The compactness of non-compacted urban developments: A critical review on sustainable approaches to automobility and urban sprawl

TO Alshammari, AM Hassan, Y Arab, H Hussein… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper challenges the fact that the absolute freedom for residents to locate themselves
wherever they want can lead to sustainable cities. Urban sprawl is the corollary to this …

Sustainable city branding narratives: a critical appraisal of processes and outcomes

LR Gonzalez, F Gale - Journal of Place Management and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to explore whether adopting a sustainability narrative in city
branding and urban development strategies results in more inclusive governance …

Translating sustainable and smart city strategies into performance measurement systems

S Brorström, D Argento, G Grossi… - Public Money & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper shows how sustainable and smart strategies can be implemented in cities and
how these strategies influence, and are influenced by, performance measurement systems …

A sustainability index with attention to environmental justice for eco-city classification and assessment

L Liu - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Sustainability programs and their assessments have often been criticized for failing to
support social justice. Eco-city development has also raised similar concerns. This research …

Barriers to implementing sustainability locally: A case study of policy immobilities

BL McLean, T Borén - Local Environment, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to contribute to the field of urban planning by applying policy mobilities and
transfer theories to a case study of the Capital Regional District and its 13 municipalities in …

The forgotten role of pedestrian transportation in urban life: Insights from a visual comparative archaeology (Gothenburg and Toulouse, 1875–2011)

F Cochoy, J Hagberg, R Canu - Urban Studies, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper explores consumer logistics in urban settings by focusing on the evolution of
pedestrian transportation. It accounts for how people carry things in the city and how this is …

The paradoxes of city strategy practice: Why some issues become strategically important and others do not

S Brorström - Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Based on an in-depth study of a strategy initiative in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, this
article addresses the practice of city strategy making. Using methods inspired by …

Implementing innovative ideas in a city: good solutions on paper but not in practice?

S Brorström - International Journal of Public Sector Management, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper examines innovation implementation in the public sector. The purpose
of this paper is to analyse the “black box” of implementation of innovations and then answer …

Environmental sustainability in sport facilities in East Tennessee

S Trendafilova, TB Kellison… - Journal of Facility …, 2014 - search.proquest.com
Considering the recent emphasis on sustainability in the sport industry, this study focused on
the environmental management of sport facilities. More specifically, we explored small-scale …

Multifamily housing and resident life satisfaction in Europe: An exploratory analysis

N Winston - Housing Studies, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Much of the literature on sustainable communities and compact cities calls for higher density
housing including multifamily dwellings. Some researchers suggest problems with such …