Polycentric governance, epistocracy and the limits of policing knowledge in preparing for the climate crisis

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• What: The authors propose that a pathway towards a resilient and adaptive agenda for the Anthropocene necessitates acknowledging the limits of knowledge expertise and traditional command-and-control mentalities. Critics of this approach have argued that this often transpires in a ‘selective transformation` of urban spaces (for instance, fol­ lowing Hurricane Katrina in the US) which neglects already marginalised and deprived commu­ nities (Walker and Cooper 2011, p 154). An evaluation has found that this approach has improved the flow of information and intelligence locally, and it has paved the way for local planning to be based . . .
  

   

  

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