Research

Research based on case studies examining the governance approaches in urban areas to sustainable development challenges. The article presents a framework for examining such challenges as it examines the approaches taken by different European cities.  

Abstract: "Cities have emerged as policy actors...

The systemic health and productivity impacts related to pollinator population are explored in this research paper. "Insufficient populations of pollinators were responsible for large present-day burdens of disease through lost healthy food consumption. In addition, we calculated that low-income...

A new report commissioned by IUCN and the UNFCCC High Level Champions and steered by a working group of African partners ahead of Climate COP26 in Glasgow provides compelling, quantitative evidence of the positive impacts of regenerative agricultural practices. This report presents the case for...

A useful study that begins to describe some of the positive as well as negative social consequences, disaggregated, in the city of Umea, Sweden in a transition to a circular economy. This study will help to frame the kinds of things that systems designers should be aware of and plan for as they...

"This report sets out the need for democratic innovations and digital participation tools to move beyond one-off pilots toward more embedded and inclusive systems of decision-making.

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the barriers experienced by democratic innovators around the world...

This paper provides a structured analysis of regenerative development as a distinct approach for landscape sustainability.

"Although the integration of sustainability, ecology, and design has been recognized as necessary by scientists and practitioners, most transdisciplinary frameworks are not...

Study examining a shift in thinking and practice around urban heritage objectives and a sustainability shift that moves from traditional linear protection strategies to integretive and inclusive regenerative strategies.

Article reviews a recent study from Washington State University. But how about regenerative? Mother Jones, June 4, 2015

Full title, Regenerative Agriculture Market, By Practice (Aquaculture, Agroecology, Agroforestry, Biochar, Holistic Planned Grazing, Pasture Cropping, Silvopasture, Others), By Application (Carbon Sequestration, Nutrient Cycling, Biodiversity), and By Region Forecast to 2028, May 2022

"The global...