Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 337 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781108233293
Series Statement:
Business and public policy
Content:
Building on unique data, this book analyses the efficacy of a prominent climate change mitigation strategy: voluntary programs for sustainable buildings and cities. It evaluates the performance of thirty-five voluntary programs from the global north and south, including certification programs, knowledge networks, and novel forms of financing. The author examines them through the lens of club theory, urban transformation theory, and diffusion of innovations theory. Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) the book points out the opportunities and constraints of voluntary programs for decarbonising the built environment, and argues for a transformation of their use in climate change mitigation. The book will appeal to readers interested in sustainable city planning, climate change mitigation, and voluntarism as an alternative governance mechanism for achieving socially and environmentally desirable outcomes. The wide diversity of cases from the global north and south generate new insights, and offers practical guidelines for designing effective programs
Content:
Machine generated contents note: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Why focus on voluntary programmes for sustainable buildings and cities?; 2. The sustainable building challenge: contextualising the problem; 3. A world of voluntary programs: prevailing and advanced theoretical perspectives; 4. Bridging supply and demand; 5. Generating and sharing knowledge; 6. Providing funds; 7. Separating the wheat from the chaff: a crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis (csQCA); 8. Voluntary programs for sustainable cities elsewhere: certification and classification in India, Malaysia, and Singapore; 9. Beyond the leadership delusion: what role for voluntary programs in decarbonising buildings and cities?; Appendix A. Country snapshots; Appendix B. Voluntary program snapshots; Appendix C. Application of QCA in this book and an additional fsQCA; Appendix D. Interviews; References; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108415361
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108401210
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Heijden, Jeroen van der, 1977 - Innovations in urban climate governance New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017 ISBN 9781108415361
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Stadtplanung
;
Stadtökologie
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Klimaänderung
;
Anpassung
DOI:
10.1017/9781108233293
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