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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Foss, Ann

Titel

Divergent responses to sustainability and climate change planning: The role of politics, cultural frames and public participation

Ist Teil von

• Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2018-02, Vol.55 (2), p.332-348

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Cities are often touted as climate change leaders in the USA and all cities across the country are affected by climate change, but little is known about climate action in politically conservative cities. Using document analysis and interviews, an in-depth case study of two cities in the conservative Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas examines how public participation and cultural framing contribute to sustainability and climate change planning. One city successfully adopted sustainability plans, while the other city was unable to do so. Comparison of the two cases reveals that carefully designed public participation processes and locally relevant cultural frames can help cities educate residents, build support and expand discussion of sustainability. However, economic development, competition and political controversy prevent cities from addressing climate change explicitly or in meaningful ways, raising concerns about the capacity of cities to act as climate change leaders. 在美国，城市常常被吹捧为应对气候变化的领导者。全国所有城市都受到气候变化的影响，但 对于政治保守的城市如何应对气候变化，我们知之甚少。本文通过文件分析和访谈，对德克萨 斯州保守地区达拉斯-沃思堡的两座城市做了深入的个案研宄，考察了公众参与和文化定位如何 为可持续发展和气候变化规划做出贡献。一个城市成功采纳了可持续发展计划，而另一个城市 则未能这么做。两个案例的比较表明，精心设计的公众参与过程和具有当地相关性的文化定位 有助于城市教育居民，建立支持和扩大关于可持续发展的讨论。然而，经济发展、竞争和政治 争议妨碍了城市明确或有意义地应对气候变化，引起人们担心城市作为气候变化领导者的能力。