Assessing local land use planning's awareness, analysis, and actions for climate change
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management
ISSN: 1756-8692
Article publication date: 6 November 2009
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to extend the previous larger‐scale climate policy studies to the local jurisdiction level to evaluate local land use planning capacity for climate change.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper evaluated 53 recently developed local comprehensive land use plans in California and analyzes how well these plans recognized the concepts of climate change and prepared for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Findings
The descriptive results show that local land use plans reflect very low awareness and little analysis for climate change; however, the actions for climate change varied widely in scope and content in their plans.
Originality/value
This paper provides policymakers important empirical evidence to improve local land use planning capacities for climate change.
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Citation
Tang, Z., Hussey, C.M. and Wei, T. (2009), "Assessing local land use planning's awareness, analysis, and actions for climate change", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 1 No. 4, pp. 368-381. https://doi.org/10.1108/17568690911002898
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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