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作者

Amanda K. Winter;Huong Le

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.41,Issue5,P.760-776

语言

英文

关键字

Environmental governance,urban sustainability,sustainability fix,behavior change,Nottingham

作者单位

School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham , Nottingham, UK

摘要

Given that Nottingham (UK) has some of the most deprived areas and the deepest budget cuts in England yet holds the title of the UK’s most energy self-sufficient city, this paper explores the question: how has the Nottingham City Council localized the urban sustainability fix to reach environmental goals? Applying the “urban sustainability fix” concept, we find that during austerity and devolution, Nottingham’s response has been to develop creative funding schemes and commercialize environmental assets. This experimentation has resulted in two first-of-their-kind initiatives in the UK: a Workplace Parking Levy and a council-owned non-profit energy company. We demonstrate two risks of the urban sustainability fix in this case: that environmental initiatives are narrow and based on economic growth priorities, and that social sustainability is deprioritized. Further, we show how the “win-win” logic of ecological modernization is reflected in Nottingham’s pro-environmental individual behavior change approach. KEYWORDS: Environmental governanceurban sustainabilitysustainability fixbehavior changeNottinghamView correction statement:Correction Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the Leverhulme Foundation for funding this research. We also thank our colleague Hannah Keding for sharing her interview data. Disclosure statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Leverhulme Foundation under Grant [RP 2013-SL-015].