Adaptation to Climate Change in the Private and the Third Sector: Case Study of Governance of the Helsinki Metropolitan Region

Sirkku Juhola
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Sirkku Juhola: Department of Real Estate, Planning and Geoinformatics, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland and Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Environment and Planning C, 2013, vol. 31, issue 5, 911-925

Abstract: Cities and metropolitan regions are increasingly becoming key locations within which adaptation to climate change is taking place. New modes of governance arrangements are also emerging in cities, and these enable new actors to engage in decision making. In this paper I discuss governance of adaptation in Helsinki. On the basis of empirical data from the private and the third sector, I show how the governance of adaptation is organised within the metropolitan region and, more specifically, what policy instruments are used and what objectives these measures have. The findings suggest that whilst challenges of vertical governance of adaptation remain, there are also challenges in terms of horizontal governance of adaptation.

Keywords: governance of adaptation; urban; Helsinki; public sector; private sector; climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1068/c11326

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