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Database research record2023·Europe (26 cities)

Governance tools for urban food system policy innovations in the Milano Urban Food Policy Pact

Polman Daniel, Bazzan Giulia

European Urban and Regional Studies

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Uses fuzzy-set QCA across 26 European Milan Pact cities. Finds that the absence of governance practices—initiative mapping, integrated food strategies, and monitoring/evaluation—prevents most cities from becoming policy-innovative, so many signatories deliver only limited food-policy innovation.