Urban conflict management, human‐wild animal interactions, local environmental governance and political participation
By: Beeri Itai, Yaara Sadetzki, and Orit Hirsch‐Matsioulas - Local authorities today cope with environmental changes. As urbanization
advances, the overlap between nature and the world of human beings increases.
The resulting new interactions between humans and wild animals have many con-
sequences. The perspectives of public administration and politics regarding this
issue remain unexplored.
There is limited research on local environmental crises
and local environmental governance regarding the interactions between people
and animals in the management of urban spaces. Therefore, we conducted a study
using the presence of wild boars in Haifa, Israel. It tests the impact of support for
the incumbent mayor through the mediated relationship of the harm caused by
wild animals and the moderating effect of local governance on local political participation.
Our findings may advance current theory to local administration and
local environmental governance. On a practical level, policymakers can design
effective local environmental governance, and promote behaviors on the part of
politicians and residents.
Beeri, I., Sadetzki, Y., & Hirsch‐Matsioulas, O. (2024). Urban conflict management, human‐wild animal interactions, local environmental governance and political participation. Public Administration Review.