Page 1. 1 Global Governance and Institutional Trends Affecting Protected Areas Management Challen... more Page 1. 1 Global Governance and Institutional Trends Affecting Protected Areas Management Challenges and Opportunities Arising from Democratization and Globalization1 Janis B. Alcorn, Andres Luque and Sandra Valenzuela Contents ...
Over the past decade, national governments, international bodies, nongovernmental organizations, ... more Over the past decade, national governments, international bodies, nongovernmental organizations, and donors have shown an increasing interest in promoting good governance for protected areas management, because good governance is prerequisite for protected areas' long- term future. What is the best way to promote good governance through activities by nongovernmental organizations? How can nongovernmental organizations build positive partnerships between civil society
This paper takes as its starting point the argument that infrastructure networks can ... more This paper takes as its starting point the argument that infrastructure networks can not merely be thought of as the backdrop against which climate politics is played out in the city, but are instead fundamental to the ways in which this is conducted. Bringing infrastructure networks into view as a central tenet to the governing of climate change is not simply a matter of recognising such spheres as critical sites for urban climate policy, but rather requires a conceptual approach that moves beyond a concern with the capacities of individual actors and institutions, and engages with the ways in which power operates and is constituted through the socio-‐materiality of the city. Drawing on theories of governmentality we develop such an approach and use it to examine the ways in which housing is providing a means through which 'experimentation' with climate governance is taking place in Cape Town and São Paulo. Through this analysis we find that climate change is being mobilised both as a means to create new flows of carbon finance and as a means through which to advance calls for social inclusion and 'dignified' housing. Rather than being characterised by one dominant model, we suggest that the governing of climate change in cities in the global South is multiple, combining market and social logics in eclectic ways, where one is not predominant and both are in constant negotiation, dialogue and contestation.
Providing a global overview of experiments around the transformation of cities' electricity netwo... more Providing a global overview of experiments around the transformation of cities' electricity networks and the social struggles associated with this change, this book explores the centrality of electricity infrastructures in the urban configuration of social control, segregation, integration, resource access and poverty alleviation. Through multiple accounts from a range of global cities, this edited collection establishes an agenda that recognises the uneven, and often historical, geographies of urban electricity networks, prompting attempts to rewire the infrastructure configurations of cities and predicating protest and resistance from residents and social movements alike. Through a robust theoretical engagement with established work around the politics of urban infrastructures, the book frames the transformation of electricity systems in the context of power and resistance across urban life, drawing links between environmental and social forms of sustainability. Such an agenda can provide both insight and inspiration in seeking to build fairer and more sustainable urban futures that bring electricity infrastructures to the fore of academic and policy attention.
Page 1. 1 Global Governance and Institutional Trends Affecting Protected Areas Management Challen... more Page 1. 1 Global Governance and Institutional Trends Affecting Protected Areas Management Challenges and Opportunities Arising from Democratization and Globalization1 Janis B. Alcorn, Andres Luque and Sandra Valenzuela Contents ...
Over the past decade, national governments, international bodies, nongovernmental organizations, ... more Over the past decade, national governments, international bodies, nongovernmental organizations, and donors have shown an increasing interest in promoting good governance for protected areas management, because good governance is prerequisite for protected areas' long- term future. What is the best way to promote good governance through activities by nongovernmental organizations? How can nongovernmental organizations build positive partnerships between civil society
This paper takes as its starting point the argument that infrastructure networks can ... more This paper takes as its starting point the argument that infrastructure networks can not merely be thought of as the backdrop against which climate politics is played out in the city, but are instead fundamental to the ways in which this is conducted. Bringing infrastructure networks into view as a central tenet to the governing of climate change is not simply a matter of recognising such spheres as critical sites for urban climate policy, but rather requires a conceptual approach that moves beyond a concern with the capacities of individual actors and institutions, and engages with the ways in which power operates and is constituted through the socio-‐materiality of the city. Drawing on theories of governmentality we develop such an approach and use it to examine the ways in which housing is providing a means through which 'experimentation' with climate governance is taking place in Cape Town and São Paulo. Through this analysis we find that climate change is being mobilised both as a means to create new flows of carbon finance and as a means through which to advance calls for social inclusion and 'dignified' housing. Rather than being characterised by one dominant model, we suggest that the governing of climate change in cities in the global South is multiple, combining market and social logics in eclectic ways, where one is not predominant and both are in constant negotiation, dialogue and contestation.
Providing a global overview of experiments around the transformation of cities' electricity netwo... more Providing a global overview of experiments around the transformation of cities' electricity networks and the social struggles associated with this change, this book explores the centrality of electricity infrastructures in the urban configuration of social control, segregation, integration, resource access and poverty alleviation. Through multiple accounts from a range of global cities, this edited collection establishes an agenda that recognises the uneven, and often historical, geographies of urban electricity networks, prompting attempts to rewire the infrastructure configurations of cities and predicating protest and resistance from residents and social movements alike. Through a robust theoretical engagement with established work around the politics of urban infrastructures, the book frames the transformation of electricity systems in the context of power and resistance across urban life, drawing links between environmental and social forms of sustainability. Such an agenda can provide both insight and inspiration in seeking to build fairer and more sustainable urban futures that bring electricity infrastructures to the fore of academic and policy attention.
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