Eco-financing for low-carbon buildings and cities: Value and limits

Jeroen van der Heijden

Urban Studies, 2017, vol. 54, issue 12, 2894-2909

Abstract: Building owners and governments face constraints in financing the transformation and development of low-carbon buildings and cities. Banks and other finance providers are often risk averse and unwilling to provide funds for such development and transformation. For some time now, governments and non-governmental organisations have experimented with novel forms of financing for low-carbon developments and transformations – often referred to as ‘eco-financing’. This article studies six such governance instruments from Australia, the Netherlands and the USA to better understand their value and limits.

Keywords: eco-financing; experimental governance; low-carbon development and transformation; scalability; urban environmental governance; ç”Ÿæ€ èž èµ„ã€; å®žéªŒæ²»ç †ã€; ä½Žç¢³å¼€å ‘å’Œæ”¹é€ ã€; å ¯æ‰©å±•æ€§ã€; åŸŽå¸‚çŽ¯å¢ƒæ²»ç † (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098016655056

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