Concerns for secondary cities (China Daily)
Urbanization is vital to China’s development over the next decade. In fact, the secondary cities will be just as important as the first-tier cities, if not more so, because they will play a key role…
Why India’s Secondary Cities Are the Future (UBM Future Cities)
Secondary cities must leverage their competitive advantage and proximity to regional markets, and build on their uniqueness. But still, a certain amount of inherent coordination among India’s secondary cities — whether facilitated at the central…
Prime time for secondary cities (The Business Times, Singapore)
Bigger is not necessarily better. The primary cities of the world face complex challenges that accompany over-population. Knowledge industry employees living in primary cities must endure congestion, pollution, crime, and high cost of living. Secondary…
Polycentric Governance for a New Environmental Regime: Theoretical Frontiers in Policy Reform and Public Administration (ICPP)
Polycentric governance is characterized by an organizational structure where multiple independent actors mutually order their relationships with one another under a general system of rules (V. Ostrom 1972). We argue that the idea of polycentricity…
Transforming the Housing Crisis in Richmond, California (Urban Habitat)
The national economic and housing crisis has ravished communities all across the United States. This crisis continues to impact millions of people at all levels from those who are spending less on household items or…