Innovations in Urban Climate Governance - Voluntary Programs for Low-Carbon Buildings and Cities

Analyses voluntary programs for sustainable buildings and cities, a prominent strategy to mitigate climate change.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Jeroen van der Heijden is an associate professor of urban climate governance at the Australian National University. He aims to improve local, national and international outcomes of urban governance on some of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate change and urbanisation.

Summary

Building on unique data, this book analyses the efficacy of voluntary programs for sustainable buildings and cities, a prominent strategy to mitigate climate change. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jeroen (Australian National University van der Heijden, Jeroen van der Heijden, Jeroen van der Heijden, Jeroen (Australian National Unive Van Der Heijden, Jeroen (Australian National University Van der Heijden
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2017
• EAN: 9781108415361
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41536-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Business and Public Policy; Business and Public Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sustainability, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Urban & municipal planning, Politics and government, Urban and municipal planning and policy