“…Novel networks and partnerships across sectors are emerging in cities, holding out the promise of innovative approaches to governing complex and uncertain environmental challenges (Gerlach and Rayner, 1988). We refer to networks and partnerships as somewhat formalized, stable, and ongoing relationships among smaller and larger numbers of actors with the purpose of mobilizing resources (financial, technical, human, knowledge, etc) to achieve a collective goal-in this case urban climate change mitigation and adaptation (Weber and Khademian, 2008).…”