Governance and networks for health co-benefits of climate change mitigationLessons from two Indian cities

Resumo

Health has been the main driver for many urban environmental interventions, particularly in cases of significant health problems linked to poor urban environmental conditions. This paper examines empirically the links between climate change mitigation and health in urban areas, when health is the main driver for improvements. The paper aims to understand how systems of urban governance can enable or prevent the creation of health outcomes via continuous improvements in the environmental conditions in a city. The research draws on cases from two Indian cities where initiatives were undertaken in different sectors: Surat (waste) and Delhi (transportation). Using the literature on network effectiveness as an analytical framework, the paper compares the cases to identify the possible ways to strengthen the governance and policy making process in the urban system so that each intervention can intentionally realize multiple impacts for both local health and climate change mitigation in the long term as well as factors that may pose a threat to long-term progress and revert back to the previous situation after initial achievements. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2016

Instituição

Elsevier Ltd

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso restrito

DOI

10.1016/j.envint.2016.08.020

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/25488

Temas

GovernançaMeio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

Co-benefitsGovernanceIndiaNetworksResilienceUrban healthWasteHealthHealth risksNetworks (Circuits)Urban transportationTransportClimate changeEnvironmental policyGovernance approachHealth servicesPolicy makingUrban areaArticleGovernmentPolicyPriority journalUrbanizationEnvironmentEnvironmental healthHumanManagementPublic healthResearchDelhiGujaratSuratCitiesMudanças climáticas