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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Polycentricity"”.
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Polycentricity and agency in the construction of expatriate teacher identity and pedagogical practice
… (Blommaert, 2010), I combine the notion of polycentricity with the Douglas Fir Group’s (2016) framework for SLA to better understand teacher agency in the construction of teacher identity and in classroom language practices.
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Polycentric security governance : legitimacy, accountability, and the public interest
… and Johannesburg, as they are an exemplar of polycentricity in the way that they operate. Qualitative field research was employed using a nodal analytical framework and a collective case study approach. In-depth interviewing, participant and direct observation as well as documentary analysis …
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Glocalizing Forests: Transnational Networks and the Geography of Global Climate Policy
… structure, which I call \concentrated polycentricity," may limit the ability of those affected by REDD+ activities to engage indemocratic control over policy creation. Encouraging local ownership of REDD+policies can help mitigate some of these problems.
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Labour and Geography in Ireland, 2006 Evaluating the National Spatial Strategy for Ireland 2002 - 2020: People, Places and Potential
… by critically engaging with the concept of polycentricity, and c) to empirically evaluate selected spatial concepts that are central to the NSS. In addressing these objectives the thesis makes a significant contribution to both economic geography and spatial planning. It provides a …
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Growth effects of urban-rural and intra-regional linkages on counties and communities in the U.S.
… understanding of and our ability to detect polycentricity are not as robust. This underscores the need to investigate further the growth effects of urban-rural and intra-regional linkages. In the second paper (Chapter 3) I investigate the growth effects in non-metropolitan places of growth …
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The race to zero: emission reduction strategies in the sugarcane growing industry in southern Malawi
… emission reduction agenda has elements of polycentricity, and is characterised by the chaos and complexity of numerous actors working through self-governance with diffusion and linkages towards the achievement of a common goal but lacks coordination or collaboration between actors. …
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Spatial Econometric Modeling of Urban Spatial Structure of Chicago and Seoul in the 1990s: Agglomeration Economies, Information Technology and Commuting
… commuting in Seoul, implying a higher level of polycentricity in Chicago and a higher level of monocentricity in Seoul, respectively.
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State Steering in Polycentric Governance Systems: Climate Policy Integration in Ontario and California's Transportation Sectors
… a novel approach for evaluating the degree of polycentricity in each cases climate governance system. Finally, the research evaluates the degree to which overarching rules enhance these systems in relation to varying contexts. Ultimately, a polycentric approach to climate change governance is …
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A Multidimensional Study of Transit Ridership and Station Mode Shares in the United States: Nonlinear Effects, Data Aggregation, and Post-Pandemic Changes
… prices for bus ridership, and between VRM and polycentricity for rail ridership. This dissertation provides insights into the complex dynamics between BE, transit types, and travel behavior, offering valuable implications for urban transportation planning and policy development at multiple …
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GOVERNING FORESTS AS COMMONS, BEYOND EFFICIENCY: CAPABILITIES, CONFLICTS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGREEMENTS
… the understanding of these dynamics, which the polycentricity literature has mostly overlooked. Finally, the third paper deals with ex-post compliance with multi-stakeholder agreements for new forest governance arrangements that promote environmental protection together with socio-environmental …