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A critical analysis of the role of the urban climate resilience nexus in London
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Title: | A critical analysis of the role of the urban climate resilience nexus in London |
Authors: | Aquilina, MC Sheate, WR |
Item Type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Although London boasts ambitious climate resilience (CR) targets, implementation has so far been unconvincing, in part due to a lack of integration between policy areas. Nexus thinking focuses on the interlinkages between policy areas to overcome silos which inhibit policy integration. Green infrastructure, sustainable transport and urban form can all result in CR, however an integrated approach to these areas is not evident in the London context. This article explores their role through a nexus lens, the urban climate resilience (UCR) nexus, by focusing on policy implementation in the Boroughs of Greenwich and Southwark. The research is two-tiered, firstly, through policy analysis, used to understand how current policy performs in relation to the UCR nexus, as well as informing the second phase of semi-structured expert interviews to investigate the structures in place to deliver policy. Despite little evidence of nexus thinking, London does have innovative solutions to policy integration, particularly through sustainable transport projects. However, Greenwich and Southwark demonstrate resource and governance issues that inhibit delivery. Nexus thinking can be the catalyst to support delivery; although more innovative approaches to valuation methods, partnership delivery, monitoring and evidence are imperative if the UCR nexus is to be harnessed to deliver CR. |
Issue Date: | 4-Aug-2021 |
Date of Acceptance: | 8-Jul-2021 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/90872 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09654313.2021.1958758 |
ISSN: | 0965-4313 |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Start Page: | 1 |
End Page: | 23 |
Journal / Book Title: | European Planning Studies |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 7 |
Copyright Statement: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Studies Geography Regional & Urban Planning Urban Studies Environmental Sciences & Ecology Public Administration Green infrastructure sustainable transport climate resilience urban form urban nexus policy implementation GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MITIGATION Urban & Regional Planning 1205 Urban and Regional Planning 1604 Human Geography |
Publication Status: | Published online |
Open Access location: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09654313.2021.1958758 |
Online Publication Date: | 2021-08-04 |
Appears in Collections: | Centre for Environmental Policy Faculty of Natural Sciences |
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