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Integrating Climate Change into Governance at the Municipal Scale: An Institutional Perspective on Practices in Denmark

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  • Anja Wejs

    (The Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment (DCEA), Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark)

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Climate change (CC) is a new and, up to 2013, voluntary planning area in Denmark, and it is perceived as an interdisciplinary field affecting several professions. CC is integrated into bureaucratised municipal organisations characterised by a fragmented organisational structure and strong institutional traditions and perceptions. With this paper I examine different approaches to CC governance and the institutional dynamics that occur in the integration process within eight Danish municipalities in the initial phase of integrating CC. The results show three different governance approaches related to CC planning: experimental, negotiation, and standardisation. This paper contributes insights into the intrainstitutional dynamics at the local level when climate plans are to be implemented in practice, and it adds perspectives on the role of local established networks rather than international networks for less affluent municipalities to act on CC.

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  • Anja Wejs, 2014. "Integrating Climate Change into Governance at the Municipal Scale: An Institutional Perspective on Practices in Denmark," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 32(6), pages 1017-1035, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:32:y:2014:i:6:p:1017-1035
    DOI: 10.1068/c1215
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