Global competition, sustainable development and civil society : three major chellenges for contemporary urban governance and their reflection in local development practices in Prague
The general discussion serves as a background for the contemporary urban planning in Prague. The strengths and weaknesses of urban planning are assessed from the perspective of city competition sustainable development and civil society challenges
Focusing on 19th century Cornwall and one of the main natural history societies operating in the country at that time, it is argued that a set of key spaces were integral to the operations and outputs of such societies. The paper details
the significance of the Penzance Society's museum, field sites and lecture hall as sites for communal work of local natural historians.
Culture versus commerce : societies and spaces for elites in eighteenth-century Liverpool
Cultural studies ; Eighteenth Century ; Elite ; England ; Historical geography ; Liverpool ; Perception of the urban environment ; Trade ; United Kingdom ; Urban economy ; Urban society
the spatial ordering of society, while the post-apartheid era has witnessed the beginning of the readjustement of that society to a different political philosophy. - (AJC)
Africa ; Burkina ; Custom ; Land tenure system ; Network ; Population ; Population growth ; Society ; Society-environment relationship ; Sustainable development
China ; Economic restructuring ; Governance ; Local authority ; Local government ; Social policy ; Town ; Urban administration ; Urban development ; Urban society
the reach of state-work units. Territorial organisations such as the municipality, urban districts and residents's committees are reinvented and consolidated to restore a governable society.