Local Government Response to Climate Change: Our Last, Best Hope?
Local Government Response to Climate Change: Our Last, Best Hope?
This chapter explores the municipal climate change reactions in North America, and determines the practical and political factors that work in the local government policies regarding climate change. It presents four factors that govern these municipal actions. First, local governments are also part of the national, regional, and global networks that motivate and promote climate change responses. Second, citizens are counting on local governments to take progressive environmental action at both local and global levels. Third, local government bodies are concerned about their international reputation and take action to show their effective leadership. Fourth, local governments are attentive to the interactions among economic, social, and environmental issues when taking actions about physical form, and the social and economic quality of urban areas.
Keywords: local government, climate change, North America, climate change reactions
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