Evaluating Integration of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Policy in Swedish Structure Plans: The Performance Approach

Sylvia Dovlén and Abdul Khakee ()
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Sylvia Dovlén: Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Abdul Khakee: Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Planning and Environment, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2017, vol. 19, issue 02, 1-25

Abstract: Integration of national climate change and energy efficiency goals into conventional local structure planning requires a shift in focus from conventional concerns about urban growth to local sustainable development in which climate change and energy efficiency are key components. Local government responses in integrating these goals show structural limitations, despite widespread awareness of the need to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt more climate-smart and energy-efficient policies. This paper assesses the integration of national climate change and energy efficiency goals in Swedish local structure plans and presents an in-depth study of one plan, that of Värmdö municipality in Sweden. The evaluation comprised plan content analysis using a few selected criteria for three concepts, namely, ‘visions’, ‘comprehensive strategies’ and ‘measures’, and use of the Dutch performance approach to examine implementation aspects of climate change and energy efficiency strategies in the plans.

Keywords: Plan content; performance; climate change; energy efficiency; structure plan; vision; strategy; land-use measure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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