Implementing city sustainability [ebook] : overcoming administrative silos to achieve functional collective action / Rachel M. Krause and Christopher V. Hawkins.
"Implementing City Sustainability examines how local governments are organizing to carry out sustainability initiatives. It provides insights into urban sustainability and public management through examination of the mechanisms cities are using to overcome the functional collective action challenges that inevitably arise during the administration of sustainability"--from the Publisher
Introduction to Local Sustainability and Functional Collective Action -- Setting the stage -- A quantitative overview of cities and sustainability -- Functional Collective Action Framework -- Lead Agency Consolidation: Fort Collins, CO -- Lead Agency Coordination: Kansas City, MO and Orlando, FL -- Relationships and Bargaining: Providence, RI, Ann Arbor, MI and Oakland, CA -- Decentralized Networks: El Paso, TX and Gainesville, FL -- A Closer Look at Inter-Departmental Relationships and Network Structures in around sustainability in Select Cities -- Key Themes and Findings at the Intersection of Cities, Sustainability, and FCA -- Appendices
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