Adaptation to a changing climate is unavoidable. Mainstreaming climate adaptation
objectives into existing policies, as opposed to developing dedicated adaptation policy, is …

Urban climate policy offers a significant opportunity to promote improved public health. The
evidence around climate and health cobenefits is growing but has yet to translate into …

The circumstances under which different ecosystem service benefits can be realized differ.
The benefits tend to be coproduced and to be enabled by multiple interacting social …

Whether spatial planning systems are equipped to cope with contemporary regional and
urban challenges is strongly dependent on their capacity to promote integration between …

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

Policies increasingly come in complex packages and understanding the nature of design
criteria for such portfolios is increasingly important. However, existing studies of policy mixes …

The idea of the 'smart city'is increasingly central to debates on urban development and
sustainability, and a host of cities are now pursuing 'smartness' as a way to improve energy …

Flooding is a widely occurring natural hazard that noticeably damages property, people, and
the environment. In the context of climate change, the integration of spatial planning with …

Territory and scale have been some of the most relevant topics in recent political science,
but do we know enough about cooperation between local governments? How we think …

There has been increasing interest in local-level implementation of the United Nations 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …