Getting the Job Done: Understanding Barriers and Enablers to Municipal Climate Action in Greater Victoria

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dc.contributor.authorMasemann, Charlotte Emilia
dc.contributor.supervisorKrawchenko, Tamara
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-13T19:21:47Z
dc.date.available2023-09-13T19:21:47Z
dc.date.copyright2023en_US
dc.date.issued2023-09-13
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Administrationen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Public Administration M.P.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractMunicipalities in Greater Victoria are dedicated to climate action and municipal officials deal with both barriers and enablers in implementing climate solutions. Focus groups held with municipal staff members in the thematic areas of buildings and energy, sustainable transportation and solid waste reveal that these barriers and enablers fall into six categories: funding, staffing, legislation/regulation, governance, information, and politics. Focus group participants expressed that they remain firmly enmeshed in the hierarchy of Canadian federalism, with upper levels of government having control over much of the funding and legislative/regulatory powers important for climate action. Three types of instruments are used in climate action: regulations, economic measures and information. The province controls most of the regulations and economic measures, leaving the municipalities of Greater Victoria with inadequate or inappropriate access to both. Political will and information exchange enable existing climate action, but lack of autonomy over the most effective policy instruments was identified as a barrier for municipalities.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/15375
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectCapital Regional Districten_US
dc.subjectBuildings and energyen_US
dc.subjectEnableren_US
dc.subjectVictoriaen_US
dc.subjectMunicipalen_US
dc.subjectTransportationen_US
dc.subjectBarrieren_US
dc.subjectWasteen_US
dc.subjectPolicyen_US
dc.subjectGovernanceen_US
dc.titleGetting the Job Done: Understanding Barriers and Enablers to Municipal Climate Action in Greater Victoriaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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