Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer multiple solutions to urban challenges simultaneously,
but realising funding for NBS remains a challenge. When the concept of NBS for societal …

The growing importance of public-private partnerships (PPPs) suggests the need to assess
their contributions to sustainability-related objectives. With a systematic review of business …

Although the public management literature argues that public service motivation (PSM) is an
important predictor of job satisfaction, insights on if and how public organizations can use …

As discussions about sustainability management in local government evolve, public
managers lack clear frameworks prescribing how sustainability should be integrated into the …

This research investigates why various mechanisms of cooperation among local authorities
are chosen using the theoretical lens of institutional collective action (ICA). The article …

This paper describes how urban resilience governance is structured and coordinated in 20
North American cities (19 US and one Canadian) based on interviews with city officials. This …

In recent years, an increasing number of researchers have focused their attention on the
absence of a comprehensive definition of 'sustainable cities'. The discussion has also …

Studies of governments and local organizations using survey data have played a critical role
in the development of urban studies and related disciplines. However, missing data pose a …

The aim of this paper is to study how local governments in Sweden view the role of public
transport in society, and to investigate how public transport is used in a strategic capacity. By …

In the last two decades, local governments have increasingly engaged in energy
conservation and sustainability programs and policy. However, the benefits of these policies …