The greening of Chicago: environmental leaders and organisational learning in the transition toward a sustainable metropolitan region

Robert Young

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2010, vol. 53, issue 8, 1051-1068

Abstract: Urban sustainability literature calls for new governance relations to support green urban agendas. Privileging non-hierarchical relations, this literature fails to address the means by which organisations create these capacities. The author interviewed public, private and community environmental leaders in metropolitan Chicago regarding their disposition toward creating boundary spanning organisations (BSOs) in addressing the City's Environmental Action Agenda. Their responses reflect engaged efforts to enhance cross-boundary sharing of information, resources, and power. However, they also reflect the decisive role of central authority in initiating this process. These findings suggest the complexity of urban governance in transitions toward sustainability and the opportunities they provide to explore the implications of on-the-ground practice.

Keywords: sustainability; governance; organisational learning; boundary spanning; Chicago (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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