Cities' role in environmental sustainability policy: The Italian experience

Matteis, F. De; Preite, Daniela; Striani, Fabrizio; Borgonovi, Elio

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2020.102991

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“…Therefore, local governments should change the traditional management line of thought that only partial environmental information should be released to the public for the purpose of political control, truly implement service-oriented government models, and further strengthen the laws and regulatory systems of GEID, so as to improve the authenticity and reliability of public environmental information, enhance the legitimacy of the governance in question and the extent to which public policies can be implemented, meet public environmental information demands, and improve GEID quality. This can be achieved by, for example, adding more inspection departments that supervise the authenticity of GEID; completing the indicators for evaluating the GEID level and sustainability performance based on the future scenarios of ecological environment [69]; encouraging and supporting the supervision of citizens, communities, and non-governmental environmental organizations [70,71]; and clarifying the substantive content of the environmental information disclosed by government environmental authorities. In addition, more than 80% of the relevant information and data in China are still in the hands of local governments [37], the scope of environmental information disclosure is still relatively small, and there is still a great deal of undisclosed and partially disclosed information.…”

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Government Environmental Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance: Evidence from China

Zhu

Yun-li²,

Meng

2021

Sustainability

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Government environmental information disclosure (GEID) is a key policy instrument in environmental governance. Local governments in China are improving the disclosure level of environmental information, but does the environmental information disclosed by local governments reflect the existing state of the local ecological environment? This paper analyzes the correlation between GEID and environmental performance and verifies whether or not the environmental information disclosed by local governments can reflect actual local ecological environment conditions. Based on data from Chinese cities, this paper adopts a multiple regression method, and the results show that the environmental information disclosed by governments can reflect the local environmental performance as a whole, and the higher the level of GEID, the better the local environmental performance; but the relationship between the two has significant regional differences. In eastern China, the higher the level of GEID, the better the local environmental performance. In central and western China, the correlation between GEID and environmental performance is not significant. In addition, it should be noted that the correlation between the level of GEID and the emission intensity of water pollutants is not significant in all regions. This study contributes to further clarifying the effectiveness of GEID policy and identifying a breakthrough for the optimization of environmental policies faced with the dilemma of serious environmental pollution and urgent economic development needs.

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Government Environmental Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance: Evidence from China

Zhu

Yun-li²,

Meng

2021

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“…First, given the importance of financial autonomy, a joint effort between politicians and public managers is needed to implement policies aimed at increasing revenues (e.g., additional external funds through the development and financing of projects, including European Union projects-especially in the future, by means of Next Generation European Union Funds, improving revenue collection capacity), and at analyzing expenditures to reduce wasted resources, for example, through the implementation of management control systems (De Matteis et al, 2021). This would improve the financial autonomy of the local authority and, consequently, facilitate its decision-making processes.…”

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“…Moreover, considering the relevance of expenditures for local economic development, it appears necessary to make expenditure choices on the basis of the objectives to achieve (performance-based budgeting), increasingly moving away from the incremental logic of historical expenditure (Angiola & Bianchi, 2015;De Matteis et al, 2021);…”

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The Relationship Between Local Public Policies for Economic Development and Entrepreneurial Presence: The Italian Case

Matteis

Bianchi

Striani

et al. 2021

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The financial crisis has made the theme of economic development particularly significant. Analysis of this topic cannot ignore a key actor, that is, public administration. Here, we focus on all the Italian municipalities ( n = 7,978), analyzing the relationship between local public policies (in terms of municipalities’ governance and local governments’ financial engagement) supporting urban economic development and local entrepreneurial presence (total number of active firms). Applying the general least square (GLS) method for over 4 years (2014–2017; n = 31,912 observations), we find that the financial autonomy of cities and their financial efforts toward international programs, agriculture, agri-food and fisheries, tourism, culture, and economic development policies favor entrepreneurial presence. Our conclusion, contributing to public management and policy literature, also highlights some limits of the research and some related opportunities for further research on the subject.

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“…Generally, sustainability practices concern three main dimensions: environmental, social, and economic [25]. A particular understanding of sustainability tends to pivot on environmental responsibility, which connects to waste management, pollution control, and climate change.…”

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Applications of Experience Economy in Craft Beer Tourism: A Case Study in Thailand’s Context

Chirakranont

Sunanta

2021

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With Thailand as a context, this study explores the applications of Pine and Gilmore’s experience economy framework in two forms of craft beer tourism, namely brewpubs and festivals. A three-pronged qualitative research design is used wherein data was collected through observations, interviews (n = 26), and netnography (n = 203). The findings revealed that both forms of craft beer tourism implement four dimensions of the experience economy in different measures. Esthetic and escapist dimensions benefit from natural, scenic settings and a man-made environment. In addition, they advance the framework by proposing the dimension of entrepreneurship, which orchestrates the entertainment and education elements that enhance tourists’ experiences. The application of the experience economy framework is a useful strategic approach for craft beer tourism which can be applied in niche or special interest tourism, while also providing a significant influence on destination marketing and sustainable development.

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Cities' role in environmental sustainability policy: The Italian experience

Cited by 15 publications

References 56 publications

Government Environmental Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance: Evidence from China

Government Environmental Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance: Evidence from China

The Relationship Between Local Public Policies for Economic Development and Entrepreneurial Presence: The Italian Case

Applications of Experience Economy in Craft Beer Tourism: A Case Study in Thailand’s Context

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