This paper utilizes insights from urban political ecology (UPE) to highlight the importance of
carbon in urban climate politics. Through an emphasis on the socio‐material politics of …

Polycentric theory, as applied to sustainability policy adoption, contends that municipalities
will act independently to provide public services that protect the environment. Our multilevel …

Why do some governments implement more sustainability practices than others? Based on
a national survey of US cities, this article finds moderate levels of sustainability efforts and …

Environmental sustainability is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. A number of
explanations have been advanced for why some local governments make strong …

Academic attention to local climate policy usually focuses on large-sized cities. Given the
climate challenges ahead this seems unjustified. Small and medium-sized cities (SMCs) …

Prior studies have suggested that urban air pollution pushes firms to increase their corporate
environmental performance (CEP) as a response to stakeholder pressures. However, we …

The municipal political decision-making dynamic has typically been studied in regard to the
provision of locally public goods and services whose benefits, while diffuse, are tied to a …

The American states are engaged in a variety of policy efforts to mitigate climate change and
alter energy usage. While a number of studies have considered the reasons for adoption of …

Sustainability in a local context involves not only environmental practices such as energy
conservation, but also policy efforts to involve communities, develop organizational capacity …

This article examines the spatial distribution of tree-planting projects undertaken by four
urban greening nonprofit organizations in the Midwest and Eastern United States. We use a …