A participatory systems approach to understanding climate adaptation needs

Ross, Helen; Shaw, Sylvie; Rissik, David; Cliffe, Neil; Chapman, Susie; Hounsell, Vanessa; Udy, James; Trinh, Nghia Trong; Schoeman, J. L.

doi:10.1007/s10584-014-1318-6

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“…In the literature focused on transdisciplinary research and participatory approaches, many pragmatic arguments are presented for the engagement of stakeholders in climate change adaptation, for example [28,[46][47][48]. Reed (2008) and Ross et al (2015) speak of democratic rights and social justice reasons for local communities to participate in any processes concerning their own futures.…”

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“…Reed (2008) and Ross et al (2015) speak of democratic rights and social justice reasons for local communities to participate in any processes concerning their own futures. Another important argument for stakeholder engagement is the mobilization of dialogue among important actors in the decision-making arena who can influence policy-making.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The constraints and limitations of participation in adaptation planning are mainly linked to: (i) lack of long-term stakeholder commitment [50]; (ii) communication between science and practice-the way global risks are translated to the local urban level [51]; (iii) uneven representation of stakeholders in the adaptation process [9]; (iv) power inequalities among stakeholders [9,52]; (v) shortage of skills and financial resources among municipal governments [53]; (vi) lack of institutional support and embedding of stakeholder participation [52]. Participation should be much more than just getting people to work together; engagement should have a deep meaning for them, allowing them to develop their own understanding of the problem and, most importantly, empowering them to take steps toward collective leadership [28]. The process of working through the vulnerability assessment cannot only rely on stakeholder participation.…”

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Participatory Climate Change Impact Assessment in Three Czech Cities: The Case of Heatwaves

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Abstract:Cities are complex socioecological systems that are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and are also exposed to other trends, such as urbanization and population aging. Due to the changing climate, days with extreme temperatures are expected to become more numerous, which is particularly important for urban areas, where the urban heat island phenomenon is observed. This study presents an example of a spatially explicit potential climate change impact assessment of heatwaves integrating both science and stakeholder participation for three large Czech cities (Prague, Brno, and Pilsen). Stakeholder participation exercises were used to prioritize climate change risks, provide impetus and opportunity for knowledge co-production, and support adaptation planning. Potential climate change impacts of heatwaves in the three Czech cities for the current baseline and for the future (2021-2040) using Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs)-RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5, were mapped at two levels describing "in-city" and "inter-city" comparison. When comparing the potential impact of heatwaves across the three cities ("inter-city"), the most affected city is Brno, with 10.5% of its area in the very high impact category for the baseline and both RCPs. The "in-city" comparison shows the differences between the baseline and future scenarios of each city. The assessment of heatwaves' impacts was further used to support urban adaptation planning.

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Section: Participatory Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Participatory Processmentioning

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Participatory Climate Change Impact Assessment in Three Czech Cities: The Case of Heatwaves

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“…Extreme coastal flooding events are becoming more frequent, with mates. Recent studies on climate adaptation enhance the importance of engaging or activating communities and supporting community roles in understanding climate change and adaptation needs [11]. Responses from cities to improve their resilience are urgent but policymakers need to understand current adaptation to plan comprehensively and spend effectively [12].…”

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An Integrated Framework to Analyze Local Decision Making and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Coastal Regions in Selsey (UK), Broward County (USA), and Santos (Brazil)

