A comparative review of urban climate governance in Chinese and Western contexts

Liu, Minsi; Lo, Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.ugj.2021.11.003

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“…In both theory and practice, UCR frameworks serve diverse objectives and are broadly categorized into two types [47]: one evaluates local government performance within global climate governance networks (e.g., network governance framework [48] and Urban Climate Change Governance Survey [49]); the other identifies critical barriers and challenges to the development and institutionalization of urban governance systems, (e.g., urban governance for adaptation [50]). Tyler and Moench (2012), upon reviewing UCR concepts and theories based on the Rockefeller-Foundation-funded Asian Cities Climate Change Network foundation, introduced a governance assessment framework centered on systemic access, agents' decision-making, and institutional information flow and learning [51].…”

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Governing Urban Climate Resilience (UCR): Systems, Agents, and Institutions in Shanghai, China

Li,

Yang,

Yao

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Sustainability

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Climate change and urbanization intersect with escalating danger. Urban areas significantly contribute to climate change, which, in turn, poses severe threats to urban settings. The frequency and intensity of extreme events, like flooding and heat, are rising, with the need to enhance urban climate resilience (UCR) becoming more immediate. Scholarship tends to underrepresent general climate resilience in favor of specific hazards. This research seeks to contribute to the literature by exploring the case of Shanghai, China, discovering the mechanisms and characteristics of UCR governance, and examining how these outcomes are formed from a comparative gesture. The findings indicate that in Shanghai, 36.8% and 26.8% of climate resilience governance strategies are reflected in regional management and infrastructure construction led by the Water Affairs Bureau and the Meteorological Bureau. Furthermore, 30.6% of the strategies relate to the Water Affairs Bureau, showcasing a robust and integrated flood response. Meanwhile, 15.7% involve the Meteorological Bureau, boosting responses to high temperatures with better monitoring and early warning for increased flexibility and efficiency. Distinct governance processes for floods and extreme heat mirror these hazards’ inherent characteristics and societal perceptions. With strong government willingness and support, Shanghai has rapidly enhanced its flood resilience capabilities within a brief timeframe. Conversely, addressing the emerging risk of extreme heat is still in the early stages of evaluation, due to the lack of a clear disaster-bearing system and identified responsible agents. This research suggests that the future of climate resilience governance in Shanghai may emphasize identifying the characteristics of critical climate-related risks, expanding social autonomy through grassroots self-governance, procuring economic backing from the central government, and applying the tool of urban spatial planning.

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Section: Framework For Ucr Governancementioning

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Governing Urban Climate Resilience (UCR): Systems, Agents, and Institutions in Shanghai, China

Li,

Yang,

Yao

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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“…The GH transition is the basis of China's adoption of a "low-carbon society" development model. At present, the prominent terminology such as "carbon peak" and "carbon neutral" re ect that the Chinese government has put forward higher requirements for the construction industry (Liu & Lo, 2021a, 2021b. Therefore, these changes indicate that market participants will have to grapple with a signi cant policy change.…”

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Governing the green housing transition in China: an institutional analysis of policy implementation constraints from a market perspective

Jiang

Niu

2023

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Background: The Chinese government has stated its ambitions to promote a green housing (GH) transition through the articulation and implementation of policies and regulations. However, this state-led GH transition is not straightforward since market responses will greatly influence the extent to which policies are implemented. This research provides a rare perspective on the investigations of the governance capacities of China’s state-led GH transition by exploring how key market actors have responded to the new “rules” in the housing sector. Results: The research gathers primary data from open-ended interviews with eighteen representatives from both state-owned and private real estate enterprises. A range of institutional constraints in relation of China’s GH transition has been found and discussed through the “three levels of institution” analytical framework. These constraints included “state power in decision-making”, “lack of public participation”, “lack of long-term monitoring”, “strong control over land resources” and “High frequency but low efficiency of current GH policies”. Conclusions: Some special applications have been addressed by this research. It has explored the GH transition in the Chinese institutional context by setting out a reflective critique from the market-side perspective. First, it attends to the research gap in which market voices have been overlooked in GH research, while contributing to knowledge in the GH literature in non-liberal contexts. Secondly, through a case study of the GH transition in China, this research has shed light on the application of the NI theory. Moreover, it has assessed how real estate enterprises’ capacity is constrained or enabled by institutional conditions. It, in turn, reflects the institutional characteristics in the governance of GH in China and the institutional capacities of the Chinese government in relation to its environmental governance efforts.

