected Nightingale

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Marvin Sommer; [2020]
   Keywords : housing studies; path dependency; critical junctures; historical institutionalism; gradual change; urbanisation; suburbanisation; Australia; Melbourne; Nightingale Housing;

   Abstract : Homeownership and suburbanisation are two sides of the same coin in the context of Australia. This thesis explores the housing system that facilitates homeownership under a framework of institutional path dependence and how that has facilitated spatial patterns of suburbanization in contemporary Melbourne. READ MORE

6. 5. WWF: A Transversal Bridging Organization. Exploring the Role of WWF in the Urban Climate Governance Arena.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Sofia Anna Enrica Cavalleri; [2019]
   Keywords : urban climate governance; bridging organizations; stakeholder mapping; WWF; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In the last years, a lack of trust in multi-lateral agreements has been rising, in part because of the absence of a global legally binding environmental regime, since the end of the Kyoto Protocol. The urban climate governance arena has been emerging as a much more promising scenario for climate action. READ MORE