The sources of municipalities’ innovation in the management of weather disaster risks, their relationships, and their antecedents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6301936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kaddour Mehiriz (0000-0003-3577-368X, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 951-970 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2020.1816545 |
| OpenAlex | W3084242573 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article presents the results of a study on the use of internal and external sources of innovation by municipalities to deal with weather hazards. Using data collected by an online survey of municipal emergency management coordinators in Quebec – Canada, this study shows that municipalities rely primarily on their expertise and, to a lesser extent, on peer organisations and upper levels of governments to develop new solutions to weather hazards. In addition, this study finds weak support for the complementarity hypothesis between internal and external sources of innovation and suggests strongly that these sources of innovation are not substitutable. The capacity and vulnerability of municipalities, as well as political support for initiatives to improve the management of weather disasters, seem to be significant drivers of innovation. Finally, efforts aimed at strengthening public organisations’ internal capacities and creating incentives to facilitate collaborations between public organisations are important levers to stimulate innovation.Other InformationPublished in: Local Government StudiesLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2020.1816545
Business · Complementarity (molecular biology · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Environmental planning · Geography · Incentive · Political science · Public relations · Survey data collection · Vulnerability (computing · Disaster Management and Resilience · Regional resilience and development · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
More Intense, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting Heat Waves in the 21st Century
Open R&D and open innovation
Learning to Adapt
Analysing knowledge transfer channels between universities and industry
The economic benefits of publicly funded basic research
Searching high and low
The iron cage revisited institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields
Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and global environmental change
The Diffusion and Adoption of Public Sector Innovations
Innovation in the Public Sector
Reinventing the Wheel? Public Sector Innovation in the Age of Governance
The Effect of Problem Severity, Managerial and Organizational Capacity, and Agency Structure on Intergovernmental Collaboration
Collaborative Innovation
Implementing Open Innovation in the Public Sector
Assessing Best Practice as a Means of Innovation
Institutional Motivations in the Adoption of Innovations
The Iron Cage Revisited
The Two-Communities Theory and Knowledge Utilization
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |