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作者

Rachel M. Krause;Christopher V. Hawkins

来源

CITIES,Vol.113,Issue1,Article 103167

语言

英文

关键字

Urban sustainability;Local climate protection;Functional collective action;Administrative structure;Convergence science

作者单位

School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas, 4060 Wescoe Hall, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA;School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, 528 W. Livingston Street, Suite 446, Orlando, FL 32801, USA;School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas, 4060 Wescoe Hall, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA;School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, 528 W. Livingston Street, Suite 446, Orlando, FL 32801, USA

摘要

Cities are touted as leaders and innovators in sustainability policy, but face significant challenges with its implementation. Because sustainability objectives are multifaceted they often do not align with local governments' typical organizational structures, which compartmentalize expertise around core service functions. This mismatch lies at the heart of many cities' implementation struggles; broad sustainability initiatives require active contribution from multiple departments, but externalities and fuzzy boundaries of responsibility stymie collaboration. Sustainability science recognizes the need to think across disciplinary boundaries and we argue that sustainability implementation requires managing across organizational ones. Drawing from mixed-methods research on US cities' sustainability efforts, we present a functional collective action framework that identifies four internal administrative arrangements that city governments use to facilitate functionally transboundary sustainability implementation. We assess their relative effectiveness and make the case for an influential sustainability lead.