Deciding climate change adaptation implementation at the local level – a tale of two cities in the Netherlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21600520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franziska Baack (0000-0003-1343-9349, University of Twente, corresponding author), Stefan Kuks (0000-0002-9253-1110, University of Twente), Gül Özerol (0000-0002-4805-6666, University of Twente), Joanne Vinke‐de Kruijf (0000-0003-2691-4348, University of Twente), Johannes I M Halman (0000-0002-7530-7088, University of Twente) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1081-1101 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-0568 • E-ISSN: 1360-0559 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09640568.2024.2418345 |
| OpenAlex | W4403813372 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 60 |
The implementation of adaptation to climate change lags behind necessary adaptation. Implementation of adaptation often takes place at the local level, influenced by local factors and mechanisms producing mainstreamed or standalone adaptation outcomes. Because mainstreaming adaptation is seen as accelerating adaptation, understanding this process is crucial for expediting its implementation. The lack of insight into the influence of context on mainstreaming and its respective outcomes hinders the transfer of lessons between different contexts. To address this gap, we investigate the question “Why do municipal policy processes lead to either standalone or mainstreamed adaptation implementation decisions?” We apply the Multiple Streams Framework to explain local adaptation implementation decisions to compare adaptation in Enschede and Zwolle, two Dutch adaptation frontrunners. We conclude that issue-linking with locally salient issues facilitates adaptation mainstreaming in a case without problem urgency, whereas a focusing event leads to standalone adaptation implementation if crisis-framing is applied
Climate change · Climate change adaptation · Economic geography · Environmental resource management · Geography · Climate Change and Sustainable Development · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Environmental Science · Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Geology
Understanding Public Policy
Qualitative Content Analysis
Reframing Policy Discourse
The Multiple Streams Framework
Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance
Mainstreaming climate adaptation
Case Study Research
The Role of Context in Qualitative Case Study Research
Dark Sky Parks
Mechanisms influencing mainstreaming of adaptation in spatial development
Institutions for long-term problems
Have policy process scholars embraced causal mechanisms? A review of five popular frameworks
Policy entrepreneurs and problem framing
The Multiple‐Streams Framework and Knowledge Utilization
Explaining through causal mechanisms
Policy integration and climate change adaptation
Upscaling climate change adaptation in small- and medium-sized municipalities
Assessing the Merits of Decentralization
Who should do what in environmental management? Twelve principles for allocating responsibilities
What drives local climate change adaptation? A qualitative comparative analysis
Climate change adaptation planning in large cities
Bringing Formal Political Institutions into the Multiple Streams Framework
Rethinking barriers to adaptation
Local levers for change
From Policy “Frames” to “Framing”
A River Runs Through It
From controversial policy idea to successful program implementation
Mechanisms for policy (dis)integration
Approaches to policy framing
Explaining local policy choices
Ambiguity and choice in European public policy
Theories of the Policy Process
Understanding Local Policymaking
Multiple Partial Couplings in the Multiple Streams Framework
Kingdon's Multiple Streams Approach
Institutions in the politics of policy change
Focusing Events, Mobilization, and Agenda Setting
Policy Entrepreneurs
Crisis exploitation
Straightening the three streams
The Multiple Streams Framework and the problem broker
Theoretically refining the multiple streams framework
Context and Causal Mechanisms in Political Analysis
Climate Change 2022 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |