TY - JOUR
T1 - Regionalism and Resilience? Meeting Urban Challenges in Pacific Island States
AU - Keen, Meg
AU - Connell, John
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Urbanisation in PICs is rapid. Urban planning and management capacity are limited. Economic and environmental pressures are mounting and eroding urban resilience and livelihoods. Because urban planning and
regulatory frameworks are weak, national politics and elite interests strongly influence urban development, and inequities in cities are growing. No regional organisation has responsibility for urban issues, urban resilience frameworks are poorly defined, so fragmented and ineffective urban strategies persist, while national policies and practices are resolutely anti-urban. Concerted regional action could enable sharing of knowledge and successful strategies, coordinate urban action to build resilience, and enable a more proactive political and policy agendas for
more sustainable and resilient cities.
AB - Urbanisation in PICs is rapid. Urban planning and management capacity are limited. Economic and environmental pressures are mounting and eroding urban resilience and livelihoods. Because urban planning and
regulatory frameworks are weak, national politics and elite interests strongly influence urban development, and inequities in cities are growing. No regional organisation has responsibility for urban issues, urban resilience frameworks are poorly defined, so fragmented and ineffective urban strategies persist, while national policies and practices are resolutely anti-urban. Concerted regional action could enable sharing of knowledge and successful strategies, coordinate urban action to build resilience, and enable a more proactive political and policy agendas for
more sustainable and resilient cities.
U2 - 10.1080/08111146.2019.1626710
DO - 10.1080/08111146.2019.1626710
M3 - Article
SN - 0811-1146
VL - 37
SP - 324
EP - 337
JO - Urban Policy and Research
JF - Urban Policy and Research
IS - 3
ER -