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An Examination of Local Climate Change Policies in the Great Plains

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ID4074348
AuthorsRobert S Wood (0009-0008-6270-988X, University of North Dakota), Andy Hultquist (University of North Dakota), Rebecca J Romsdahl (0000-0001-8711-3953, University of North Dakota)
Year2014
Volume31
Issue6
Pages529-554
Publication date2014-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ropr.12103
OpenAlexW1541631037
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited38

As the United States struggles with national solutions to address climate change, state and local governments have become leaders in both mitigation and adaptation policy. Although a significant and growing body of research targets these policies, most studies have assumed common factors motivating both adaptation and mitigation policy adoption. There remains a need for more research on cities of all sizes, their adoption of specific local policies, the factors motivating those choices, and whether the influences for mitigation differ from those that motivate adaptation.The paper uses data from a new survey of over 200 local governments in eleven states of the Great Plains region, including measures distinguishing between mitigation and adaptation policies. These data are employed to test the relative influence of factors from three areas: the policy environment, the attitudes of governmental actors, and community atmosphere, in explaining observed variation in the adoption of climate change policies

Business · Climate change · Climate change adaptation · Climate change mitigation · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Public economics · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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