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Urban Qualities and Residents’ Strategies in Compact Global South Cities: The Case of Havana
(Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2021-04-20)
Research and policy argue for more compact cities to respond to sustainable development challenges. However, what actually needs to be made more compact and how, is under examined, particularly in global South cities where ...
Multi-Criteria Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Technologies to Support Decision-Making in Kisumu, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2021-06-20)
The directive to close the dumpsite in Kisumu, Kenya has made the search for alternative solid waste treatment and disposal technologies urgent. The aim of this research is to support the decision-making process by analyzing ...
Bringing the Global To the Local: The Challenges of Multi-Level Governance for Global Policy Implementation in Africa
(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 ...
Briquetting as a Means of Recovering Energy from Organic Market Waste
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2021-05-13)
Municipal Solid Waste is causing pollution and health hazards in cities around the world. In Kenya, existing and emerging cities are experiencing increased populations with increase in organic market waste. Organic market ...
Urban Climate Resilience and Its Link to Global Sustainability Agendas
(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, ...