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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 30, 2021
Brian An, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, published an article in The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning titled “A Contingent Diffusion Model of Local Climate Change Policy Adoption: Evidence from Southern California Cities.” In it, An and his co-authors use Southern California as a case study for examining how local governments adopt climate policies, namely if those around them have already done so.
“The municipalities of Southern California illustrate that metropolitan areas indeed can experience a positive spillover effect of urban climate policies through diffusions among localities bordering one another,” they wrote.