The Spaghetti City. Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Water Governance: Case Study: Malmö
(2013) In IIIEE Master thesis IMEN56 20131The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- As the world faces great sustainability challenges, climate adaptation and mitigation strategies are being linked to sustainability transitions as a desired approach for many cities, especially in the Nordic countries. This thesis looked at how the City of Malmö in Sweden, as a case study, is currently governing the transition towards climate adaptation and environmental sustainability, with a focus on urban water governance. The aim was to address urban water governance barriers and opportunities by describing present practices in the city of Malmö using an institutional capacity attributes framework.
Identifying governance attributes in Malmö served as a basis for understanding how governance and organisational dynamics are influencing... (More) - As the world faces great sustainability challenges, climate adaptation and mitigation strategies are being linked to sustainability transitions as a desired approach for many cities, especially in the Nordic countries. This thesis looked at how the City of Malmö in Sweden, as a case study, is currently governing the transition towards climate adaptation and environmental sustainability, with a focus on urban water governance. The aim was to address urban water governance barriers and opportunities by describing present practices in the city of Malmö using an institutional capacity attributes framework.
Identifying governance attributes in Malmö served as a basis for understanding how governance and organisational dynamics are influencing water management. It also helped to explore the relationship between urban governance and adaptive capacity by discussing opportunities and barriers in building capacity for change in Malmö. The results suggest that governance and organizational dynamics are playing an important role in shaping urban water management and environmental goals in the City of Malmö. Thus indicating that innovation in water management practices must include forms of governance and organisational dynamics.
The title of this thesis “Spaghetti City” is a metaphor for how the City of Malmö is trying to tangle up and chew complex issues. (Less)
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- author
- Gutierrez, Hilda María LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IMEN56 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- environmental sustainability, climate adaptation, Urban water governance, sustainability transitions, Malmö, Sweden, Nordic countries
- publication/series
- IIIEE Master thesis
- report number
- 2013:04
- ISSN
- 1401-9191
- language
- English
- id
- 4196414
- date added to LUP
- 2013-12-17 14:51:58
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- 2013-12-17 14:51:58
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