scholarly journals Size, Sustainability, and Urban Climate Planning in a Multilevel Governance Framework

2017 ◽  
pp. 19-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C. Homsy
Keyword(s):  
Urban Climate ◽  
Multilevel Governance ◽  
Governance Framework

scholarly journals The Embeddedness of Urban Climate Politics in Multilevel Governance: A Case Study of South Africa’s Major Cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hickmann ◽  
Fee Stehle
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Multilevel Governance ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Climate Politics ◽  
Transnational City ◽  
Political Economic

Numerous scholars have lately highlighted the importance of cities in the global response to climate change. However, we still have little systematic knowledge on the evolution of urban climate politics in the Global South. In particular, we lack empirical studies that examine how local climate actions arise in political-administrative systems of developing and emerging economies. Therefore, this article adopts a multilevel governance perspective to explore the climate mitigation responses of three major cities in South Africa by looking at their vertical and horizontal integration in the wider governance framework. In the absence of a coherent national climate policy, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban have developed distinct climate actions within their jurisdictions. In their effort to address climate change, transnational city networks have provided considerable technical support to these cities. Yet, substantial domestic political-economic obstacles hinder the three cities to develop a more ambitious stance on climate change.

scholarly journals Towards a multilevel governance framework on the implementation of patient rights in health facilities: a protocol for a systematic scoping review

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e038927
Author(s):  
Meena Putturaj ◽  
Sara Van Belle ◽  
Bart Criel ◽  
Nora Engel ◽  
Anja Krumeich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Patient Rights ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Multilevel Governance ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Governance Framework ◽  
Critical Interpretive Synthesis ◽  
Synthesis Approach

IntroductionPatient rights are “those rights that are attributed to a person seeking healthcare”. Patient rights have implications for quality of healthcare and acts as a key accountability tool. It can galvanise structural improvements in the health system and reinforces ethical healthcare. States are duty bound to respect, protect and promote patient rights. The rhetoric on patient rights is burgeoning across the globe. With changing modes of governance arrangements, a number of state and non-state actors and institutions at various levels play a role in the design and implementation of (patient rights) policies. However, there is limited understanding on the multilevel institutional mechanisms for patient rights implementation in health facilities. We attempt to fill this gap by analysing the available scholarship on patient rights through a critical interpretive synthesis approach in a systematic scoping review.MethodsThe review question is ‘how do the multilevel actors, institutional structures, processes interact and influence the patient rights implementation in healthcare facilities? How do they work at what level and in which contexts?” Three databases PubMed, LexisNexis and Web of Science will be systematically searched until 30th April 2020, for empirical and non-empirical literature in English from both lower middle-income countries and high-income countries. Targeted search will be performed in grey literature and through citation and reference tracking of key records. Using the critical interpretive synthesis approach, a multilevel governance framework on the implementation of patient rights in health facilities which is grounded in the data will be developed.Ethics and disseminationThe review uses published literature hence ethics approval is not required. The findings of the review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.Registration numberPROSPERO 2020 CRD42020176939

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