US Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement Signatories
Hugh Bartling
DePaul University
hugh.bartling@depaul.edu
March 31, 2017
Complex, seemingly intractable, multiple actors, geographic disconnections between costs & benefits, temporal lag, free rider issues
Why do municipalities engage in climate planning in the context of uncertainty & in the absence of higher-level government mandates?
When municipalities engage in climate planning, how can we gauge effectiveness?
How does leadership impact creation of public value for climate planning?
(Rittel and Webber 1973)
| Governance | Leadership | Place |
|---|---|---|
| polycentrism | multidimensionality | shared concern for locality |
| networks | collaboration | cross-sector institutions |
| systems | shared action | leveraging local capacities |
| state | coordination for public good | materiality of place |
| civil society, corporations, engaged citizenry | technologies, infrastructure, morphology |
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