Urban Environment Agreements – a Way Forward? The Negotiations, the Coordination and the Possible Effects, 2019

Urban environment agreements entails that the state, the county administration and municipalities are cooperating in order to achieve the goals incorporated in the climate settlement and the national transport plan elaborated by the Norwegian "Storting". This project aimed to investigate what potential all compassing urban environment agreements have to achieve sustainable living-, area- and transport developments. Research on urban environment agreements and negotiations of these provides a unique opportunity to study the interaction between the different administrative levels, and how state intentions of influencing local use of measures can be reconciled with the interests and needs to fulfill local wishes and priorities of the municipalities. This project studied how urban environment agreements are designed in the interaction between state, regional and local authorities, and what challenges and opportunities that arise out of this interaction. Further, the project wanted to look at the interaction and coordination between the urban environment agreements, urban development agreements and relevant plan processes and how this can influence the outcome of the urban environment agreements. The project also wanted to address the implementation barriers and opportunities in the urban environment agreements, and whether or not the measures that are included are appropriate in order to achieve the goals stated. The urban environment agreements are new ways to safeguard the interaction between the administrative levels. There is little knowledge both internationally and nationally concerning these kinds of management tools and measurement packages. Scientifically, it is therefore important to gain knowledge of this management instrument. The project was carried out in cooperation with societal actors, and included several central sections in a reference group. Actors like KS, ROM Eiendom and the Norwegian Directorate of Health were also participating in the project with their own work contribution and direct funding. With the active user involvement planned in the project, the project ensured that the parties involved constructed knowledge within their own organization, that relevant knowledge that these actors holds are benefiting the project, and that the results of the project are promptly passed on to the actors. The project lasted from 01.09.2016-31.08.2019.

Transcribed interview data cannot be sufficiently anonymized (for occupation, municipality, sector) without losing total relevance for the study. These cannot therefore be disclosed as the informants are promised full anonymity. The interview guide used in interviews in the case municipalities is available for downloading. The interview guide was also used for state-level interviews, but was then adapted for that purpose.

The interview guide is freely available for downloading.

城市环境协议要求国家、郡行政当局与市镇开展合作，以落实挪威议会（Storting）制定的气候协定与国家交通规划中所确立的目标。本项目旨在探究全方位城市环境协议在实现可持续居住、区域及交通发展方面的潜力。针对城市环境协议及其谈判的研究，为剖析不同行政层级间的互动关系提供了独特契机，同时可探究国家层面影响地方政策举措的意图，如何与市镇落实本地愿景与优先事项的利益及需求相协调。本项目研究了国家、区域与地方当局互动框架下城市环境协议的制定路径，以及此类互动所催生的挑战与机遇。此外，本项目还考察了城市环境协议、城市发展协议与相关规划流程之间的互动与协同机制，及其对城市环境协议实施成效的影响。本项目同时剖析了城市环境协议实施过程中的障碍与机遇，并评估协议所纳入的举措是否契合既定目标的实现需求。城市环境协议是保障行政层级间互动的新型机制。目前无论在国际还是挪威国内，针对此类管理工具与举措包的认知都较为匮乏，因此从学术层面探究此类管理工具具有重要意义。本项目与社会参与主体合作开展，且组建了包含多个核心部门的咨询专家组。挪威市镇联合会（KS）、罗姆地产（ROM Eiendom）与挪威卫生总署（Norwegian Directorate of Health）等主体也通过自主投入工作与直接提供经费支持的方式参与了本项目。得益于本项目规划的用户积极参与机制，本项目确保了各参与方能够在其组织内部构建相关认知，同时充分吸纳各主体已掌握的相关知识助力项目推进，并将项目成果及时传递给各参与方。本项目实施周期为2016年9月1日至2019年8月31日。

转录后的访谈数据若要针对职业、所属市镇与行业维度进行充分匿名化处理，则会完全丧失其对本研究的价值。因此，鉴于已向受访者承诺完全匿名，此类数据无法对外公开。针对试点市镇开展访谈所使用的访谈提纲可公开下载。该提纲同样适用于国家层面的访谈，但已针对该场景进行了适配调整。

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