Overview
- Presents case studies of local government in Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Tokyo and their approaches to performance management in the context of climate policy
- Provides guidance for other cities in implementing effective policies in response to climate change
- Considers the position of cities as both contributors to and casualties of climate change
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores the climate policy approaches established by various city governments. It details the strategies, plans and initiatives that have so far been designed to both mitigate and adapt to the impacts of global warming. In doing so, it considers the implications of the actions taken by leading cities and its effects on underlying theoretical assumptions relating to policy development and management processes in achieving climate policy outcomes.Â
Cities Responding to Climate Change establishes an analytical framework that critically examines the application of performance management by city governments in their policy responses to climate change. It draws its focus on the city governments of Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tokyo to bring together and discuss the concepts, strategies and practices that have since been introduced to respond to the climate challenges faced.
This book highlights the lessons to be learned by other city governments around the world contemplating serious action with climate policies to lessen the impacts of global warming. It will be of particular interest to practitioners and researchers seeking evidence of how governments deliver on their commitments and improve their effectiveness in implementing climate polices.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Stephen Jones is Lecturer in Management at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cities Responding to Climate Change
Book Subtitle: Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tokyo
Authors: Stephen Jones
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64810-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64809-5Published: 24 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87878-2Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64810-1Published: 11 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 293
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Environmental Policy, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Climate Change Management and Policy, Environmental Politics