Editorial : environmental governance of urban and regional development – scales and sectors, conflict and cooperation

Gibbs, David; Lintz, Gerd

Abstract

Recent years have continued to see a concern for the detrimental environmental impacts of human economic activities particularly in the form of enhanced global warming, sea level rise, land degradation and deforestation. Although it can be argued that economic development and growth remain the priority for governments at a variety of spatial scales or levels, these same governments also express a desire through a growing number of policy initiatives to make such development more sustainable and environmentally-friendly. A growing interest amongst policy makers has been in identifying the ways in which environmental protection measures can be made complementary to economic development aims. Rather than seeing the environment and the economy in opposition, there has been a focus on the growth potential from developing a green or low-carbon economy (OECD, 2011). At the urban and regional scale governments have increasingly begun to try and position themselves as destinations for new forms of green economy investments as a source of a new round of capital accumulation (GIBBS and O’NEILL, 2014). In total then, questions around the environment, climate change and sustainability look set to grow in importance for decision makers in cities and regions.

Citation

Gibbs, D., & Lintz, G. (2015). Editorial : environmental governance of urban and regional development – scales and sectors, conflict and cooperation. Regional studies, 50(6), 925-928. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2015.1110569

• Acceptance Date: Oct 6, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Dec 17, 2015
• Publication Date: Dec 17, 2015
• Deposit Date: Feb 23, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Regional studies
• Print ISSN: 0034-3404
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 925-928
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2015.1110569
• Keywords: Environmental protection; Economic development; Green economy
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/411276
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2015.1110569
• Additional Information: Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Regional studies, 2016, v.50, issue 6
• Contract Date: Nov 23, 2017