Governing green: Employing cluster analysis on formal organizations to identify policy preferences for urban rooftop farming governance in Dhaka
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Dhaka, a rapidly urbanizing megacity, faces significant challenges in sustainable urban development, making Urban Rooftop Farming (URF) a critical practice for fostering urban agricultural growth and environmental sustainability. Despite URF's growing importance, a significant gap exists in understanding the preferred governance frameworks of formal organizations. This study addresses this by investigating the policy preferences, challenges, and organizational responsibilities of 383 formal entities in Dhaka to propose a multi-stakeholder URF framework. Data analysis included word network analysis for URF perceptions, K-means clustering to categorize organizations based on their policy-making involvement, and statistical tests for stakeholder salience and co-production potential. The results demonstrate that organizations perceive URF as a holistic initiative while clustering into distinct groups based on policy-making involvement, where "Leaders in policy making" exhibit higher salience and co-production potential. Critical challenges identified include lack of government support, inter-agency coordination, and policy clarity, alongside varied policy instrument preferences and specific responsibility assignments for national government, private firms, and NGOs. The implications underscore the need for a multi-stakeholder co-governance framework that is adaptive, integrates formal-informal linkages, and leverages the high co-production capacity of national government organizations and NGOs while strategically engaging other stakeholders.
Source: Habitat International
Institution: Curtin University
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,560
OpenAlex ID: W7214449595