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Public Private Partnerships and Port-Land Interface Projects
This chapter illustrates the importance of port-land interface projects for the development of Blue Economy. It analyzes the current scenario––How...
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Youth and Humanitarian Action: Open Map** Partnerships for Disaster Response and the SDGs
Use of data and digital technologies has dramatically changed the look, feel, and efficacy of humanitarian action over the past decade. Partnerships...
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Variegated transnational partnerships: Multi-scalar actor networks in China’s overseas industrial parks
The development of overseas industrial parks is a key component of the Belt and Road Initiative and a practical way of promoting inclusive...
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Addressing injustice in green infrastructure through socio-ecological practice: What is the role of university–community partnerships?
University–community partnerships provide a valuable mechanism to support socio-ecological practice to address complex urban water issues....
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Public–Private Partnerships in Turkey
For three decades now, governments across the world have enabled the private sector to deliver public infrastructure services through public–private...
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A collaborative effort to address maintenance of green infrastructure through a university–community partnership
University–community partnerships can play an important role in this green infrastructure (GI) maintenance issue and provide a valuable mechanism to...
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River and watershed organizations in the U.S. Intermountain West: key actors in social-ecological resilience
River and watershed organizations are important local and regional actors working toward the resilience of rivers and watersheds. Social ecology and...
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Smart Cities and the Urban Economy: How Smart City Can Integrate Good Urban Economies
As the Smart City concept gains traction worldwide through the adoption of the technologies inherent to the concept, the potential increase in urban...
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New Opportunities for Public–Private Partnerships in the Groningen Earthquake Zone
Ever since, the recognition of the causality between earthquakes in the Northern part of the Netherlands, more specific the Region Groningen, gas...
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Green Supply Chain in Construction Sector, Government Intervention, Partnerships and Green Practices
Rapid urbanization and investment in infrastructure projects have promoted significant growth in the construction industry, which has led to a series...
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The Ecosystem Where YouthMappers Live and Thrive
YouthMappers live and thrive in an ecosystem of university chapters, organizers, sponsors, ambassadors, and partners. This system places youth at the...
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A Free and Open Map of the Entire World: Opportunities for YouthMappers Within the Unusual Partnership Model of OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a very unusual kind of partnership, not only in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but...
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Partnerships for Successes in Slum Upgrading: Local Governance and Social Change in Kibera, Nairobi
With global trends towards increased urbanisation, conditions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) present unique challenges. Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya, is...
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Investigating alternatives to privatization of public housing: an analysis based on the Quattro Corti project in Italy
After the long-lasting divestment in the Italian public housing system and the privatization of over 20% of the stock, many public dwellings are...
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Willingness to participate in marine volunteering: an international survey
With the launch of the UN Ocean Decade, the value of inclusive approaches encouraging better stewardship and improving the management of ocean...
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Public–Private Partnerships in the Context of Mega Events
The 2016 Olympic GamesOlympic Games hosted in RioRio City was used as pretext for the implementation of a set of urbanUrban projectsProject in the...
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Local and Cross-Border Dynamics of Energy Management and Transition: A Franco-German Comparison
Local energy management methods are grappling with the multiple crises that are swee** Europe (climate, energy, geopolitical crisis, etc.) and must...
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Geography and Economic Development: Lessons Learned
A fundamental purpose of this book is to show that economic development is an area of inquiry that overlaps significantly with the perspectives of...
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Conclusions: Redefining Smart Cities
While Smart City approaches promises transformative changes in urban management, its weaknesses have been exposed, particularly during the COVID-19...
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Equity, Access and Utilization of COVID-19 Vaccine in Ebonyi State, Nigeria
More than a year after vaccine development, COVID-19 vaccine equity remains elusive in the global south. While much is known about vaccine inequity...
