Kathryn Davidson

Municipal experimentation in times of crises: (Re-)defining Melbourne's innovation district

K Davidson, I Håkansson, L Coenen, TMP Nguyen

Journal article  |  2023  |  Cities

Innovation is high on the agenda for decision-makers in urban policy and planning. With the rise of innovation districts, cities h..

A review of existing policy for reducing embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions of buildings

Katie Skillington, Robert H Crawford, Georgia Warren-Myers, Kathryn Davidson

Journal article  |  2022  |  ENERGY POLICY

The building sector is a significant contributor to global energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions and thus has a major role in..

A framework for understanding the key drivers of cities' climate actions in city networks

Sombol Mokhles, Kathryn Davidson

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN CLIMATE

Due to the complexity of environmental city networks, the incentives of climate actions in these networks are unclear. Despite the..

Understanding how city networks are leveraging climate action: experimentation through C40

Thi Minh Phuong Nguyen, Kathryn Davidson, Lars Coenen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Urban Transformations

AbstractClimate change is one of the most challenging environmental and social problems for contemporary urban planning. In respon..

The making of a climate emergency response: Examining the attributes of climate emergency plans

Kathryn Davidson, Jessie Briggs, Elanna Nolan, Judy Bush, Irene Hakansson, Susie Moloney

Journal article  |  2020  |  URBAN CLIMATE

Climate emergency declarations are amongst the strongest statement from governments in the face of global warming. At least 1217 l..

The wandering energy stars: The challenges of valuing energy efficiency in Australian housing

Georgia Warren-Myers, Catherine Kain, Kathryn Davidson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Energy Research and Social Science

In the context of curbing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the ambitious but much-needed targets to limit global warming to reason..

Metropolitan governance in action? Learning from metropolitan Melbourne's urban forest strategy

Lars Coenen, Kathryn Davidson, Niki Frantzeskaki, Maree Grenfell, Irene Hakansson, Martin Hartigan

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN PLANNER

One of the central, flagship actions of the Resilient Melbourne Strategy has been the development of a metropolitan urban forest s..

Urban Governance for a Sustainable Future

Kathryn Davidson, Harini Nagendra, Jeroen van der Heijden, Debolina Kundu, Simon Joss, Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos, Caryn Abrahams, Xiaoling Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  ONE EARTH

Cities have the potential to lead the way to a cleaner, greener, more inclusive future, but this cannot be achieved without effect..

Reconfiguring urban governance in an age of rising city networks: A research agenda

Kathryn Davidson, Lars Coenen, Michele Acuto, Brendan Gleeson

Journal article  |  2019  |  URBAN STUDIES

Networked urban governance is emerging as a major feature of metropolitan strategy and activity. The field of urban studies is yet..

Situating C40 in the Evolution of Networked Urban Climate Governance

L Coenen, K Davidson, B Gleeson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Global Policy

The responses by Acuto, Frantzeskaki, Gordon & Johnson, Pinault and Smeds all draw attention to the need to situate C40 in a wider..