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“…Más recientemente se debate también aquella vinculada con la mitigación del cambio climático y la adaptación (Heinen, Arlati y Knieling, 2021). Esta, dada su complejidad y por la incertidumbre que genera, plantea nuevos retos de gobernanza (Liu y Lo, 2021), al tiempo que representa un enfoque prometedor para mejorar la gobernanza de la adaptación al clima (Munaretto, Siciliano y Turvani, 2014). En este último caso el enfoque se basa principalmente en perspectivas de gobernanza policéntrica y multinivel -i.e., la cooperación de actores gubernamentales situados en diferentes jurisdicciones y niveles de gobernanza), en red -i.e.,la colaboración entre actores públicos y privados para dirigir la acción colectiva-; y la experimental -i.e., intervenciones basadas en el ensayo y el error para generar nuevas soluciones climáticas (Heinen et al, 2021;Liu y Lo, 2021).…”

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Sistemas alimentarios urbanos y su gobernanza, ¿una alternativa viable para Venezuela en el marco de los sistemas agroalimentarios sostenibles?

Anido

2023

Agroalim

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En las últimas décadas se observa en la literatura la creciente preocupación en cuanto al desafío que supone alimentar de forma sostenible a una población en continuo crecimiento. Se observa también un creciente consenso en cuanto a que los sistemas agroalimentarios, además de garantizar la seguridad alimentaria, deberán adoptar de métodos más eficaces y sostenibles de producción, ser más sostenibles e inclusivos y adaptarse al cambio climático. Esto es aún más trascendental para las ciudades, que concentran la mayor proporción de la población y en donde se consume más de 2/3 del total de agua y de energía. Bajo estas consideraciones se desarrolló un estudio exploratorio y de revisión, a partir de fuentes secundarias. El objetivo central fue estudiar una alternativa que ha emergido recientemente a nivel internacional: los sistemas alimentarios urbanos y su gobernanza, a partir de la revisión de algunos elementos teóricos y tendencias. Con base en esta revisión se discutió su viabilidad en el caso venezolano, examinando algunas experiencias recientes y considerando tanto los recursos actualmente disponibles como las principales barreras para su materialización a nivel nacional. También se discutió cómo podrían coadyuvar a la consecución de los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible de Naciones Unidas, en particular, como espacios capaces de proveer alimentos sanos, de manera sostenible y que permitan mejorar los medios de vida de la población. Entre los principales recursos disponibles se identificaron la infraestructura de educación y formación en el área del país, junto con un marco jurídico-legal e institucional renovado y –en el papel– abiertamente proambientalista y orientado al ciudadano. Entre las limitaciones destacan: i) la creciente desforestación y quema de especies vegetales; ii) deterioro del servicio agua potable y su uso en la agricultura urbana; iii) la migración de la población, particularmente la de mayor formación académica y profesional; iv) el deterioro del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación y declive del financiamiento público a través de la LOCTI; v) opacidad y extemporaneidad de la información oficial; y vi) escasez de financiamiento para instalación y adecuación de desarrollos nuevos o existentes. El otro aspecto abordado fueron las dificultades para implementar un adecuado modelo de gobernanza, debido en parte a la creciente centralización de decisiones, pérdida de autoridad de los gobiernos locales y escasa interlocución y negociación entre los distintos niveles de gobierno, el sector privado y las comunidades.

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A comparative review of urban climate governance in Chinese and Western contexts

Cited by 13 publications

References 113 publications

Governing Urban Climate Resilience (UCR): Systems, Agents, and Institutions in Shanghai, China

Governing Urban Climate Resilience (UCR): Systems, Agents, and Institutions in Shanghai, China

Governing the green housing transition in China: an institutional analysis of policy implementation constraints from a market perspective

Sistemas alimentarios urbanos y su gobernanza, ¿una alternativa viable para Venezuela en el marco de los sistemas agroalimentarios sostenibles?

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