Cities and the Governing of Climate Change
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- 21 November 2010
- journal article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
- Vol. 35 (1), 229-253
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-072809-101747
Abstract
Studies of the urban governance of climate change have proliferated over the past decade, as municipalities across the world increasingly place the issue on their agendas and private actors seek to respond to the issue. This review examines the history and development of urban climate governance, the policies and measures that have been put into place, the multilevel governance context in which these are undertaken, and the factors that have structured the posibilities for addressing the issue. It highlights the limits of existing work and the need for future research to provide more comprehensive analyses of the achievements and limitations of urban climate governance. It calls for engagement with alternative theoretical perspectives to understand how climate change is being governed in the city and the implications for urban governance, socioenvironmental justice, and the reconfiguration of political authority.Keywords
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