Local policy adoptions provide an excellent opportunity to test among potential mechanisms of policy diffusion. By examining three types of antismoking policy choices by the 675 largest U.S. cities between 1975 and 2000, we uncover robust patterns of policy diffusion, yielding three key findings. First, we distinguish among and find evidence for four mechanisms of policy diffusion: learning fro...

The United Nations Agenda 2030 for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires a concrete approach effective implementation of SDGs as these global goals provide blueprint to achieve prosperous, better, and more sustainable future. However, SDG-11 – cities communities holds an imperative place among all the seventeen it targets social, economic, ecological sustainability development...

Abstract The public sector has a vital role in reducing emissions from construction activities and achieving environmental goals. Therefore, it is to investigate the opportunities for industry’s through its procurement practices. This paper explores challenges of using green (GPP) orchestrate stakeholder ecosystems, including buyers, companies, subcontractors, equipment suppliers, achieve zero-...

Most Chinese cities have spent decades achieving urbanisation. So far, rural urbanisation has shifted to urban renewal. However, the distinction between a rapidly changing social environment and establishment of an institution led failure renewal policies sustainably achieve complete transformation through modernisation involving many stakeholders. Owing top-down political system in China, form...