2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.116
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Experimenting towards a low-carbon city: Policy evolution and nested structure of innovation

Abstract: Cities can play a key role in the low-carbon transition, with an increasing number of cities engaging in carbon mitigation actions. The literature on urban low-carbon transition shows that low-carbon urban development is an inevitable trend of urban sustainable future; there is a great potential albeit with some limitations for cities to reduce its carbon footprints, and there are diverse pathways for cities to achieve low-carbon development. There is, however, a limited understanding in terms of the internal … Show more

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“…For example, Shanghai is experimenting with a range of low-carbon practices, including district heating networks, carbon labelling of consumer products and financial mechanisms 9 . Research and policy frameworks need to be developed to translate successful local innovations across cities.…”
Section: Support Transformationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, Shanghai is experimenting with a range of low-carbon practices, including district heating networks, carbon labelling of consumer products and financial mechanisms 9 . Research and policy frameworks need to be developed to translate successful local innovations across cities.…”
Section: Support Transformationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The COP21 Decision calls for cities as 'non-party stakeholders' to 'scale up their efforts and support actions to reduce emissions' (UNFCCC, 2015, p. 19), and, similarly, in outlining six research priorities for cities and climate change, Bai et al (2018) have recently argued that scaling of 'successful local innovations'or experimentsis key. The COP21 Decision calls for cities as 'non-party stakeholders' to 'scale up their efforts and support actions to reduce emissions' (UNFCCC, 2015, p. 19), and, similarly, in outlining six research priorities for cities and climate change, Bai et al (2018) have recently argued that scaling of 'successful local innovations'or experimentsis key.…”
Section: Scaling Urban Experiments Ambition As 'Scaling'mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A recent case study by Peng and Bai (2018) of low-carbon experimentation in Shanghai attributes success to precisely such a framework of nested experimentation linking national and local actors and initiatives through policy and funding. A recent case study by Peng and Bai (2018) of low-carbon experimentation in Shanghai attributes success to precisely such a framework of nested experimentation linking national and local actors and initiatives through policy and funding.…”
Section: Scaling Urban Experiments Ambition As 'Scaling'mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Administrative measures on the scale of cities, however, are usually much more limited, and mainly encompass soft instruments, infrastructure provision, and incentives (Yigitcanlar and others ; Evans ). In China, however, the interplay of spatial and administrative scales and the characteristics of innovation policy instruments look different, since many policies in China are not only implemented top‐down, instead involving a complementary approach, sometimes labeled “tinkering,” which means that low‐level administrative bodies, companies, or other actors often enjoy a large degree of freedom in trying out suitable ways to respond to the government agenda, and successful responses developed locally may be introduced later on the national scale (Heilmann ; Peng and Bai ).…”
Section: Conceptual Remarks: the Chinese State And Innovationmentioning
confidence: 99%