Local Leadership and Global Goals: How City Sustainability Networks are Changing Progressive Policymaking

Emma French & Supraja Sudharsan & Jennifer Clark — 2018-09-18T09:47:41Z

While national governments often struggle to address global climate change, cities are in a better position to innovate, especially through peer networks that publicly value sustainability. However, challenges remain, notably in translating intention into action and building internal capacity. Here, we show how mayors have influenced policymaking in four southeastern US cities.
---- Series: Progressive Mayors and Urban Social Movements The global nature of environmental crises has

- Essays / urban policy, New Orleans, environment, United States, energy, networks, resilience, progressive urban politics, climate change, climate action plans, Atlanta, urban sustainability, capacity building, policymaking, Houston, Orlando, mayors, progressive mayors

Technocratic Values and Uneven Development in the “Smart City”

Taylor Shelton & Jennifer Clark — 2016-05-10T05:00:00Z

In the US, the idea of “smart cities” is coming to dominate federal government involvement in, and funding for, urban places. But the smart cities approach, which focuses on using digital applications to promote efficiency, competitiveness, and citizen participation in governance, raises questions about technocentrism in the reproduction of inequality and socio-spatial fragmentation.
The idea of “smart cities” is becoming more important to the way future cities are planned, developed and

- Debates / United States, smart city, urban inequality, technocracy, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

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Local Leadership and Global Goals: How City Sustainability Networks are Changing Progressive Policymaking

Technocratic Values and Uneven Development in the “Smart City”