Roxana Borquez
Researcher and consultant with fourteen years of experience working with interdisciplinary and international research teams in Latin America, North America and Europe. I am a Doctor in Geography and Policy Studies at King’s College London, and hold a BA in Natural Resources Engineering and a Master in Public Policy, both from University of Chile. My research is focused on co-production of knowledge, the science-policy-society interface, and governance in areas such as adaptation and resilience to climate change, and glacier, water and energy fields. In these topics, I have a strong knowledge, and experience using qualitative research methods such as interviews, focus groups, participatory and deliberative workshops, developing innovative ad hoc instruments, and analysing and assessing large data sets.
Supervisors: Frans Berkout and Mike Hulme
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First, we summarize conceptualisations of resilience based on origins and evolution of the term, followed by a brief overview of its specific use in climate-related disaster research and a synopsis of the current debate on shortcomings in its application. We then take stock of the term’s seemingly rapid rise by presenting analyses from two studies on existing understandings of climate resilience in academic discourse and public policy. We conclude with a general discussion and suggestions to enhance normative orientations and therefore support practical applications of resilience in climate research and governance.
Drawing upon a variety of empirical and theoretical perspectives, The Urban Climate Challengeprovides a hands-on perspective about the political and technical challenges now facing cities and transnational urban networks in the global climate regime. Bringing together experts working in the fields of global environmental governance, urban sustainability and climate change, this volume explores the ways in which cities, transnational urban networks and global policy institutions are repositioning themselves in relation to this changing global policy environment.
Focusing on both Northern and Southern experience across the globe, three questions that have strong bearing on the ways in which we understand and assess the changing relationship between cities and global climate system are examined.
• How are cities repositioning themselves in relation to the global climate regime?
• How are cities being repositioned – conceptually and epistemologically?
• What are the prospects for crafting policies that can reduce the urban carbon footprint while at the same time building resilience to future climate change?
The Urban Climate Challenge will be of interest to scholars of urban climate policy, global environmental governance and climate change. It will be of interest to readers more generally interested in the ways in which cities are now addressing the inter-related challenges of sustainable urban growth and global climate change. Patricia Romero-Lankao, Geogelina Hardoy, Sara Hughes, Daniel Gnatz, AngelicaRosas-Huerta, and Roxana Borquez
Papers by Roxana Borquez
First, we summarize conceptualisations of resilience based on origins and evolution of the term, followed by a brief overview of its specific use in climate-related disaster research and a synopsis of the current debate on shortcomings in its application. We then take stock of the term’s seemingly rapid rise by presenting analyses from two studies on existing understandings of climate resilience in academic discourse and public policy. We conclude with a general discussion and suggestions to enhance normative orientations and therefore support practical applications of resilience in climate research and governance.
Drawing upon a variety of empirical and theoretical perspectives, The Urban Climate Challengeprovides a hands-on perspective about the political and technical challenges now facing cities and transnational urban networks in the global climate regime. Bringing together experts working in the fields of global environmental governance, urban sustainability and climate change, this volume explores the ways in which cities, transnational urban networks and global policy institutions are repositioning themselves in relation to this changing global policy environment.
Focusing on both Northern and Southern experience across the globe, three questions that have strong bearing on the ways in which we understand and assess the changing relationship between cities and global climate system are examined.
• How are cities repositioning themselves in relation to the global climate regime?
• How are cities being repositioned – conceptually and epistemologically?
• What are the prospects for crafting policies that can reduce the urban carbon footprint while at the same time building resilience to future climate change?
The Urban Climate Challenge will be of interest to scholars of urban climate policy, global environmental governance and climate change. It will be of interest to readers more generally interested in the ways in which cities are now addressing the inter-related challenges of sustainable urban growth and global climate change. Patricia Romero-Lankao, Geogelina Hardoy, Sara Hughes, Daniel Gnatz, AngelicaRosas-Huerta, and Roxana Borquez
Using an exploratory qualitative methodology, we performed semi-structured interviews with researchers and public institutions of environmental and academic relevance, thus allowing for a characterization of the structure and dynamic of incentive within the academic and public sectors, and for an analysis of their communication and coordination mechanisms.
Identified facilitators included: (1) learning to coordinate among and between public institutions of environmental relevance, and (2) increased research funding in Chile. The barriers identified were: (1) publication in peer-reviewed journals, mainly foreign, as the principal assessment of academic standing, (2) the generation of studies of limited availability on a national level and without consideration of public policy needs, (3) prejudice between academic and public sectors, (4) asymmetry and failures of information, (5) lack of translation to accessible language (simplification of content), (6) poor synchronization between politics and technical time scales, (7) coordination failures and irregular interaction between and across sectors, and (8) coordination failures between funding institutions and policy making institutions.
There are many ways to bridge the gap between science and policy; one of these involves a strengthening of strategies, instruments, and tools that support public policies of a greater public value, and, consequently, augment the value of local research itself in Chile.
La investigación analizó a los actores involucrados en el conflicto utilizando el marco analítico desarrollado por Rojas et al. (2006) denominado: “resolución adaptativa de conflictos ambientales” a través de metodología cualitativa de carácter exploratorio. Las variables analizadas permiten observar las deficiencias existentes en el funcionamiento del sistema público chileno, las limitadas herramientas con que cuenta la comunidad y la fuerza que poseen los diferentes grupos de poder político y/o económico de la zona estudiada.