Implementing European climate adaptation policy. How local policymakers react to European policy ... : Implementing European Climate Adaptation Policy. How Local Policymakers React To European Policy ...

EU policy and projects have an increasing influence on policymaking for climate adaptation. This is especially evident in the development of new climate adaptation policies in transnational city networks. Until now, climate adaptation literature has paid little attention to the influence that these EU networks have on the adaptive capacity in cities. This paper uses two Dutch cities as an empirical base to evaluate the influence of two EU climate adaptation projects on both the experience of local public officials and the adaptive capacity in the respective cities. The main conclusion is that... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hartmann, Thomas
Spit, Tejo
Dokumenttyp: Scholarlyarticle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Verlag/Hrsg.: Tema. Journal of Land Use
Mobility and Environment
Schlagwörter: Climate Adaptation / EU / Transnational City Networks / Netherlands / Adaptive Capacity
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29167775
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/2918

EU policy and projects have an increasing influence on policymaking for climate adaptation. This is especially evident in the development of new climate adaptation policies in transnational city networks. Until now, climate adaptation literature has paid little attention to the influence that these EU networks have on the adaptive capacity in cities. This paper uses two Dutch cities as an empirical base to evaluate the influence of two EU climate adaptation projects on both the experience of local public officials and the adaptive capacity in the respective cities. The main conclusion is that EU climate adaptation projects do not automatically lead to an increased adaptive capacity in the cities involved. This is due to the political opportunistic use of EU funding, which hampers the implementation of climate adaptation policies. Furthermore, these EU projects draw attention away from local network building focused on the development and implementation of climate adaptation policies. These factors have a ... : Tema. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, Vol 8, N° 1 (2015): Cities, Energy and Climate Change ...