Marengo¹,

Muller‐Karger²,

Pelling³

et al. 2017

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One of the clear signals of the ongoing climate change is sea level rise (SLR). Normal oceanic tides superimposed on a rising sea level and coastal flooding will affect many coastal communities. An international collaboration among Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States was designed to evaluate local decision making processes and to open space for local urban managers to reflect on possible actions toward adaption to sea level rise given the historical constraints imposed by administrative and institutional structures. This project focused on the processes that shape adaptation of three coastal communities in three countries. It worked jointly with these communities in defining the problem, examining risks, and understanding the benefits and obstacles that may hinder implementation of adaptation options. The framework was co-designed by an interdisciplinary team that incorporated social and natural scientists from the three countries, including local government How to cite this paper: Marengo, J., Muller-Karger, F., Pelling, M., Reynolds, C.J., Merrill, S.B., Nunes, L.H., Paterson, S., Gray, A.J., Lockman, J.T., Kartez, J., Moreira, F.A., Greco, R., Harari, J., Souza, C.R.G., Alves, L.M., Hosokawa, E.K. and Tabuchi, E.K. 404officials. The study addressed 1) evaluation of adaptive capacity through participant surveys and 2) physical and cost impact simulations using geospatial models of the built infrastructure and implementation of adaptation options under different hazard scenarios, including 50 and 100-year sea level rise projections and severe storms. Based on the surveys' results, there is a clear sense of the awareness of each community of the risk of floods due to intense storms, and of the usefulness of engaging early in a process that promotes the understanding of risks, impacts, and costs. A majority of workshop participants prioritized pursuing physical and green infrastructure actions now or within coming years or decades. A positive common aspect of the three sites was the commitment shown by the stakeholders in taking part in the process and evaluating which adaptation measures could be more effective in their cities. While in the US and UK structural solutions and voluntary buyouts were prioritized for the future, Brazil prioritized structural solutions and ecosystems restoration and not voluntary buyouts. All of these are choices to increase resiliency against sea level rise that have a high benefit-cost ratio. The Adaptive Capacity Index (ACI) results illustrate barriers to adaptation action, including technical, economic and political issues that reveal inequalities in adaptive capacity among case studies.

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“…Participatory approaches such as adaptation pathways and co-production of knowledge reduces the risk of maladaptation (Webb et al 2013;Wise et al 2014;Ross et al 2015) where decision making fails to meet objectives, and may even increase vulnerability to climate change impacts…”

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Protected area management under climate change: A framework for decision making

Tanner-McAllister¹

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There are over 200,000 protected areas today conserving about 15.4% of the world's terrestrial and inland waters, and around 3.4% of the oceans (Juffe-Bignoli et al. 2014). They provide an effective means of supporting conservation of ecological, cultural and social values. However, they experience a range of threats that park managers must deal with, and now face a new suite of impacts from anthropogenic climate change. Current protected area management approaches may not be adequate to conserve park values as they become more threatened as climate alters because parks were originally developed and managed with the notion of static boundaries with the aim of maintaining current values. Many existing strategies and approaches do not necessarily answer the questions managers need for practical application day to day management as available tools are either lacking in data or very specialised, making them impractical for natural resource managers with limited expertise. There is a need for a methodology and guidelines to assist protected area managers in understanding how their parks and reserves will respond to future climate change so they can make informed decisions and devise possible management strategies.The aim of this research was to investigate approaches to managing climate change impacts on protected areas through understanding and addressing management and planning at the park level.Three key points are addressed to accomplish this, understanding socio-ecological attributes for effective park planning and management, understanding park climate change impacts, and incorporating these into decision making and adaptive management of protected areas. This was applied to four of Queensland's Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage listed protected areas, Springbrook, Lamington, Mount Barney and Main Range National Parks.Most research and planning for climate change is undertaken at a higher strategic level (i.e. regional level and above) with a lack of implementation on-park. Other research and planning effort has been focused on 'off-reserve' strategies to complement and support protected areas on a regional scale. Implementation of socio-ecological values and perceptions in park management are only beginning to occur, which is now recognised as an important factor in adaptive management for protected areas to increase effective management. A climate change adaptation management framework was developed (Chapter 2) to strengthen the relationships between climate change science and the socio-ecological drivers, and on-park management. It sets out the context of the situation to clarify the protected area system's attributes and how they inter-relate. It presents a decision making framework based on a set of strategies aimed at adapting on-park management to The community, protected area neighbours and park managers in the Scenic Rim had a good understanding of climate change and its likely impacts and were concerned about the natural environment. Managers' perceptions were largely aligned wi...

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A participatory systems approach to understanding climate adaptation needs

Cited by 49 publications

References 30 publications

Participatory Climate Change Impact Assessment in Three Czech Cities: The Case of Heatwaves

Participatory Climate Change Impact Assessment in Three Czech Cities: The Case of Heatwaves

An Integrated Framework to Analyze Local Decision Making and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Coastal Regions in Selsey (UK), Broward County (USA), and Santos (Brazil)

Protected area management under climate change: A framework for decision making

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