The objective of this article is to conduct a review of approaches to synthesize multiple ES assessments that have been applied to urban planning decisions, and provide recommendations for their selection and use.

We reviewed 62 studies selected through a search in two literature databases and identified six recurring synthesis approaches: diversity, average, weighted summation, multi-criteria analysis, optimization algorithms, and efficiency indicators; and a limited number of methods developed ad-hoc for specific applications.

A review of approaches, and recommendations

1 “Enquiry into the Status of Women in Nagaland” is a publication of the North East Network, a women’s organisation in Nagaland. This study is a result of intensive field research by the local community, professionals, and researchers for more than two years during 2015–16. I was part of the editorial team in preparing the final report.

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Ester Boserup in “Enquiry into the Status of Women in Nagaland” (North East Network 2016)1

we put our two-step approach to work, by drawing on previous research conducted in the cities of Lima, Peru and Mumbai, India.

looking at UEP through distinct epistemological lenses. We identify four approaches in particular as important urban traditions for understanding, identifying and researching UEP: urban political economy, urban political ecology, feminist urbanism and postcolonial urbanism.

ypology of five dimensions, based on existing literature, to begin to identify the configuration of UEP in a particular urban site

his article develops and explores the potential of a two-step approach to understanding UEP in context. Rather than reduce UEP to pre-established parameters – for instance around income or food consumption – we argue for using multiple lenses on UEP and for working flexibly among them. It is in this sense that we refer to our approach as, at once, conceptual and methodological.

But rather than critique existing approaches or argue that one is necessarily superior to another, our aim is to consider how extreme poverty is revealed from different perspectives.

This scoping begins by examining how UEP surfaces in relation to five dimensions: material, economic, political, spatial and emotional–subjective. From that base, we argue for a focus on the causes and form of UEP through dialogue among four epistemic approaches: political economy, political ecology, feminist urbanism and postcolonial urbanism. We illustrate this approach in relation to two quite distinct cities: Mumbai and Lima.

In this article, we set out a two-step approach to identifying and understanding the nature of urban extreme poverty (UEP).

conceptual–methodological approach

A massive data approach

data collected at a massive scale and machine learning methods to quantify these perceptions, showing promising results in terms of predictive performance. Nevertheless, most of these models can be of little help in understanding users’ perceptions due to the difficulty associated with identifying the importance of each attribute of landscapes. In this work, we propose a novel approach to quantify perceptions of landscapes through discrete choice models

However, based on the results of this study, it is not possible to determine whether a network of Dense and Green buildings can provide enough habitat to support local bird species populations without corresponding green spaces on the ground. Further research should be conducted to determine if greenery on Dense and Green buildings can achieve this and improve breeding success of birds using these buildings.

a first look at the relationship between large-scale buildings incorporating vegetation (Dense and Green) and bird species richness in Milan,

This suggests that for this case study Dense and Green buildings may act as stepping-stones within a wider vegetation network, but alone may be too small to provide core habitat for birds.

is one of the studies conducted so far to assess this relationship globally.

a case study of Milan

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Adam Auerbach does all this and more in his first book, Demanding Development: The Politics of Public Goods Provision in India’s Urban Slums, released as part of the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics series.

Adam Auerbach, Demanding Development: The Politics of Public Goods Provision in India’s Urban Slums. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, 328pp., $34.99. ISBN: 1108491936 (hardcover). ISBN: 9781108741330 (paperback).

Currently, the new coronavirus that has led to COVID-19 has underpinned the ecological consequences of the way we build human settlements, where the aftermath can be huge.

Recently you published an article by Bent Flyvbjerg, “How Planners Deal with Uncomfortable Knowledge: the Dubious Ethics of the American Planning Association” (Volume 32, June)

Referred to byBent FlyvbjergMore on the dark side of planning: Response to Richard BolanCities, Volume 42, Part B, February 2015, Pages 276-278Download PDF

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In this section, we probe the effect of mobility on employment.

This article is divided into six sections. The first two sections motivate the questions we seek to examine and delineate the structure of the data. Next, we outline the method employed to carry out this analysis. We then discuss the results of descriptive statistics and the Bayesian regressions. The final section discusses the relationship between women’s labour force participation and mobility.

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that limit women’s mobility and determine whether mobility influences employment outcomes for women.

The article contributes to the limited research on urban women’s mobility and agency and how it varies with household practices and spatial location.

The study goes on to enumerate the value of being able to move without any restrictions on employment. We establish that mobility is positively correlated with work.

This article examines women’s mobility as a function of factors within the household—specifically a woman’s relation to the household head—and its physical location, particularly whether it is located within a rural or an urban area.