How green growth is adopted by local policy - a comparative study of ten second-rank cities in Sweden.
The 1992 Rio Earth Summit represented a crucial point in time at which the key role of the local level for sustainable development was importantly endorsed. However, since this UN summit, ideals about how to design local sustainable development have changed significantly. This paper investigates how...
| Publicado en: | Scottish Geographical Journal Vol. 134; no. 3/4; pp. 184 - 203 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=133227089&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 133227089 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14702541 8NB jtl: Scottish Geographical Journal issn: 14702541 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep-Dec2018 vid: 134 iid: 3/4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 133227089 10.1080/14702541.2018.1541474 ppf: 184 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.8MB tig: atl: How green growth is adopted by local policy - a comparative study of ten second-rank cities in Sweden. aug: au: Hermelin, Brita Andersson, Ida affil: Centre for Municipality Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden su: Cities & towns Sustainable development Economic development Strategic planning Economic policy Sweden sug: subj: Sweden Cities & towns Sustainable development Economic development Strategic planning Economic policy keyword: governance green growth local authorities local policy municipalities second-rank cities ab: The 1992 Rio Earth Summit represented a crucial point in time at which the key role of the local level for sustainable development was importantly endorsed. However, since this UN summit, ideals about how to design local sustainable development have changed significantly. This paper investigates how local policy in ten second-rank cities in Sweden has adopted decoupling arguments and endorsed green growth concepts established through international governance communities. Using content analysis of politically ratified steering documents in these cities, the main findings suggest that local strategising related to the policy goals of green growth is mainly related to energy efficiency. Derived from the decoupling argument, one factor behind shallow integration of green growth into municipal policy is that green growth could be considered a political and contested concept. The fact that there has been limited implementation of this framework across the investigated municipalities prompts reflections on how the results could be explained by institutional ‘match’ or ‘mismatch’ between local institutional environments for policy interventions and the green growth concepts promoted by international communities. The adoption of green growth concepts requires local authorities to broaden their commitment for interventions in interactions with industry and business. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Scottish Geographical Journal is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Scottish Geographical Journal holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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