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{"title":"Regulating eco-innovation in the European Union","authors":"Alberto Quintavalla, Orlin Yalnazov","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2263636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2263636","url":null,"abstract":"This article develops a framework to guide the EU in the choice of legal form for the regulation of eco-innovation. The framework distinguishes between uncertain and risky applications of eco-innovation. An uncertain eco-innovation, which poses an incalculable risk, is more difficult to regulate because the EU legislator needs to accumulate information in order to plug gaps in knowledge. In that context, directives are superior to regulations because they are conducive to experimentation and information accumulation. Risky eco-innovations, conversely, should be covered by regulations; otherwise, the cost of legal heterogeneity would outweigh the benefits of information accumulation. We also show that there are ways of conceptualising the choice between directives and regulations that are more productive than the sovereignty-versus-competition model that predominates in current legal thinking.","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136208781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Challenges in managing public space: insights from public space management practice","authors":"Mozafar Said, Barbara Tempels","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2263635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2263635","url":null,"abstract":"Public spaces face long-term challenges, such as energy transition and climate adaptation, which involve a range of adaptations in the existing public spaces. Simultaneously, managers face short-term everyday challenges. This article explores how Dutch public space managers deal with short- and long-term challenges that affect the effectiveness of public space management. This qualitative study based on exploratory interviews with managers provides insight into the obstacles public space managers face in dealing with these long-term and short-term challenges. The study found four characteristics of the current practice: (1) the sectoral division between design and management, (2) the conflict-and-action approach, (3) the asset-based focus, and (4) the linear approach. Together, these characteristics prevent the current practice from effectively facing both long-term and short-term challenges. The findings provide a starting point to think about how public space management could be reorganized to ensure the quality and functionality of public space in the future.","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136295526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Industrial agglomeration, environmental protection, and high-quality economic development: evidence from cities along the Yellow River Basin of China","authors":"Qianwen Zang, Weixian Xue","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2260556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2260556","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractChina’s economy has entered a new phase of development, but ecological and environmental issues continue to hinder the quality of economic development. Meanwhile, the externalities of industrial agglomeration are seen as essential for promoting high-quality economic development. This article proposes a theoretical framework to examine the relationship between industrial agglomeration, environmental protection, and high-quality economic development. Using cities along the Yellow River Basin as the research object, a spatial econometric model is employed to verify the hypothesis. Ultimately, the conclusions are as follows. First, there is a significant U-shaped curve relationship between industrial agglomeration and high-quality economic development, as well as between environmental protection and a high-quality economy. Industrial agglomeration plays a significant role in promoting environmental protection. Second, high-quality economic development exhibits spatial spillover effects under both spatial weight matrices, while industrial agglomeration and environmental protection only show spatial spillover effects based on geographical distance spatial weight matrices. Finally, the article suggests that cities should accelerate the degree of industrial agglomeration to achieve the dual effect of promoting environmental protection and high-quality economic development. Additionally, governments should pay special attention to inter-regional synergistic mechanisms when fostering ecological protection and high-quality economic development.Keywords: industrial agglomerationenvironmental protectionhigh-quality economic developmentspatial econometric modelcities along the Yellow River Basin Author contributionsQianwen Zang: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, writing – original draft, software, formal analysis, writing – review and editing, project administration, validation, visualization; Weixian Xue: resources, funding acquisition, and supervision.Disclosure statementThe authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this article.Data availabilityMaterials described in the manuscript will be freely available to any researcher wishing to use them for non-commercial purposes, without breaching participant confidentiality.Notes1 This paper focuses on 57 cities in China, including Taiyuan, Datong, Yangquan, Changzhi, Jincheng, Shuozhou, Jinzhong, Yuncheng, Xinzhou, Linfen, Lvliang, Hohhot, Baotou, Wuhai, Ordos, Bayannur, Ulanqab, Jinan, Zibo, Dongying, Jining, Tai’an, Dezhou, Liaocheng, Binzhou, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Anyang, Hebi, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Tongchuan, Puyang, Sanmenxia, Xi’an, Tongchuan, Baoji, Heze, Xining, Weinan, Yan’an, Yulin, Shangluo, Lanzhou, Baiyin, Tianshui, Wuwei, Pingliang, Qingyang, Dingxi, Longnan, Yinchuan, Shizuishan, Wuzhong, Guyuan, and Zhongwei.