Melbourne Centre for Cities

The city as actor in UN frameworks: formalizing 'urban agency' in the international system?

Michele Acuto, Anna Kosovac, Daniel Pejic, Terry Louise Jones

Journal article  |  2023  |  TERRITORY POLITICS GOVERNANCE

Cities have been recognized as important players in some of today’s most visible global agendas, from the Paris Agreement on clima..

Fragmentation and urban knowledge: An analysis of urban knowledge exchange institutions

A Dickey, A Kosovac, S Fastenrath, M Acuto, B Gleeson

Journal article  |  2022  |  Cities

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Silo-ed thinking, fragmented knowledge systems and short-termism remain key challenges in transforming urban systems and policy ma..

Networking Australia's Urban Governance

Michele Acuto, Daniel Pejic, Cathy Oke

Book Chapter  |  2022

In this chapter, we advocate for planning scholars and practitioners to appreciate the urban governance of Australian cities from ..

Editorial: Addressing urban inequalities: co-creating pathways through research and practice

C Cociña, AA Frediani, S Butcher, C Levy, M Acuto

Journal article  |  2022  |  Environment and Urbanization

Potential and limitations of digital twins to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

A Tzachor, S Sabri, CE Richards, A Rajabifard, M Acuto

Journal article  |  2022  |  Nature Sustainability

Could computer simulation models drive our ambitions to sustainability in urban and non-urban environments? Digital twins, defined..

The gifted city: Setting a research agenda for philanthropy and urban governance

P Fuentenebro, M Acuto

Journal article  |  2022  |  Urban Studies

With billions worth of funding to city-based projects, urban dwellers and city leaders the world over, philanthropy is no small ma..

A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities

N Frantzeskaki, C Oke, G Barnett, S Bekessy, J Bush, J Fitzsimons, M Ignatieva, D Kendal, J Kingsley, L Mumaw, A Ossola

Journal article  |  2022  |  Ambio

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Australia is experiencing mounting pressures related to processes of urbanisation, biodiversity loss and climate change felt at la..

Cities and the SDGs: Realities and possibilities of local engagement in global frameworks

A Leavesley, A Trundle, C Oke

Journal article  |  2022  |  Ambio

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City action is critical to achieving global visions for sustainability such as the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Howe..

Exorcising Malthusian ghosts: Vaccinating the Nexus to advance integrated water, energy and food resource resilience

PS Kemp, M Acuto, S Larcom, D Lumbroso, MR Owen

Journal article  |  2022  |  Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus interactions vary from seemingly negative and intractable wicked problems to opportunities for enhan..

“Emancipatory Circuits of Knowledge” for Urban Equality: Experiences From Havana, Freetown, and Asia

S Butcher, C Cociña, AA Frediani, M Acuto, B Pérez‐castro, J Peña‐díaz, J Cazanave‐macías, B Koroma, J Macarthy

Journal article  |  2022  |  Urban Planning

Feminist, Southern, and decolonial thinkers have long argued that epistemological questions about how knowledge is produced and wh..