The Role of Eco-Municipalities in Climate Change for a Sustainable Future

Abstract

Creating a sustainable future for cities is a critical issue worldwide and municipalities help shape cities from different perspectives. An eco-municipality is a governance strategy and holistic approach to creating sustainable communities and development. The sustainable strategies and projects of these municipalities mostly focus on public participation mechanisms, creating and building renewable energy sources, and designing healthy and green cities. The aim of this chapter is to examine the status of the strongly connected studies concerning global climate change and the eco-municipality model. In this regard, the projects and strategies of Nordic countries which have been pioneers in eco-municipalities and the studies of Turkish municipalities which have recently taken action to develop integrated environmental approaches will be discussed. In addition, an evaluation of projects and strategies of local governments in Turkey relevant to climate change will be critiqued.

Exploring the Local Sustainability Approach Using Indicators

“…It demonstrated the need of efforts to articulate and developing sustainability assessment systems at municipal level as a starting point to provide primary databases for the construction of information at the regional and national levels. Developing of Information platforms which will set the stage for policies with action plans is important in determining which environmental projects should be prepared (Bostanci & Albayrak, 2017). However, these methods are expensive and often time-consuming to conduct, but are an important part of the assessment process, considered an unappealing and difficult task.…”