12. Urban Governance Challenges for Sustainability and Global Environmental Change

Wednesday 28 March 2012 - Challenges to Progress, 16:00

Room 12

Chaired by JoAnn Carmin, Shuaib Lwasa and David Simon

Convenors: JoAnn Carmin, Environmental Policy and Planning, MIT; Shu-Li Huang, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning National Taipei University; Shuaib Lwasa, Makerere University; Heike Schroeder, University of East Anglia; David Simon, Royal Holloway University of London

The session aims to review the challenges and barriers to progress in implementing sustainable urban transitions through existing governance structures as well as new conceptualizations of good urban governance in an era of global environmental change through evidence-based research and practice findings. [Organizing projects: IHDP Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) and the Earth System Governance (ESG)].

Adaptive Urban Governance: The need for new ways in urban climate change adaptation

Dr. J. Birkmann¹; Mr. M. Garschagen¹; ¹United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, Germany

Challenges to collective governance of urban-cprs and public goods

Ms. M. Bal¹; ¹Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

A re-examination of urban ecosystem services delivery for good urban governance: implications for environmental justice and vulnerability

Prof. C.G. Boone^{1 , 2}; Dr. M. Fragkias¹; ¹Arizona State University, USA ²Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Programme, USA

The challenge of mainstreaming urban climate change adaptation: experiences from asian cities

Ms. E. Parker²; Mr. T. Hawley¹; Mr. J. Jarvie³; Mrs. V. Maynard¹; J.G. da Silva¹; ¹Arup International Development, UK ²Arup International Development, Thailand ³MercyCorp, Indonesia

Too hot to handle? The implications of climate/environmental change for urban governance in Africa

Prof. D. Simon¹; Ms. H.J. Leck¹; ¹Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

TEEB in the city: mainstreaming the true economic value into local decision making