This study examines discourse and structural conditions that facilitated Japan’s 2020 carbon neutrality declaration given the increased need to elucidate sociopolitical drivers underlying recent ne...

Urban river restoration is gaining popularity in cities around the world as rivers are increasingly recognized for their social, cultural, and economic value. As rivers are restored and reimagined,...

This article explores the collaborative design process of policy instruments for sustainable land-use management in Germany. While statutory plans remain central to guide land use in Germany, netwo...

Environmental impacts from industrial waste mismanagement are heterogeneous and unevenly distributed across subpopulations. Yet, environmental assessments often regard location of waste-generating ...

This article reconstructs and analyzes the evolution of sustainability in regional-scale spatial planning in Chile between 1994 and 2021. It identifies four phases of normative evolution, from the ...

Climate change is rapidly transforming landscapes, creating novel challenges for natural resource management and sustainable governance. Glacier forelands – newly exposed areas resulting from glaci...

Climate change is intensifying floods and other water-related hazards, exposing the limits of conventional grey infrastructure in developing-country cities. Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) offers a...

Environmental degradation in Indonesia demonstrates that formal environmental regulations and the implementation of the Polluter Pays Principle (PPP) remain constrained by institutional fragmentati...

This paper examines how new development pathways emerge through changes in governance under conditions of structural shrinkage, using the case of Parkstad Limburg, a shrinking urban region in the N...

In Chile, as in other extractive economies, the development of environmental institutions reflects the urgency of the global ecological crisis and the tensions generated by resource-dependent devel...

The European Green Deal (EGD) is an ambitious European Union (EU) policy programme towards climate neutrality by 2050. This set of political instruments and strategies addresses interconnected chal...

Why the future of urban planning depends on recognising cities as shared habitats rather than spaces built solely for people. by Saman Sobhani Who is the city really for? When most people picture a ci...

Volume 28, Issue 4 of Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

Mobility is more than getting from one place to another. Rather than being a technical phenomenon, it is about the options of satisfying needs by changing location. Many attempts have been made to ...

Urban environmental governance today is undergoing a legitimacy crisis. In contemporary city planning, prevailing paradigms from market-based instruments and ecosystem-service valuation to the Inte...

Over the past 30 years, the status of the wild boar in Norway has undergone multiple revisions, shifting from a new species to unknown risk, severely high risk, and finally high risk. Upon detectio...

Urban heat exposure is shaped by the interaction of land cover, landscape configuration, and built-environment characteristics. In this paper, we explore how the spatial structure of the urban land...

The accelerating shift to renewable energy has engendered public opposition rooted in fears of job losses. This poses a threat to the momentum of energy transition and underscores the importance of...

The European Green Deal (EGD) sets new standards for policy integration. Its broad and interconnected agenda demands tightly integrated environmental policies – internally and with other sectors – ...

Explore the article collection: Governance of extreme heat events. Published in Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.

This study explores how meso-institutional configurations shape coordination mechanisms that enable compliance with the European Union Deforestation-Free Regulation within the coffee supply chains ...

Environmental policymaking is intrinsically intricate, involving diverse actors, competing values, and scientific knowledge. Policy actors strategically construct arguments to influence decision ma...

Cities across the United States are preparing for the impacts of climate change by developing adaptation or action plans. In the south-central U.S., cities that would like to address climate change...

Increasing attention to the environmental impacts of the transport sector has given rise to a range of studies dedicated to identifying policy instruments that can promote a shift towards more sust...

It is with great sorrow that I share the passing of my brother, Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega Raul was a Full Professor at Flacso México Oficial and one of the most dedicated scholars I have ever known. Hi...

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Smart grids are widely promoted as key technologies for enabling low-carbon and flexible electricity systems, with households expected to play an active role through dynamic pricing and automation....

By Avery Cline University of Arizona Udall Center Freshwater is fundamental to life, but the systems that govern it are anything but simple. As climate change intensifies, populations grow, and human ...

Over recent decades, European countries have supported the bioeconomy transition by implementing strategies and policy instruments. The bioeconomy is framed as a shift to a more sustainable future ...

The Welsh Government’s Well-being of Future Generations Act represents a ground-breaking attempt to improve well-being, social justice, and sustainability across Wales. The implementation of key pa...

This article presents a nationwide, commune-level comparison of two national flood hazard mapping cycles in Poland, Cycle I (2010–2015) and Cycle II (2016–2021), and examines changes in built-up la...

Volume 28, Issue 2 of Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

Explore the article collection: Critical reviews of key concepts and research topics in environmental governance, policy and planning. Published in Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.

The European Green Deal marks a shift in policy-making, aiming to transform the European economy and society to achieve sustainability and climate neutrality. Its zero-pollution ambition, outlined ...

Both democracy and water governance face substantial challenges in today’s world. Freshwater supplies are critically important, but they are threatened by climate change and human activities. At th...

This paper studies the discourse surrounding sustainable mobility transitions (SMTs) implicated in a recent urban planning initiative, ‘Development of Urban Planning Technology Using Big Data and A...

The Clean Industrial Deal (CID) proposed in early 2025 creates a new framework for EU climate action by shifting its emphasis on competitiveness and resilience against geopolitical challenges. How ...

Sieglinde Gstöhl and Simon Schunz (College of Europe, Bruges) Over the past decades, the European Union (EU) has increasingly attempted to use its trade policy to pursue environmental aims by capitali...

Flooding is one of the most frequent and damaging consequences of hydrometeorological hazards in Türkiye, where growing urbanization, climatic variability, and socio-economic disparities exacerbate...

Trust in government and trust between stakeholders are important in the context of environmental governance. Trust fosters collaboration and helps in dealing with challenges that stakeholders face....

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