Ten years after Copenhagen: Reimagining climate change governance in urban areas

V Castán Broto, LK Westman - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we take stock of the last decade of research on climate change governance in
urban areas since the 2009 conference in Copenhagen. Using a systematic evaluation of …

[HTML][HTML] Municipal climate mitigation policy and policy learning-A review

L Neij, E Heiskanen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities are expected to contribute to climate mitigation by providing effective climate policy
actions in a multilevel governance context. Yet, it is unclear what we actually know about the …

Sustainable–smart–resilient–low carbon–eco–knowledge cities; making sense of a multitude of concepts promoting sustainable urbanization

M De Jong, S Joss, D Schraven, C Zhan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the last couple of decades, metropolitan areas around the world have been engaged in
a multitude of initiatives aimed at upgrading urban infrastructure and services, with a view to …

Current trends in Smart City initiatives: Some stylised facts

P Neirotti, A De Marco, AC Cagliano, G Mangano… - Cities, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Smart City (SC) as a means to enhance the life quality of citizen has
been gaining increasing importance in the agendas of policy makers. However, a shared …

Planning the resilient city: Concepts and strategies for coping with climate change and environmental risk

Y Jabareen - Cities, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to filling the theoretical and practical gaps of city resilience literature,
which lacks multifaceted theorizing and typically overlooks the multidisciplinary and complex …

What factors drive municipal climate adaptation policy? The role of risk management capacity and transnational municipal networks

APS dos Santos, JAP de Oliveira - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Local governments play a strategic role in adapting to climatic changes. However,
understanding the factors that explain why local governments make commitments to act …

A contingent diffusion model of local climate change policy adoption: Evidence from Southern California cities

BY An, AM Butz, JL Mitchell - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change policy is an essential driver of urban sustainability, yet minimal research has
examined how they emerge and spread across cities in shared metropolitan areas. While …

Urban land planning: The role of a Master Plan in influencing local temperatures

CV Viegas, DL Saldanha, A Bond, JLD Ribeiro… - Cities, 2013 - Elsevier
Land use planning (LUP) is central for managing issues related to climatic variation in urban
environments. However, Master Plans (MPs) usually do not include climatic aspects, and …

Built narratives

CV Filep, M Thompson-Fawcett, M Rae - Journal of Urban Design, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Recognizing how stories connect us with the built environment is a critical component in
understanding how our socio-cultural identities are contextualized. In this paper, narrative is …

BUILDING LOW-CARBON CITIES: ASSESSING THE FAST GROWING US CITIES'LAND USE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS

T Wei, Z Tang - Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and …, 2014 - World Scientific
Cities affect and are affected by climate change. Local land use comprehensive plans have
an essential role in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction. The study addresses two …