Browsing School of Engineering and Technology by Author "Simon, David"

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    • Bringing the Global To the Local: The Challenges of Multi-Level Governance for Global Policy Implementation in Africa 

      Croese, Sylvia; Oloko, Michael; Simon, David; Valencia, Sandra C (International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021-08-12)
      The New Urban Agenda (NUA) and Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise the key role of ‘sub-national entities’, including cities, in achieving sustainable development. However, since these global policy ...

    • Engaging with and measuring informality in the proposed urban sustainable development goal 

      Simon, David; Oloko, Michael O.; Moodley, Nishendra (Journal African Geographical Review, 2016-03-16)
      A unique project by Mistra Urban Futures to test the draft targets and indicators of the proposed Urban Sustainable Development Goal (Goal 11) in five diverse cities in Europe, Africa, and Asia revealed numerous complexities ...

    • Urban Climate Resilience and Its Link to Global Sustainability Agendas 

      Valencia, Sandra C.; Simon, David; Croese, Sylvia; Davison, Amy; Diprose, Kristina; Srinivas, Aishwarya Krishnaswami; Nesprias, Julia; Nordqvist, Joakim; Oloko, Michael; Sharma, Tarun; Buck, Nick Taylor; Versace, Ileana (Academia, 2021)
      This chapter examines urban climate resilience. It provides a conceptual introduction, followed by an explanation of how urban areas have been recognized in recent global agendas related to sustainability, climate change, ...