Adaptive capacity determinants in developed states: examples from the Nordic countries and Russia

Keskitalo, E. Carina H.; Dannevig, Halvor; Hovelsrud, Grete K.; West, Jennifer Joy; Swartling, Åsa Gerger

doi:10.1007/s10113-010-0182-9

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“…This paper builds on the growing literature on regional determinants of adaptive capacity. For example, in comparing adaptive capacity determinants across peripheral and central settlements in industrialised Nordic countries, Keskitalo et al (2011) found that urban centres, such as Stockholm, dependent on well-developed infrastructure, can be highly vulnerable to disruption of that infrastructure from climate-related events. Similarly, rapid population growth in the SEQ region is increasing pressure on infrastructure.…”

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“…In addition, vulnerable groups such as the aged, lone households, one-parent households and those residing in the highly exposed coastal zone are particularly at risk. Keskitalo et al (2011) also identified the primacy of institutional determinants, particularly the perceived need by stakeholders for improved collaboration and coordination of knowledge and policy across scales of governance. As described in this paper, the opportunity exists for social learning across institutions and their leaders for enhancement of adaptive capacity and community resilience.…”

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“…Smit and Pilifosova (2001) identified adaptive capacity determinants within the general categories of economic resources, technology, information and skills, infrastructure and equity (Keskitalo et al 2011). How such resources are deployed depends, as Adger (2006) has argued, on the perceptions of the agents acting within the system.…”

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Building adaptive capacity in South East Queensland, Australia

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The effectiveness of various adaptation options is dependent on the capacity to plan, design and implement them. Understanding the determinants of adaptive capacity is, therefore, crucial for effective responses to climate change. This paper offers an assessment of adaptive capacity across a range of sectors in South East Queensland, Australia. The paper has four parts, including (1) an overview of adaptive capacity, in particular as a learning process; (2) a description of the various methods used to determine adaptive capacity; (3) a synthesis of the determinants of adaptive capacity; and (4) the identification of mechanisms to build adaptive capacity in the region. We conclude that the major issue impacting adaptive capacity is not the availability of physical resources but the dominant social, political and institutional culture of the region.

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“…For instance, the well-established framework in Smit and Pilifosova [15] grouped determinants of adaptive capacity under the headings of economic resources; technology; information and skills; infrastructure; institutions, and equity, which are treated in the following paragraphs. Other scholars offer similar categorizations as well as characterize the relationships among these features [16][17][18].…”

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Preparing for and Responding to Disturbance: Examples from the Forest Sector in Sweden and Canada

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Abstract:Coping or adaptation following large-scale disturbance may depend on the political system and its preparedness and policy development in relation to risks. Adaptive or foresight planning is necessary in order to account and plan for potential risks that may increase or take place concurrently with climate change. Forests constitute relevant examples of large-scale renewable resource systems that have been directly affected by recent environmental and social changes, and where different levels of management may influence each other. This article views disturbances in the forest sectors of Sweden and Canada, two large forest nations with comparable forestry experiences, in order to elucidate the preparedness and existing responses to multiple potential stresses. The article concludes that the two countries are exposed to stresses that indicate the importance of the governing and institutional system particularly with regard to multi-level systems including federal and EU levels. While economic change largely results in privatization of risk onto individual companies and their economic resources (in Canada coupled with a contestation of institutional systems and equity in these), storm and pest outbreaks in particular OPEN ACCESS Forests 2011, 2 506 challenge institutional capacities at administrative levels, within the context provided by governance and tenure systems.

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“…Adaptive capacity is often represented as a stock of resources , Vincent 2007, Keskitalo et al 2011, which has parallels with the "capitals framework" for analysing how various community assets or capitals (e.g. natural, financial, human, built, cultural, political and social) interact and contribute to local sustainability (Bebbington 1999, Emery andFlora 2006).…”

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Adaptive capacity and climate change: the role of community opinion leaders

2014

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The contribution of the informal community sector to the development of collective response strategies to socioecological change is not well researched. In this article, we examine the role of community opinion leaders in developing and mobilising stocks of adaptive capacity. In so doing, we reveal a largely unexplored mechanism for building on latent social capital and associated networks that have the potential to transcend local-scale efforts -an enduring question in climate change adaptation and other cross-scalar sustainability issues. Participants drawn from diverse spheres of community activity in the Sunshine Coast, Australia, were interviewed about their strategies for influencing their community objectives and the degree to which they have engaged with responding to climate change. The results show community opinion leaders to be politically engaged through rich bridging connections with other community organisations, and vertically with policy-makers at local, state, national and international levels. Despite this latent potential, the majority of community opinion leaders interviewed were not strategically engaged with responding to climate change. This finding suggests that more work is needed to connect networks knowledgeable about projected climate change impacts with local networks of community opinion leaders. Attention to the type of community-based strategies considered effective and appropriate by community opinion leaders and their organisations also suggests avenues for policy-makers to facilitate community engagement in responding to climate change across sectors likely to be affected by its impacts. Opportunities to extend understanding of adaptive capacity within the community sector through further research are also suggested.

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Adaptive capacity determinants in developed states: examples from the Nordic countries and Russia

Cited by 65 publications

References 19 publications

Building adaptive capacity in South East Queensland, Australia

Building adaptive capacity in South East Queensland, Australia

Preparing for and Responding to Disturbance: Examples from the Forest Sector in Sweden and Canada

Adaptive capacity and climate change: the role of community opinion leaders

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