Editorial: Environmental Governance of Urban and Regional Development – Scales and Sectors, Conflict and Cooperation

Gibbs, David; Lintz, Gerd

doi:10.1080/00343404.2015.1110569

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“…In the following discussion, examples of the results are analysed with reference to the relevant scientific literature. The coordination of strategies and policies across boundaries and scales is essential when addressing complex problems of sustainable development such as climate change and transport planning (Gibbs & Lintz, 2016). The case of Göttingen illustrates the challenges city and county administrations face when attempting such coordination using project funding.…”

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“…Sustainable development typically refers to the need to balance the interests of current and future generations and address economic, environmental and social concerns (World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), 1987). However, transitions to sustainable development require a vast range of interacting and complementary measures, both within and between territorial units, to address complex, trans-boundary challenges such as climate change (Gibbs & Lintz, 2016;Pereira, Karpouzoglou, Doshi, & Frantzeskaki, 2015).…”

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“…Successful transitions predicate a need to coordinate strategies and policies across administrative, jurisdictional or political boundaries (Gibbs & Lintz, 2016). However, in many contexts, coordination and integration are complicated by existing institutional arrangements, which may result in divergent approaches to implementation that undermine strategic objectives at the local and regional levels (den Exter, Lenhart, & Kern, 2015).…”

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Projects, participation and planning across boundaries in Göttingen

Fenton

Paschek

2018

Regional Studies, Regional Science

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Across Europe, local and regional authorities with limited statutory resources face a diverse range of challenges. A major concern is the need to address complex, trans-boundary issues such as climate change and the pursuit of sustainable development. Cooperation over administrative boundaries may be essential to ensure a transition towards local and regional transportation systems that have reduced climate impacts and support broader sustainability objectives. This paper fills a gap in the literature by illustrating how local and regional authorities use project funding to support initiatives to mitigate climate change, with a particular focus on the role of mobility and transport. Transport accounts for around 25% of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU)-almost 73% is caused by road transport, which is also the main cause of air pollution in urban areas (EU, 2017). ABSTRACT this paper explores efforts to coordinate strategies promoting sustainable development-with specific focus on mobility and transport in climate change mitigation-across administrative boundaries in the city and county of göttingen, germany. the paper questions the possibility to develop and align strategic objectives and implementation across administrative boundaries when relying on short-term project funds. the experiences of key stakeholders in göttingen are presented, with reference to empirical data from a document and interview study. Results indicate that reliance on short-term, project-based funding from external sources offers both opportunities and challenges for locally and regionally integrated strategy formulation and implementation. Five factors shaping the strategy space of actors are used to frame the analysis, with findings suggesting the need for further research on how local authorities overcome capacity and resource limitations, particularly with respect to complex challenges such as climate change.

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Projects, participation and planning across boundaries in Göttingen

Fenton

Paschek

2018

Regional Studies, Regional Science

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“…There are analytical advantages to seeing energy regimes less monolithically, as constituted by interests, institutions and infrastructures that vary in their spatial reach and effect, which are beginning to be exploited by researchers (Späth and Rohracher 2014;Coenen et al 2012 (Gibbs and Lintz 2016;Smith 2007). Fewer researchers have considered how wider infrastructural, hierarchical or market systems frame the scope for sub-national action, and the extent to which sub-national action serves to maintain or challenge those framing conditions.…”

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Sub-national government and pathways to sustainable energy

Cowell

Ellis

Sherry-Brennan

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Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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In an effort to understand how to promote more sustainable forms of energy provision, researchers have begun addressing the scale of political and governance processes, yet the effects of sub-national government remain neglected. At the same time, analysts of political devolution, decentralisation and independence have rarely given attention to the energy sector. Papers in this special issue seek to better understand the relationship between sub-national government and pathways to sustainable energy: examining how city-regional and devolved governments have shaped agendas for building retrofit; elucidating the importance of decentralised governance in knitting together electricity, heat and transport energy markets; mapping the complex, fuzzy spatial organisation of legal powers to direct energy policy across multi-level polities; and analysing conflicts over the allocation of energy infrastructure consenting powers between national and devolved governments. The papers highlight the interdependencies of action in different governmental arenas, and reinforce arguments for greater central-to-local reflexivity in governance styles. Analysing the interface between sub-national government and energy transition also raises new questions about the meaning of ‘sovereignty’, the fragmentary nature of democratic control over energy systems, and the effects of boundaries.

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“…Looking to 2016, the 50th volume will feature three special issues on regional varieties of capitalism (EBNER, 2015, in this issue), territorial knowledge dynamics (JEANNERAT and CREVOISIER, 2015) and ecological regional development (GIBBS and LINTZ, 2015). Additional proposals for special issues are currently under consideration and new suggestions are always welcome.…”

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Introduction to the 50th Volume

Turok¹

2015

Regional Studies

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Editorial: Environmental Governance of Urban and Regional Development – Scales and Sectors, Conflict and Cooperation

Cited by 12 publications

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Projects, participation and planning across boundaries in Göttingen

Projects, participation and planning across boundaries in Göttingen

Sub-national government and pathways to sustainable energy

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