OECD Regional Development Working Papers

ISSN :
2073-7009 (en ligne)
DOI :
10.1787/20737009
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Working papers from the Regional Development Policy Division of the OECD cover a full range of topics including regional statistics and analysis, urban governance and economics, rural governance and economics, and multi-level governance. Depending on the programme of work, the papers can cover specific topics such as regional innovation and networks, the determinants of regional growth or fiscal consolidation at the sub-national level.
 

Cities and Green Growth: A Conceptual Framework You or your institution have access to this content

Auteur(s):
Stephen Hammer1, Lamia Kamal-Chaoui2, Alexis Robert2, Marissa Plouin2
Author Affiliations
  • 1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, États-Unis

  • 2: OCDE, France

Date de publication
06 déc 2011
Bibliographic information
No:
2011/08
Pages
141
DOI
10.1787/5kg0tflmzx34-en

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This report examines the current state of knowledge about green growth in cities and outlines the key research questions and protocols that will guide the OECD Green Cities programme. It builds the case for an urban green growth agenda by examining the economic and environmental conditions that have pushed the green growth agenda to the forefront of policy debate and assessing the critical role of cities in advancing green growth. Section 1 lays the context for the paper, examining why green growth is important and how it can be defined in an urban context. Section 2 focuses on policies and tools that enable the transition to green growth in cities. It concludes with a proposal for a policy framework for an urban green growth agenda that is based on a set of hypotheses of desirable economic scenarios. Section 3 examines the main challenges to advancing an urban green growth agenda. It explores the roles that multi-level governance, measuring and monitoring tools and finance must play in delivering green growth in cities. The report concludes with suggestions for future research, including recommendations on how national policymakers responsible for regional and urban policies can advance an urban green growth agenda.
Mots-clés:
territorial, regional, regional economics, green growth, global warming, climate, planning, cities, government policy, urban, sustainable development, urban sustainability
Classification JEL:
  • O1: Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth / Economic Development
  • O3: Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth / Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights
  • Q1: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Agriculture
  • Q2: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Renewable Resources and Conservation
  • Q3: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation
  • Q4: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Energy
  • Q5: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Environmental Economics
  • R1: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / General Regional Economics
  • R4: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / Transportation Systems
  • R5: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / Regional Government Analysis