Year: 2026
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This study examines how structural factors in Swedish municipalities cause variation in thequality of their climate adaptation. The study analyses 178 municipalities using a statisticalquantitative method, in the form of a multivariate regression analysis with 11 structuralvariables and 3 control variables. The results are analysed through the perspective ofimplementation theory, in particular Mazmanian and Sabatier's as well as Van Meter and VanHorn's theoretical frameworks. The findings show that the municipalities' socioeconomicfactors, quality of administration, geographic exposure, political leadership, as well as age andeducation level of the local politicians have a statistically significant effect on climateadaptation. Gender of the politicians and geographical municipality type are found to have astatistically non-significant effect. The main limitation is the fact that only 61% of all Swedishmunicipalities were included. The study concludes that the unique contexts and factors indifferent municipalities have a large effect on their climate adaptation and that the chosenvariables account for 32%, close to a third of the total variation in quality of climateadaptation in the analysed municipalities. The study contributes to climate adaptation andimplementation research by testing and reinforcing their claims in a Swedish context.
Author: Mild, Alexander
Language: Swedish
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7166266049