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported b","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136294865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A framework for assessing the sustainable transition potential of municipal climate change mitigation plans","authors":"Carsten Nico Hjortsø, Brigitte Epprecht, Teis Hansen","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2260090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2260090","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractLocal climate change mitigation plans can be essential in enabling sustainability transitions at the municipality level. However, existing frameworks for assessing the quality of climate plans inadequately address their potential to foster sustainability transitions. We develop an assessment framework consisting of indicators and associated questions by integrating elements of the transition management framework with essential quality dimensions of climate plans and planning processes identified through a literature review. We illustrate and validate the assessment framework by applying it to the climate plans of three medium-sized cities in Switzerland. Our findings demonstrate that the local climate change mitigation plans performed well regarding the tactical and operational indicators but were less optimal concerning strategic and reflexive indicators. Nevertheless, the transition management framework provided a useful framework contributing to a comprehensive and systemic assessment highlighting the importance of stakeholder involvement, inter-sectoral coordination, and monitoring and evaluation as a means for social learning.Keywords: Climate change mitigationlocal climate action plansplan qualityassessment frameworktransition management AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.Disclosure statementThe authors report there are no competing interests to declare.Notes1 Sustainability transitions refer to radical changes towards greater sustainability in central systems of production and consumption, which are needed to address the multiple current environmental crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss. Importantly, such changes necessitate not only new technologies, but also modifications in infrastructures, consumption patterns, rules and regulations, business models, etc. (Köhler et al. Citation2019). ‘Transitions management’ has long been recognized as a useful framework for understanding and influencing these complex long-term changes needed for cities to become sustainable in the future (Loorbach Citation2007; Loorbach, Frantzeskaki, and Avelino Citation2017), including the type of processes that are needed to engage in substantial local mitigation of GHG emissions.2 Due to the, in general, limited literature on LCAP quality, we have in addition to the dedicated mitigation action plans also included relevant studies that assess LCAP covering both mitigation and adaptation. In such cases, we have analysed the study with regard to the mitigation planning related findings.Additional informationFundingTeis Hansen acknowledges funding from the Research Council of Norway through FME NTRANS, grant 296205.","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135591021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How does digital finance accelerate low-carbon development: evidence from the Yellow River Basin, China","authors":"Qingfang Liu, Wei Wu, Jinping Song, Teqi Dai, Huaxiong Jiang, Jianhui Xu, Jianmei Li, Huiran Han, Mengqi Li","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2258449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2258449","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractDigital finance has become one of the most important factors that drives the transformation toward a low-carbon economy. Although some researchers have examined the association between digital finance and low-carbon development, the indirect effect and asymmetric effect of digital finance on low-carbon development still needs to receive more attention. Taking 71 cities in the Yellow River Basin as an empirical area, this study analyzed how digital finance accelerates low-carbon development, proving that digital finance can directly boost low-carbon development. Moreover, technological innovation and industrial upgrading driven by digital finance can also reduce carbon emission intensity and accelerate low-carbon development. Furthermore, the results of the asymmetric test indicate that cities with higher carbon emission intensity have a more substantial positive influence. The recommendations presented in this study are beneficial for accelerating the progress of low-carbon development in the Yellow River Basin.Keywords: digital financelow-carbon developmentthe mediation effectYellow River Basin Disclosure statementThe authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication in this article.Supplemental dataSupplemental data for this article can be accessed here.Additional informationFundingThis study was mainly supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (No. 2019QZKK0406), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42271224 and 42171170).","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135536261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can civilized city construction facilitate green total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s pilot civilized city","authors":"Lulu Zhao, Jingjing Ye","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2259602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2259602","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis paper uses a double difference method to examine the impact of civilized city policies on urban green total factor productivity and its mechanism of action using Chinese city-level data from 2005 to 2021. The study finds that the civilized city policy promotes urban green development. The mechanism test finds that the civilized city policy achieves urban green development by strengthening government investment in environmental governance, optimizing industrial structure upgrading, and promoting urban innovation. The moderating mechanism finds that economic growth targets and environmental regulations influence the green growth effect of civilized city policy. Heterogeneity analysis found that the green growth effect of civilized cities has an asymmetric relationship in the east-central region, in areas with lower population density, and was more pronounced in cities with high human capital, high local government financial autonomy, and high levels of information technology.Keywords: Civilized cities policygreen total factor productivitygovernment actionquasi-natural experiments Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135816757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can the digital economy address the loss of green development efficiency due to resource mismatch? Evidence from China’s land transaction markets","authors":"Jianlong Wang, Haitao Wu, Deheng Xiao, Xiaoxiao Luo, Yong Liu, Weilong Wang","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2258554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2258554","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractLand is the driving force of economic growth, but the proliferation of industrial land has resulted in wasted land resources, impaired economic efficiency, and ecological damage in China. Currently, the digital economy is transforming China’s economic growth model. Exploring the corrective mechanisms of the digital economy for land resource mismatch can contribute to efficient economic growth. Using a sample of Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2007–2019, we employ a spatial Durbin model