Environmental governance in public management to address climate change: challenges of small municipalities from a case study

The current climate emergency scenario demands responses from local governments as it is at the local scale where it materializes the effects of climate change. However, it is necessary to understand the differents characteristics of the territorial conformations, including with regard to the diffic...

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Autor: Araújo, Gabriel Pires de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP)
Repositorio:Cadernos de Campo: Revista de Ciências Sociais
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/14965
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/cadernos/article/view/14965
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:adaptação
mudanças climáticas
governança ambiental
pequenas cidades
gestão local
adaptation
climate change
environmental governance
small town
local management
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Sumario:The current climate emergency scenario demands responses from local governments as it is at the local scale where it materializes the effects of climate change. However, it is necessary to understand the differents characteristics of the territorial conformations, including with regard to the difficulties of adaptation and the importance of Environmental Governance as a guide for facing the problem. In this context, this article presents the case study that seeks to analyze the institutional capacity of the small municipalities that integrate the Historic Valley region of São Paulo to face Climate Change, considering that small municipalities have difficulties inherent to this scale that demand attention in academic studies. The study is based on a content analysis of the urban regulations of the municipalities and on the conduct of interviews with public managers. Preliminary results indicate that actions to tackle the problem are marginally present in urban regulation and that, although public managers recognize the importance of social participation and governance, it does not occur effectively, indicating the importance of reflection on the theme in small municipalities.