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Beyond Lock-In: Assessing Pathways to Sustainable Urbanism

2026-05-11

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Although the goal of a “sustainable” urbanism has generated an impressive array of international frameworks and declarations, systemic progress remains elusive. A prior paper by the author identified "lock-in" as a central cause: the economic incentives, professional standards, codes, and institutional feedback structures that reinforce un-sustainable patterns of urban development despite stated commitme...

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Literature Corpus work: 9c2854d7-6f76-52f5-8abd-b92f1b87713d
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202605.0646.v1

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