to explore the impact of land resource mismatch on green development efficiency (GDE) in the context of the digital economy, which is critical to rational planning, utilization, and regulation of land resources. The findings show that (1) land resource mismatch inhibits GDE, and the crowding-out, structural inhibition, and agglomeration economy dilution effect are primary influencing mechanisms. (2) A local land resource mismatch harms GDE in neighboring areas. (3) The digital economy has a positive moderating effect on land resource mismatch and GDE. (4) Land resource mismatch reduces GDE in the eastern and central regions; the moderating effect of the digital economy exists only in the eastern region. Finally, this study proposes comprehensive and complete countermeasures to correct the land resource mismatch and its influence channels and enhance the construction of the digital economy. The conclusions of this study provide specific theoretical contributions to promote the spatial allocation efficiency of land resources, promote green and efficient economic development, and stimulate and release the dividends of the digital economy.Keywords: digital economyland resource mismatchgreen development efficiencyspillover effect Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Supplemental dataSupplemental data for this article can be accessed here.Additional informationFundingThis study was jointly funded by the soft science project of Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, China (Grant No. 2023JDR0102) and the “Research on Chinese Modernization Based on the Harmonious Coexistence of Human and Nature” of the School of Economics at Sichuan University.","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136308737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The myth that military culture could not drive environmental sustainability? Cross-level influence of military culture on pro-environmental behavior","authors":"Feng-Yi Jiang, Tai-Wei Chang, Cheng-Ze Hung, Kuo-Ching Yen","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2222227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2222227","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe promotion of sustainable development goals (SDGs) is a crucial government policy, and military units are government departments responsible for constructive affairs. However, few studies have explored the effects of perceived military social responsibility on environmental attitude and green organizational citizenship behavior. The present study addresses this research gap by developing a research framework regarding sustainability by applying organizational identity theory to the military. The results indicate that perceived military social responsibility is crucial in improving environmental attitude and green organizational citizenship behavior and promoting sustainable development. These results can be used as a reference by military units to achieve sustainable development goals and provide practical implications for sustainable management.Keywords: military cultureperceived military social responsibilityorganizational citizenship behavior for the environmentenvironmental attitudeenvironmental awareness AcknowledgmentsThe authors are grateful to Yun-Ting Hung, Wan-Lin Chang, Ten-Yu Huang, and, Syuan-Di Yuan for assistance in the collection of the related literature at the early stage of this work.Author contributionsTai-Wei Chang proposed the research framework and ideas. Cheng-Ze Hung wrote the paper in English and edited the manuscript. Feng-Yi Jiang proposed the research and analyzed the results. Kuo-Ching Yen collected and organized literature materials.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135203600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Structural drivers of sustainability and resilience strategies in small(ish) cities: a text analysis of comprehensive planning in Indiana","authors":"Aaron Deslatte, Juwon Chung, Eric Stokan","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2240951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2240951","url":null,"abstract":"For decades, the world’s largest and most globally significant cities have been pledging to tackle climate change, resilience, sustainable development and social injustices through a proliferating ecology of plans. Far less is understood about what is happening in smaller communities. This study employs an institutional lens and automated text analysis to examine the resilience and sustainability “shared strategies” embedded in local land-use plans, which are used in many countries to guide the spatial distribution of development in metropolitan regions. We find evidence that communities that are more highly educated and less racially diverse focus more on “quality of life” amenities within their plans, such as pedestrian resources and environmental amenities. By contrast, communities that are more racially diverse focus greater attention on green stormwater infrastructure to address flooding. Plan “quality” is negatively associated with an amenities’ focus. Taken together, these findings suggest comprehensive land-use planning is both a means for reflecting exclusivity as well as pursuing community needs or goals related to specific resilience or sustainability themes.","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134913077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the trade-offs in more nature-friendly mosquito control in the Upper Rhine region","authors":"Sören Bo Weiß, Stefanie Allgeier, Carsten Brühl, Oliver Frör","doi":"10.1080/09640568.2023.2238244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2238244","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies show that the widely used mosquito control agent Bti has more negative effects on nature than previously expected. However, it is not yet clear whether people support a more nature-friendly mosquito control, as such an adaptation could potentially lead to higher nuisance. This study explores this question by assessing the willingness to pay for an adapted mosquito control strategy that reduces the use of Bti, while maintaining nuisance protection within settlements. For this purpose, a Contingent Valuation Study was conducted in the German Upper Rhine Valley. The results show that the majority of the surveyed population attaches a high value to a more nature-friendly mosquito control in terms of willingness to pay and is willing to accept a higher nuisance outside the villages. Policy makers should, thus, foster the development and implementation of such more nature-friendly mosquito control strategies to increase both environmental and societal benefits.","PeriodicalId":48149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Planning and Management","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135980696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}