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Balance Between Local Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: A Multi-level Governance Perspective

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  • Christopher V. Hawkins
  • Sung-Wook Kwon
  • Jungah Bae

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This study seeks to explain why U.S. local governments utilize environmental sustainability to promote economic development. Economic development and environmental protection need not be competing objectives, but rather, environmental protection can enhance local economic competitiveness. Using data from the ICMA Economic Development Survey, this study tests an empirical model that includes state sustainability initiatives, participation in climate protection networks, and political attitudes toward economic development as predictors of local policy decisions. The findings reinforce a multi-level governance perspective on explaining the balance cities seek to achieve between environmental protection and economic growth.

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  • Christopher V. Hawkins & Sung-Wook Kwon & Jungah Bae, 2016. "Balance Between Local Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: A Multi-level Governance Perspective," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(11), pages 803-811, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:39:y:2016:i:11:p:803-811
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2015.1035787
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    1. Haisong Chen & Li Feng & Xiaoyu Sun, 2024. "Beyond central-local relations: the introduction of a new perspective on China’s environmental governance model," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Nur Syazwani Izzati Samdi & Asiyah Kassim & Zoel Ng, 2024. "Youth Awareness on Sustainable Development: The Mediating Effect of Place Attachment in Selangor, Malaysia*," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(8), pages 264-283, August.

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