Climate change in cities : innovations in multi-level governance

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This book presents pioneering work on a range of innovative practices, experiments, and ideas that are becoming an integral part of urban climate change governance in the 21st century. Theoretically, the book builds on nearly two decades of scholarships identifying the emergence of new urban actors, spaces and political dynamics in response to climate change priorities. However, it further articulates and applies the concepts associated with urban climate change governance by bridging formerly disparate disciplines and approaches. Empirically, the chapters investigate new multi-level urban governance arrangements from around the world, and leverage the insights they provide for both theory and practice. Cities - both as political and material entities - are increasingly playing a critical role in shaping the trajectory and impacts of climate change action. However, their policy, planning, and governance responses to climate change are fraught with tension and contradictions. While on one hand local actors play a central role in designing institutions, infrastructures, and behaviors that drive decarbonization and adaptation to changing climatic conditions, their options and incentives are inextricably enmeshed within broader political and economic processes. Resolving these tensions and contradictions is likely to require innovative and multi-level approaches to governing climate change in the city: new interactions, new political actors, new ways of coordinating and mobilizing resources, and new frameworks and technical capacities for decision making. We focus explicitly on those innovations that produce new relationships between levels of government, between government and citizens, and among governments, the private sector, and transnational and civil society actors. A more comprehensive understanding is needed of the innovative approaches being used to navigate the complex networks and relationships that constitute contemporary multi-level urban climate change governance. Debra Roberts, Co-Chair, Working Group II, IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) and Acting Head, Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives, Durban, South Africa “Climate Change in Cities offers a refreshingly frank view of how complex cities and city processes really are.” Christopher Gore, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, Canada “This book is a rare and welcome contribution engaging critically with questions about cities as central actors in multilevel climate governance but it does so recognizing that there are lessons from cities in both the Global North and South.” Harriet Bulkeley, Professor of Geography, Durham University, United Kingdom “This timely collection provides new insights into how cities can put their rhetoric into action on the ground and explores just how this promise can be realised in cities across the world - from California to Canada, India to Indonesia.” Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction (Sara Hughes, Eric K. Chu, Susan G. Mason)....Pages 1-15 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Size, Sustainability, and Urban Climate Planning in a Multilevel Governance Framework (George C. Homsy)....Pages 19-38 Innovations in European Climate Governance and Their Impact on Local Climate Policy: An Analysis of German Major Cities (Jörg Kemmerzell)....Pages 39-57 Regional Climate Planning and Local Outcomes in California (Michael R. Boswell, Susan G. Mason)....Pages 59-76 Metropolitan Governance of Waste for Climate Change Mitigation: Examining the Case of Montreal (Eve Bourgeois, Sara Hughes)....Pages 77-93 Front Matter ....Pages 95-95 Multi-level Governance, Civic Capacity, and Overcoming the Climate Change “Adaptation Deficit” in Baltimore, Maryland (Andrea Sarzynski)....Pages 97-120 Enhancing Citizen Engagement in the Face of Climate Change Risks: A Case Study of the Flood Early Warning System and Health Information System in Semarang City, Indonesia (Aniessa Delima Sari, Nyoman Prayoga)....Pages 121-137 Climate Adaptation and Citizens’ Participation in Denmark: Experiences from Copenhagen (Lars A. Engberg)....Pages 139-161 Community–Government Partnership for Metered Clean Drinking Water: A Case Study of Bhalwal, Pakistan (Muhammad Naveed Iftikhar, Shujat Ali, Andrea Sarzynski)....Pages 163-179 Front Matter ....Pages 181-181 Connecting the Dots: The Politics of Governing Urban Climate Adaptation Innovations Through Transnational Municipal Networks (Ryan G. Bellinson)....Pages 183-202 Climate Resilient Smart Cities: Opportunities for Innovative Solutions in India (Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar, Soumita Chakraborty, Gopalkrishna Bhat)....Pages 203-227 Visionaries, Translators, and Navigators: Facilitating Institutions as Critical Enablers of Urban Climate Change Resilience (Anna Brown)....Pages 229-253 Between Policies, Programs, and Projects: How Local Actors Steer Domestic Urban Climate Adaptation Finance in India (Mitchell J. Cook, Eric K. Chu)....Pages 255-277 Front Matter ....Pages 279-279 Multilevel Governance and Innovations in the Financing of Urban Climate Change Strategies (Jacqueline Peterson)....Pages 281-298 Adaptation for Whom to What? Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture-Urban Collaboration for Climate Change Adaptation (Julia C. Bausch, Hallie C. Eakin, Amy M. Lerner)....Pages 299-324 Beyond “The Business Case”: The Emerging Role of Entrepreneurs in the Multilevel Governance of Urban Decarbonization in Canada (Scott Morton Ninomiya, Sarah Burch)....Pages 325-342 Multilevel Governance of Sustainability Transitions in Canada: Policy Alignment, Innovation, and Evaluation (Ann Dale, Sarah Burch, John Robinson, Chris Strashok)....Pages 343-358 Front Matter ....Pages 359-359 Conclusion: Multilevel Governance and Climate Change Innovations in Cities (Eric K. Chu, Sara Hughes, Susan G. Mason)....Pages 361-378