TY - JOUR
T1 - Political commitment in organising municipal responses to climate adaptation: the dedicated approach versus the mainstreaming approach
AU - Uittenbroek, Caroline J.
AU - Janssen-Jansen, Leonie B.
AU - Spit, Tejo J M
AU - Salet, Willem G M
AU - Runhaar, Hens A C
PY - 2014/6/3
Y1 - 2014/6/3
N2 - We develop conceptual understanding of political commitment in two approaches to organising municipal responses to climate adaptation. The dedicated approach, based on direct political commitment to climate adaptation, implies political agenda setting, resource allocation, and clear policy objectives which are expected to facilitate rapid implementation due to political pressure and new structures. The mainstreaming approach is based on indirect political commitment: climate adaptation 'piggybacks' on the established commitment of policy domains in which it is integrated, and institutional entrepreneurs and framing are considered necessary to establish policy synergies and to mobilise actors and resources. An implication is that implementation may be erratic, as entrepreneurs have to pioneer within existing structures. The cases of two Dutch cities - Amsterdam and Rotterdam - help to illustrate and refine our propositions on the nature and implications of political commitment.
AB - We develop conceptual understanding of political commitment in two approaches to organising municipal responses to climate adaptation. The dedicated approach, based on direct political commitment to climate adaptation, implies political agenda setting, resource allocation, and clear policy objectives which are expected to facilitate rapid implementation due to political pressure and new structures. The mainstreaming approach is based on indirect political commitment: climate adaptation 'piggybacks' on the established commitment of policy domains in which it is integrated, and institutional entrepreneurs and framing are considered necessary to establish policy synergies and to mobilise actors and resources. An implication is that implementation may be erratic, as entrepreneurs have to pioneer within existing structures. The cases of two Dutch cities - Amsterdam and Rotterdam - help to illustrate and refine our propositions on the nature and implications of political commitment.
KW - climate adaptation
KW - mainstreaming
KW - municipal government
KW - political commitment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84901383021&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09644016.2014.920563
DO - 10.1080/09644016.2014.920563
M3 - Article
SN - 0964-4016
VL - 23
SP - 1043
EP - 1063
JO - Environmental Politics
JF - Environmental Politics
IS - 6
ER -