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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"City Governance"”.
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Encountering city governance: an analysis of street trading in Gaborone, Botswana
… in public spaces. This research explored how city governance shapes the practices of informal street trading in Gaborone, Botswana. It investigated how street traders navigate their daily trading and their spatial practices and strategies. Insights were gleaned through in-depth interviews with …
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Present and Active: Unpacking The Negotiated Logics of Container Street Traders in the Governance of a Ghanaian city
… scholarship on street trading and its governance in Ghanaian cities which predominantly focuses on the exclusionary policies that limit and, in some instances, aim to eliminate street trading. Container street traders play critical roles in the everyday governance of city streetscapes …
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A web of relations: co-production arrangements in urban sanitation infrastructure provision in informal settlements in Arusha City, Tanzania
Many city governments and actors have tested approaches or models and technological developments to address urban service crises. But this has tended to be without much success, as the service delivery gap keeps widening, leading to governance failure. One response to this decline in governance …
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Towards a Smart City Model for South African Metropolitan Municipalities : the case of Gauteng-based Metropolitan Municipalities
… increasing pressure to involve the community in city decision-making processes as well as to provide accurate, up-to-date information to other government institutions, communities and city stakeholders on a regular basis. South African cities are currently en-route toward smart technology and 4IR …
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Stories of the Sharing Economy: Comparing Narratives and Regulatory Responses to TNCs across American Cities
… transportation network companies (TNCs), provoke city governance actors and the public to react in many different ways. Some cities take a free market approach, while others opt toward heavy handed regulation. In addition to policy action, there is a great deal of policy narrative swirling around …
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Residents’ Quality Of Life In The Context Of Smart Cities
The smart city (SC) concept emerged as a new trend to answer challenging issues related to urban development. It has been suggested that the focus of SCs is switching from infrastructure supply-oriented approaches to improving citizens’ quality of life and sustainability. Transformation of a city …