Adaptation, Adaptation Science, and the Status of Adaptation in Mountain Regions

McDowell, Graham; Stephenson, Eleanor; Ford, James D.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40773-9_2

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“…Adaptation is the process of responding to a stimuli or stress, such as climate change, with the goal of preventing loss, spreading or sharing loss, and/or diversifying to moderate harm or taking advantage of emerging opportunities (McDowell et al, 2016). In the climate change literature, adaptation has been classified according to when a stressor occurs (i.e., reactive or anticipatory); the intent of the adaptation (i.e., autonomous or planned); the scope (i.e., spatial or temporal); the form (e.g., technological, behavioral, financial, institutional, regulatory, and informational); the implementation (e.g., hard or soft); and its outcome (e.g., effectiveness, efficiency, equity) (Smit and Wandel, 2006).…”

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The Tourism Adaptation Classification (TAC) framework: An application to New Zealand's Glacier country

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Alongside growing awareness of the significance of environmental change for glacier regions, and their tourism-dependent communities, is the realization of the need to adapt to changing conditions. Such adaptation is necessary for tourism operators, managers, and planners as well as the visitors themselves, and is part of building resilient tourism systems. This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding the possible stages of adaptation in glacier tourism destinations. The Tourism Adaptation Classification (TAC) framework aligns three stages of adaptation (resilience, transition, and transformation) against adaptation strategies implemented by tourism stakeholders and identifies specific characteristics. Using a desk-based case study approach, the framework is illustrated with reference to Glacier Country in New Zealand's Westland/Tai Poutini National Park in relation to three core dimensions of the tourism system: tourism planning and governance; tourism business and operations; and visitor experience.

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The Tourism Adaptation Classification (TAC) framework: An application to New Zealand's Glacier country

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“…There is also an emerging focus on the unintended consequences of adaptation, including how human adaptations impact ecosystems and the supply of ecosystem services that ultimately underpin human well-being [40,41]. For more, McDowell, et al [42] provide a mountain-focused summary of core themes in the climate change adaptation scholarship.…”

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Robust Adaptation Research in High Mountains: Integrating the Scientific, Social, and Ecological Dimensions of Glacio-Hydrological Change

McDowell

Koppes

2017

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Climate-related changes in glacierized watersheds are widely documented, stimulating adaptive responses among the 370 million people living in glacier-influenced watersheds as well as aquatic and riparian ecosystems. The situation denotes important interdependencies between science, society, and ecosystems, yet integrative approaches to the study of adaptation to such changes remain scarce in both the mountain-and non-mountain-focused adaptation scholarship. Using the example of glacio-hydrological change, it is argued here that this analytical limitation impedes the identification, development, and implementation of "successful" adaptations. In response, the paper introduces three guiding principles for robust adaptation research in glaciated mountain regions. Principle 1: Adaptation research should integrate detailed analyses of watershed-specific glaciological and hydro-meteorological conditions; glacio-hydrological changes are context-specific and therefore cannot be assumed to follow idealized trajectories of "peak water". Principle 2: Adaptation research should consider the complex interplay between glacio-hydrological changes and socio-economic, cultural, and political conditions; responses to environmental changes are non-deterministic and therefore not deducible from hydrological changes alone. Principle 3: Adaptation research should be attentive to interdependencies, feedbacks, and tradeoffs between human and ecological responses to glacio-hydrological change; research that does not evaluate these socio-ecological dynamics may lead to maladaptive adaptation plans. These principles call attention to the linked scientific, social, and ecological dimensions of adaptation, and offer a point of departure for future climate change adaptation research in high mountains.

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“…Planes de mediano y largo plazo acompañados de inversiones para alcanzar objetivos claros con la convergencia de diferentes actores civiles, estatales y privados son ejemplos comunes de medidas de adaptación planificada como lo destacan McDowell, Stephenson, & Ford (2016). Las líneas que dividen la adaptación autónoma de la planificada y otras delimitaciones conceptuales para el tema son un tanto difusas, pues pueden darse casos de sinergias o esfuerzos paralelos entre actores y acciones.…”

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Adaptación autónoma a eventos hidrometeorológicos extremos. Estudio de caso sobre la convivencia de un territorio indígena con el riesgo climático en la cuenca del río Sixaola, Costa Rica

Sánchez

Rojas

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Rev. Ambientales.

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Los artículos publicados se distribuye bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0) basada en una obra en http://www. revistas.una.ac.cr/ambientales., lo que implica la posibilidad de que los lectores puedan de forma gratuita descargar, almacenar, copiar y distribuir la versión final aprobada y publicada del artículo, siempre y cuando se mencione la fuente y autoría de la obra.

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Adaptation, Adaptation Science, and the Status of Adaptation in Mountain Regions

Cited by 5 publications

References 63 publications

The Tourism Adaptation Classification (TAC) framework: An application to New Zealand's Glacier country

The Tourism Adaptation Classification (TAC) framework: An application to New Zealand's Glacier country

Robust Adaptation Research in High Mountains: Integrating the Scientific, Social, and Ecological Dimensions of Glacio-Hydrological Change

Adaptación autónoma a eventos hidrometeorológicos extremos. Estudio de caso sobre la convivencia de un territorio indígena con el riesgo climático en la cuenca del río Sixaola, Costa Rica

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