PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Innovation and Governance
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frsc.2025.1653089
This article is part of the Research TopicBarriers and Enablers to Effective Climate Governance in CitiesView all 7 articles
Climate action at neighborhood scale: Examples from the Resilient Cities Network
Provisionally accepted
- Resilient Cities Network, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Neighborhood planning instruments and approaches that tailor and implement city level strategies have become a key focus in cities around the world. While nations pledge and cities deliver action on climate, local implementation and impact are dependent and most tangible at the neighborhood scale. Some cities have these approaches embedded in their planning and governance model, while others use themes like nature or livability as an entry point to build robust neighborhoods. This article aims to highlight the current trends in neighborhood planning and the diverse entry points, and concludes with eight propositions based on analysis of seven examples from the city programs within the Resilient Cities Network. Propositions cover a wide range of approaches to mainstream neighborhood planning in cities, from frameworks to physical infrastructure for continuous stakeholder engagement and from tailored neighborhood plans that mirror city level policy to localizing globally adopted planning approaches. The aim is to provide guidance and inspiration to cities seeking to learn from the examples of their peers.
Keywords: urban planning, Neighborhood approach, Climate transition, implementation, Climate action planning
Received: 24 Jun 2025; Accepted: 02 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Tajuddin, Kapetas and Rustow. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Nilofer Tajuddin, ntajuddin@resilientcitiesnetwork.org
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