Climate Change and Sustainable Development: The Quest for Green Communities

Nolon, John R.

doi:10.1080/15480750903323068

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“…Previous studies indicated that in addition to national government, local governments could authorize regulations and other actions to serve as a catalyst for broader policy impacts [20][21][22][23][24][25]. A number of provinces in China have implemented various energy saving and emission reduction policies to mitigate local air degradation.…”

Section: Policy Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impacts of provincial energy and environmental policies on air pollution control in China

Zheng

2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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The impacts of provincial energy and environmental policies on air pollution control in China

Zheng

2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

148

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“…The DMA can be characterized as a reflexive law that emphasizes collaborative solutions and devolution of power from the federal government to state and local governments (Mazmanian and Kraft 1999;Nolon 2009). The intent is to build lower level capacity (funding, training, technical assistance, databases) to develop and achieve performance-based solutions.…”

Section: Disaster Mitigation Act and The Role Of Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Using the reflexive-law approach, the DMA provides a framework for federal, state, and local cooperation that is a model for a more comprehensive and integrated approach to hazard mitigation (Nolon 2009). State and local governments are encouraged to undertake a collaborative process to develop hazard mitigation plans, and once plans are approved by FEMA-the lead federal agency charged with implementation of DMA-they become eligible for pre-and postdisaster funding for mitigation, such as appropriations under the the Pre-Disaster Mitigation program and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (FEMA 2004).…”

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Planning for Resiliency: Evaluation of State Hazard Mitigation Plans under the Disaster Mitigation Act

2012

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State mitigation plans play a critical role in supporting disaster loss reduction and long-term resiliency of human communities. The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all states to prepare mitigation plans. Based on six principles of plan quality, we content analyzed a sample of 30 coastal state plans to determine how well they support mitigation. Findings indicate that although plans scored moderate to low for all plan quality principles, plan quality has modestly improved over the past decade. In addition, some states scored low for one principle, which can undermine implementation of otherwise high-scoring plans for the remaining principles. Recommendations are offered on how plan quality evaluation can be used to guide and monitor state development of hazard mitigation plans.

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“…The intergovernmental policy framework for reducing long-term hazard risks under the DMA is well suited to assessing plan conformance, influence, and performance. The DMA has been characterized as a reflexive law (Nolon, 2009), meaning that it seeks to build local capacity and commitment to achieving national policy goals rather than using a coercive, top-down approach that dictates local actions (Teubner, 1983). To ensure that local jurisdictions engage in mitigation planning, the DMA requires them to adopt hazard mitigation plans in order to be eligible for some Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant funds.…”

Section: Plan Conformance Influence and Performance Under The Dma Omentioning

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Local plan implementation: assessing conformance and influence of local plans in the United States

Lyles

Berke²,

Smith

2015

Environ Plann B Plann Des

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Attention to if and how plans are implemented is increasing. Among the conceptions of plan implementation used by scholars, plan conformance and plan performance are most prominent, though rarely have both been assessed in a single study. We assess plan conformance and a modified version of performance, which we call influence, for a sample of more than 100 local hazard mitigation plans developed in response to a national planning requirement in the United States. Our findings indicate that progress on implementation of the policies included in the plans (plan conformance) is moderate, but that the rate of progress varies widely by the type of policy and the state in which the local jurisdiction is located. The findings also indicate that coordination of hazard mitigation plans (plan influence) is strongest with other emergency management agency-led planning initiatives and weaker with planning initiatives led by other agencies. National officials interested in advancing local implementation of national goals need to consider the degree to which state and local governments are given autonomy to select and prioritize local policies included in plans, as well as constraints on coordination across planning initiatives.

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Climate Change and Sustainable Development: The Quest for Green Communities

Cited by 9 publications

References 3 publications

The impacts of provincial energy and environmental policies on air pollution control in China

The impacts of provincial energy and environmental policies on air pollution control in China

Planning for Resiliency: Evaluation of State Hazard Mitigation Plans under the Disaster Mitigation Act

Local plan implementation: assessing conformance and influence of local plans in the United States

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