Technology is Culture: Building a Transdisciplinary Team to Address Community Energy and Urban Revitalization Challenges

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Njenga ◽  
Esther Obonyo ◽  
Ruth Mendum
Keyword(s):  
Urban Revitalization

Urban Regimes and the Sporting Events Agenda: A Cross-National Comparison of Civic Development Strategies

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Misener ◽  
Daniel S. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Urban Governance ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Urban Political Economy ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Urban Regimes ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Cross National

This article examines the coalitions undergirding comprehensive sport-centered growth agendas in three cities actively pursuing sporting event development strategies: Edmonton, Canada; Manchester, United Kingdom; and Melbourne, Australia. Using DiGaetano and Klemanski’s (1999) study of modes of urban governance as a starting point, we review each city’s urban political economy, urban governing agenda, and urban governing alliances. We then discuss whether coalitions in each of the cities can be identified as regimes, by examining the conditions required for the presence of regimes developed by Dowding (2001). Results suggest the presence of regimes in each city, which can be best described using Stoker and Mossberger’s (1994) symbolic regime, developed in their typology of regimes for cross-national research. However, the cities differ slightly, with Edmonton exhibiting the characteristics of a progressive version of a symbolic regime, whereas Manchester and Melbourne more closely resemble urban revitalization regimes.

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