This paper reviews the reforms that have directly and indirectly affected water services in
urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa over the last two decades and discusses the difficulties of …

Citizens' initiatives for climate action are actively encouraged by governments to enhance
the resilience of communities to climate change. This increased responsibilisation of citizens …

Societal transformations are needed across the globe in light of pressing environmental
issues. This need to transform is increasingly acknowledged in policy, planning, academic …

Policy integration is a challenging process that involves the renegotiation of interests,
beliefs, and sectoral policy boundaries. In this paper we introduce European forest policy as …

Interest in environmental policy integration (EPI) has recently been strong, both in the
literature and in practice. We explore Dutch initiatives to integrate noise management into …

Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade,
the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste …

Governments and international organizations increasingly pursue the development of
integrated policy strategies to govern persistent societal problems that crosscut the …

The development and diffusion of technological innovations need governing in order to
contribute to societal goals related to sustainability. Yet, there are few systematic studies …

Cities are key sites of action for adaptation to climate change. However, there are a wide
variety of responses to hazards at the municipal level. Why do communities take adaptive …

The goal of this article is to contribute to the understanding of how the multiple, and
sometimes conflicting, stakeholder perspectives and prevailing conditions (economic …