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A comparative policy approach to climate change in cross-border regions 跨境地区气候变化的比较政策方法

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100241

Francesco Cappellano , Joanna Kurowska-Pysz , Andrzej Jakubowski

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Urban growth dynamics in Zimbabwe: Implications for policy and planning 津巴布韦的城市增长动态：对政策和规划的影响

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100239

Tazviona Richman Gambe

{"title":"Urban growth dynamics in Zimbabwe: Implications for policy and planning","authors":"Tazviona Richman Gambe","doi":"10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100239","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100239","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Acute shortages of public infrastructure in Southern African cities are primarily driven by rapid urbanisation. This paper assesses urbanisation trends in Zimbabwe and their implications for urban planning and policy. Using data from the Global Human Settlements Urban Centre Database 2015, it systematically analyses 40 years of urban growth patterns, focusing on the extent of compact versus sprawl development. The main findings reveal that urbanisation levels continue to rise while urban growth rates have slowed. The number of cities increased significantly from 10 (1975) to 33 (2015), with small cities experiencing the fastest growth associated with overcrowded and unplanned settlements. National urban density declined from 1975 to 2000 before a slight rebound in 2015. Although experiences differed across cities, small cities had the highest densities, particularly those with built-up areas under one square kilometre. Despite a general trend toward sprawl, some cities exhibit more contained growth. Population projections suggest that Harare will maintain its primacy, with Chitungwiza becoming the second-largest city by 2050. These trends indicate the need for city-specific policies that promote compact development, integrating land use planning and infrastructure investments that support sustainable urban development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45520,"journal":{"name":"Regional Science Policy and Practice","volume":"17 12","pages":"Article 100239"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144933903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100235

Chiara F. Del Bo

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Integrating cycling tourism, e-mobility and local development: A spatial model to plan slow tourist paths for E-bikes 整合自行车旅游、电动交通和地方发展：一个规划电动自行车慢行旅游路径的空间模型

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100237

Luca Pirolo , Rossella Moscarelli

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100227

Laurie A. Schintler

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Cities in the loop: A social science perspective on the role of cities in food system circularity 循环中的城市：从社会科学的角度看城市在粮食系统循环中的作用

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100238

Daniel Polman , Liesbeth de Schutter , Stephanie Begemann , Jose D. Lopez-Rivas , Eveline van Leeuwen , Joana Wensing

{"title":"Cities in the loop: A social science perspective on the role of cities in food system circularity","authors":"Daniel Polman , Liesbeth de Schutter , Stephanie Begemann , Jose D. Lopez-Rivas , Eveline van Leeuwen , Joana Wensing","doi":"10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100238","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100238","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The transition to a circular food system is crucial to address the environmental pressures, inefficiencies, and socioeconomic inequalities inherent in “linear” food systems. Cities as dense population hubs with substantial food consumption and waste generation, possess considerable—though largely untapped—potential in steering food provisioning systems from a consumption perspective, particularly when equipped with the institutional, economic, and behavioral dimensions for transformative change. Conceptualizing urban food systems as networks of actors, institutions and resources interacting across spatial scales, we argue that food system circularity is critically dependent on multi-level relations and governance structures that go beyond the material dimension of urban food provisioning. Rooted in food system thinking, this paper explores social science approaches to understanding if and how cities can drive and scale food system transitions on the basis of circular principles and practices. We conceptualize circularity as a transformative design principle from an urban food consumption perspective, and identify three key areas where we challenge social scientists and policymakers to seize opportunities for a richer social science perspective on food system circularity: (1) equitable economic relations and (spatial) interdependencies; (2) governance of the social dimension of circularity and (3) implications for everyday food practices and urban resilience. We explore current advancements in each of these social science approaches and provide a roadmap toward food system circularity from an urban perspective.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45520,"journal":{"name":"Regional Science Policy and Practice","volume":"17 12","pages":"Article 100238"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144933905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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International migration, ageing, and growth in rural Spanish provinces: A roadmap for policymakers? 西班牙农村地区的国际移民、老龄化和增长：决策者的路线图？

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100236

Rosella Nicolini , José Luis Roig

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100233

Christina Öberg

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100234

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

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The multidimensional phenomenon of left behindness: a local approach 落伍的多维现象：一种地方方法

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100232

Ricardo Perancho , Alberto Díaz-Dapena , Ana Viñuela

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