This article reviews the major approaches of program evaluation and evaluation in planning.
The challenges to evaluating plans and planning are discussed, including the reliance on ex …

Abstract The Paris Agreement aims to limit global mean temperature rise this century to well
below 2° C above pre-industrial levels. This target has wide-ranging implications for Europe …

This chapter takes sustainable development as the starting point and focus for analysis. It
considers the broad and multifaceted bi-directional interplay between sustainable …

Abstract Knowledge of the actual usage and impact of spatial plans remains deficient due to
defective evaluation methods and scarce empirical studies. By integrating and widening the …

Adaptation planning offers a promising approach for identifying and devising solutions to
address local climate change impacts. Yet there is little empirical understanding of the …

Ecosystem services are a powerful tool for land-use and environmental planning, which can
help decision makers better understand the tradeoffs between different development …

ABSTRACT After the Paris Agreement that put stronger emphasis on the development of
climate change adaptation policies and on the definition of financing mechanisms, there is a …

Despite interest in the importance of social equity to sustainability, there is concern that
equity is often left behind in practice relative to environmental and economic imperatives …

Heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the United States. This paper studies
municipal heat adaptation using survey and planning data from California. We first analyze …

Over the past two decades, research has emphasised a shift from city government to urban
governance. Such a shift brings about its very own challenges, namely governance gaps …