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Pakistani migrant workers’ social practices to deal with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，巴基斯坦移民工人在马来西亚吉隆坡应对粮食不安全的社会实践

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ugj.2022.04.003

Abdullah Khoso

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The promise of co-design for improving transit service for older immigrants: Development of a co-design framework for Hamilton, Ontario 共同设计改善老年移民交通服务的承诺:安大略省汉密尔顿共同设计框架的发展

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ugj.2023.01.002

Shaila Jamal, K. Bruce Newbold

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Building urban infrastructure resilience through network governance 通过网络治理增强城市基础设施韧性

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ugj.2023.01.001

Naim Kapucu , Qian Hu , Abdul-Akeem Sadiq , Samiul Hasan

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Decisions institutions, policy arenas, and inter-departmental collective action around urban sustainability 围绕城市可持续发展的决策机构、政策领域和跨部门集体行动

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ugj.2022.11.005

Christopher V. Hawkins , Rachel M. Krause

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Board Members 董事会成员

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/S2664-3286(23)00037-2

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Building new cities in the Global South: Neoliberal planning and its adverse consequences 在全球南方建设新城市:新自由主义规划及其不利后果

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ugj.2022.11.002

Xing Su

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Do smart cities perform better in governing the COVID-19 crisis? Empirical evidence from Indonesian cities 智慧城市在治理COVID-19危机方面表现更好吗?来自印度尼西亚城市的经验证据

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ugj.2023.02.003

Arif Budy Pratama , Hina Amber , Yauheniya Shershunovich , André Bueno Rezende de Castro

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Urban parks under siege: the politics and factors influencing park rezoning and decline in urban Ghana 围攻下的城市公园:加纳城市公园重新规划和衰落的政治和影响因素

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ugj.2022.11.003

Dorcas Plange-Rhule, Michael Osei Asibey, Stephen Appiah Takyi, Owusu Amponsah

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Table of Content 目录表

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/S2664-3286(23)00038-4

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Measuring progress of smart cities: Indexing the smart city indices 衡量智慧城市的进展:索引智慧城市指数

Urban Governance Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ugj.2022.11.004

Calvin Ming Tsun Lai , Alistair Cole

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