Green Attraction : Transnational M unicipal Climate Networks and Green City Branding
(2015) In Journal of Management and Sustainability 5(4). p.1-16- Abstract
- In this article, we investigate the nexus of green city branding and municipal climate networks. In recent decades, a number of formal transnational municipal climate networks have emerged and their membership continues to increase. In parallel, city branding that is based on green policies, has gained importance. Based on quantitative
and qualitative data, we assess how and to what extent German cities use their membership in transnational municipal climate networks to communicate green city brands. In contrast to our expectations, we encountered very few indications of green city branding efforts by
German cities. Our analysis shows that in general, branding considerations only play a negligible role in the involvement... (More) - In this article, we investigate the nexus of green city branding and municipal climate networks. In recent decades, a number of formal transnational municipal climate networks have emerged and their membership continues to increase. In parallel, city branding that is based on green policies, has gained importance. Based on quantitative
and qualitative data, we assess how and to what extent German cities use their membership in transnational municipal climate networks to communicate green city brands. In contrast to our expectations, we encountered very few indications of green city branding efforts by
German cities. Our analysis shows that in general, branding considerations only play a negligible role in the involvement of cities in transnational municipal climate networks or climate policies. Instead, it seems that German cities use their membership in climate networks, to genuinely improve local climate change strate
gies. We therefore suggest that research on green city branding should be more sensitive to the particular context of cities and efforts should be made to unveil the underlying motives for the communication of green policies. (Less)
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- Busch, Henner
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and Anderberg, Stefan
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- 2015
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- transnational municipal climate networks, green city branding, urban climate governance, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation
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- Journal of Management and Sustainability
- volume
- 5
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 1 - 16
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- Canadian Center of Science and Education
- ISSN
- 1925-4725
- DOI
- 10.5539/jms.v5n4p1
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- English
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- yes
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- This research was supported by the Linneus Centre LUCID (Lund University Centre of Excellence for the Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability) funded by the Swedish Research Council Formas [grant number 259-2008-1718]. The publication of this article was supported by the Section of Scholarly Communication at Lund University Library.
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