Playing games around climate change - new ways of working to develop climate change resilience : New ways of working to develop climate change resilience
Author
Buck, Malachy
Sturzaker, John
Mell, Ian
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2299/25142
Abstract
This paper uses game theory to examine the efforts of public sector actors in the UK to integrate climate change interventions within development processes. Drawing on desk-based analysis and interviews, we identify instances where private-sector developers act strategically to exploit public-sector imperatives to deliver economic growth and housing. We find these imperatives constrained the agency of planners to effectively reconcile climate mitigation/adaptation objectives within wider priorities of economic growth. Yet, we identify instances whereby strategic planning frameworks, informal networks and bespoke development frameworks were effective means to build trust between actors and foster co-operation, better enabling development which meets climate change mitigation/adaptation objectives. In doing so, we illustrate the practical and theoretical value of game theory, whilst highlighting how careful use of strategic planning can support achieving climate change mitigation/adaptation objectives at a local scale.
Publication date
2022-11-10Published in
Journal of Environmental Planning and ManagementPublished version
https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.1975106Other links
http://hdl.handle.net/2299/25142Metadata
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