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Assessing Policy Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation: Governance Arrangements, Resource Deployments, and Analytical Skills in C anadian Infrastructure Policy Making
Author(s) -
Craft Jonathan,
Howlett Michael,
Crawford Mark,
McNutt Kathleen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/ropr.12002
Subject(s) - mandate , adaptation (eye) , corporate governance , climate change , business , policy analysis , climate change adaptation , resource (disambiguation) , set (abstract data type) , environmental resource management , environmental economics , economics , public administration , political science , computer science , finance , ecology , computer network , law , biology , programming language , physics , optics
This article examines the infrastructure policy sector's capacity to respond to climate change adaptation through an analysis of the C anadian case. It includes a three‐level examination of capacity: at the macro level through a virtual policy network analysis; at the meso level through examination of the lead department's evolving mandate and resources; and at the micro level through analysis of survey data related to departmental workers policy tasks and attitudes. Four hypotheses across these three levels are set out and tested at the national and subnational levels. Together, the findings suggest that the policy capacity in the C anadian infrastructure sector will be unable to meet the demands placed upon the sector to respond to the increasing challenges of climate change adaptation.