Greening the compact city
Unarticulated tensions and incremental advances in municipal climate action plans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11456366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ranja Hautamäki (0000-0002-6867-1367, Aalto University, corresponding author), Tuulia Puustinen (0000-0003-3958-1765, Aalto University), Tiina Merikoski (Aalto University), Aija Staffans (Aalto University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 152 |
| Pages | 105251 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-2751 • E-ISSN: 1873-6084 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105251 |
| OpenAlex | W4400318497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 76 |
Municipal climate policies tie in closely with sustainable urban development. Land use has far-ranging impacts on carbon emissions from mobility, housing, and consumption; as well as climate resilience, carbon sinks, and biodiversity. While compact city is well-established as the dominant strategy for climate-wise planning, a parallel approach focused on greening and its climate advantages is gaining prominence. However, there is little empirical evidence on how municipal climate policies address the relationship between these often conflicting strategies. This study examines how compacting and greening are motivated and how greening is negotiated in relation to compacting in the six largest cities in Finland. Based on a qualitative content analysis of municipal climate action plans (CAP), we show that the primacy of compacting as a strategy is not questioned, however, the importance of greening is increasingly underlined. We demonstrate that the relationship between compacting and greening policies is framed by three main discourses: 1) compacting while protecting the green, 2) greening the built-up structure for adaptation purposes, and 3) greening as a multifunctional strategy parallel with compacting. The study contributes to the topical debate on the integration of compacting and greening and to the need for cross-sectoral and systemic climate-wise policies in general
Business · Climate change · Climate resilience · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Green infrastructure · Greenhouse gas · Greening · Political science · Psychological resilience · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Urban greening · Environmental Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Urban Green Space and Health · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |