Understanding governance barriers and enablers for municipal and regional transition towards sustainability—Presenting a comprehensive diagnostic tool based on six case studies in Sweden

IF 1.7 Q2 GEOGRAPHY

Geo-Geography and Environment Pub Date : 2023-02-23 DOI:10.1002/geo2.118

Lisa Wälitalo, Edith Callaghan, Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Göran Broman

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Municipal and regional leaders' achievements for synchronised sustainability transitions are still not enough. Systemic, systematic and strategic cross-sectoral collaboration and co-creation are needed. However, sectors isolated in silos leads to suboptimal measures and strategies, and a reductionist view on what hinders and enables joint action towards full sustainability. Consequently, methodological support for addressing the coordinative challenge is often not asked for. This study investigates the observed reductionist perspective as foundation for developing enhanced methodological support for strategic sustainable development (SSD) and further aimed to gain insight into how leaders can be better supported to understand their current reality of barriers and enablers for cross-sectoral SSD work and to prototype such support. Results from fieldwork with leaders in six municipalities and regions suggest that both frequency and depth of barriers and enablers in relation to elements for SSD are insufficient. Nine categories were identified and combined with SSD core elements into a diagnostic tool.

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了解城市和区域向可持续发展过渡的治理障碍和推动因素——基于瑞典的六个案例研究，提出一个综合诊断工具

城市和地区领导人在同步可持续性转型方面取得的成就仍然不够。需要系统性、系统性和战略性的跨部门协作和共同创造。然而，孤立的部门导致不理想的措施和战略，以及对阻碍和促成全面可持续性联合行动的因素的简化观点。因此，解决协调挑战的方法支持往往没有得到要求。本研究调查了观察到的还原论观点，作为为战略可持续发展(SSD)开发增强方法支持的基础，并进一步旨在深入了解如何更好地支持领导者，以了解他们目前跨部门SSD工作的障碍和推动因素，并建立这种支持的原型。与六个城市和地区的领导人进行实地调查的结果表明，与可持续发展要素有关的障碍和促成因素的频率和深度都不够。确定了9个类别，并将其与SSD核心元素组合成诊断工具。

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