Balance Between Local Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: A Multi-level Governance Perspective |
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| Authors: | Christopher V Hawkins Sung-Wook Kwon Jungah Bae |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA;2. Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA;3. Department of Public Administration, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, South Korea |
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| Abstract: | This study seeks to explain why U.S. local governments utilize environmental sustainability to promote economic development. Economic development and environmental protection need not be competing objectives, but rather, environmental protection can enhance local economic competitiveness. Using data from the ICMA Economic Development Survey, this study tests an empirical model that includes state sustainability initiatives, participation in climate protection networks, and political attitudes toward economic development as predictors of local policy decisions. The findings reinforce a multi-level governance perspective on explaining the balance cities seek to achieve between environmental protection and economic growth. |
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| Keywords: | Local sustainability governance economic development |
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