Recently, Nadezhda Filimonova (Harvard University) and S. Jeff Birchall (University of Alberta), from the Arctic Initiative and the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, respectively, published ‘Sustainable municipal solid waste management: A comparative analysis of enablers and barriers to advance governance in the Arctic’, with the Journal of Environmental Management.
This paper examines advancement of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in 3 Arctic cities: Anchorage (USA), Murmansk (Russia), and Tromsø (Norway). The authors employ Evolutionary Governance Theory as a framework to examine how various dependencies (path dependencies, interdependencies, and goal dependencies) between actors and institutions enable and create barriers to the advancement of MSWM. Their study contributes to discourse in urban sustainability and environmental governance literature, emphasizing the need to enhance scholarly understanding by focusing on local capacities, leadership commitments, and adapting national and global regulations to urban contexts.
The journal article can be accessed for free here.
Full citation:
Filimonova, N., Birchall, SJ. (2024). Sustainable municipal solid waste management: A comparative analysis of enablers and barriers to advance governance in the Arctic. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123111.