How has the COVID Crisis Impacted Local Governments’ Sustainability Efforts? An Examination of Initial Effects
How has the COVID Crisis Impacted Local Governments’ Sustainability Efforts? An Examination of Initial Effects
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新冠危机如何影响地方政府的可持续发展努力？
DOI：
10.1177/0160323x221124896
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发表时间：
2022
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通讯作者：
Angela Y. S. Park
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作者：
Rachel M. Krause;Christopher V. Hawkins;Angela Y. S. Park
虽然许多美国城市已将气候保护和可持续性作为明确的目标，但它们并不属于其传统责任。因此，与围绕核心职能的政策相比，与可持续性有关的政策在危机时期可能面临更大的紧缩或改变风险。本研究探讨COVID-19疫情如何影响地方政府的可持续发展工作。我们利用一项全国性调查的数据，审查了这一流行病对与可持续性有关的方案优先事项、资源和业务的影响程度。调查结果显示，疫情影响了近一半美国城市可持续发展计划的实施。与此同时，许多城市提高了经济和社会可持续性举措的优先地位，以应对这一流行病。已正式将可持续发展原则纳入城市规划的城市似乎对COVID引发的项目运营挑战更为敏感。
Although many U.S. municipalities have adopted climate protection and sustainability as explicit objectives, they are not among their traditional responsibilities. As a result, compared to policies focused around core functions, those related to sustainability may be at greater risk of retrenchment or change in times of crisis. This research examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted local governments’ sustainability efforts. Using data from a nation-wide survey, we examine the degree to which the pandemic has affected programmatic priorities, resources, and operations related to sustainability. Findings indicate that the pandemic hurt the implementation of sustainability initiatives in almost half of U.S. cities. At the same time, many cities increased the priority of economic and social sustainability initiatives in response to the pandemic. Cities which have formally included sustainability principles into a city plan appear more sensitive to COVID-induced challenges to their program operations.