Citizen engagement in climate adaptation surveyed: The role of values, worldviews, gender and place

Brink, Ebba; Wamsler, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.164

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“…Adaptation is the comprehensive outcome of the combined effects of individual smallholders (Figure 1), the social environment, and government policies and is thus affected by various factors such as the internal factors of the smallholders (e.g., disaster experience) and external factors (e.g., social support). Disaster experience is an important factor affecting disaster avoidance behavior [22,23]. It was found that individuals' personal experience with disasters against the backdrop of various changes, such as climate change and floods, prompts individuals to adapt, e.g., a smallholder that has suffered Disaster experience is an important factor affecting disaster avoidance behavior [22,23].…”

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“…Disaster experience is an important factor affecting disaster avoidance behavior [22,23]. It was found that individuals' personal experience with disasters against the backdrop of various changes, such as climate change and floods, prompts individuals to adapt, e.g., a smallholder that has suffered Disaster experience is an important factor affecting disaster avoidance behavior [22,23]. It was found that individuals' personal experience with disasters against the backdrop of various changes, such as climate change and floods, prompts individuals to adapt, e.g., a smallholder that has suffered a severe loss because of climate change is more likely to change crop varieties to cope with climate change [18].…”

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Understanding the Resilience of Different Farming Strategies in Coping with Geo-Hazards: A Case Study in Chongqing, China

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Deng

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Adjusting farming strategies are adaptive behaviors to cope with hazard risks. However, few studies have studied rural and remote mountain areas in China with little known about “farmers’ adaptation under the impact of geo-hazards”. Unlike traditional farmers’ behavioral adaptation studies, in this study, we focused on the resilience of farmers’ behavioral mechanisms to address local hazards such as geo-hazards. Our data were acquired through questionnaire responses (N = 516) in mountainous hazard-prone areas in Chongqing, China. The binary logit model and multinomial logit model were used to investigate the obstacles to different farming strategies and the determinants of adaptation strategy choice, focusing on the effects of disaster experience and social support on the adaptation strategy resilience. The results show that the most common adaptation strategy was adjusting crop varieties, and the largest adaptation obstacle was a lack of funds. Additionally, the age of the smallholder, farming acreage, agricultural income, social support, and disaster experience significantly increased the possibility of farmers adjusting their agricultural production. Of these, smallholder agricultural income, state disaster subsidy, the presence of disaster prevention construction, the smallholder’s property, and the presence of disaster-caused crop loss experience were the most important factors affecting a farmer’s adaptation strategy. In particular, farmers were more sensitive to disaster-caused property loss than to disaster-caused crop loss. This study can provide implications for the government to formulate disaster mitigation measures and for farming strategies at the smallholder level.

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Section: Factors That Influence Adaptation Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Factors That Influence Adaptation Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding the Resilience of Different Farming Strategies in Coping with Geo-Hazards: A Case Study in Chongqing, China

Tan

Deng

et al. 2020

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“…The importance of the involvement of both public and private actors in climate adaptation and flood risk management has been frequently stressed (e.g., [1,21,22,24,26]). For example, leading concepts such as integrated water resources management and adaptive management include principles of engagement of a variety of stakeholders.…”

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“…The involvement of non-governmental stakeholders, such as citizens, project developers, housing corporations, and businesses, in local flood risk management is crucial in fostering climate adaptation in cities [21,24]. Citizen engagement is increasingly important for adapting to climate-related risks, including pluvial flooding [25][26][27]. However, the specific responsibilities borne by public and private actors in climate adaptation and flood risk management are often unclear [8].…”

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Pluvial Flooding in Utrecht: On Its Way to a Flood-Proof City

Brockhoff

Koop

Snel

2019

Water

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Downpours are increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change. Cities are particularly susceptible to flooding from downpours because of their large share of impervious surfaces. Minimising pluvial flood risk requires all involved stakeholders to collaborate and overcome various barriers. Although an increase in citizen engagement in climate adaptation is generally preferred, experiences with inclusive decision-making are often limited. The aim of this paper is to obtain a deeper understanding of how the capacity to govern pluvial flood risk can be developed through citizen engagement. We scrutinised the capacity of local actors to govern pluvial flood risk in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. For the analysis of Utrecht’s problem-solving capacity, the Governance Capacity Framework provided a consistent assessment of the key governance components. The results indicate that Utrecht’s capacity to govern pluvial flooding is relatively well-developed. Collaboration between public authorities is advanced, sufficient financial resources are available, and smart monitoring enables high levels of evaluation and learning. However, citizen awareness and engagement in policy making is rather low. Accordingly, citizens’ willingness to pay for flood adaptation is limited. Stimulating flood risk awareness by combining financial incentives with more advanced arrangements for active citizen engagement is key for Utrecht and other cities.

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“…While some stakeholders only see direct damages to infrastructure, others identify impacts on businesses or quality of life ( Becker et al, 2015 ). Community values and beliefs are also important to climate adaptation: for instance, actual experience of climate-related hazards usually motivates people to support adaptation ( Brink and Wamsler, 2019 ). Gender matters too, since males tend to be more interested in economic values than females, the latter tending to be more interested in social values ( Brink and Wamsler, 2019 ).…”

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Group discussions on how to implement a participatory process in climate adaptation planning: a case study in Malaysia

Palermo

Hernández

2020

Ecological Economics

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The frequency and intensity of extreme climate events are increasing all around the world, due to climate change. Climate adaptation strategies are therefore needed, since mitigation strategies alone are not sufficient to avoid serious impacts of climate change. However, adaptation to climate change is not straightforward, as it is highly influenced by diverse and conflicting interests as well as epistemological (or scientific) uncertainties. Therefore, a minimum requirement for its success is the active participation of stakeholders and citizens in the adaptation policy cycle. This paper presents a case study on a participatory process involving civil servants from different municipalities in Malaysia, in Southeast Asia, with a view to considering the optimal level of engagement that is required for climate adaptation planning. The exercise consisted of a Focus Group session, where participants were asked to discuss the level of stakeholder and citizen participation that should be adopted within the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy initiative. Contrary to authors' expectations, the participants tended to suggest medium to high levels of participation in the planning process. During the dialogues, a walking activity through the city, aimed at identifying hotspots of climate risks and defined as “safety walks”, was one of the ideas proposed as a high-potential participatory method, spreading in the adaptation framework. Safety walks could complement climate modelling and enhance the robustness of climate risk assessments.

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Citizen engagement in climate adaptation surveyed: The role of values, worldviews, gender and place

Cited by 81 publications

References 44 publications

Understanding the Resilience of Different Farming Strategies in Coping with Geo-Hazards: A Case Study in Chongqing, China

Understanding the Resilience of Different Farming Strategies in Coping with Geo-Hazards: A Case Study in Chongqing, China

Pluvial Flooding in Utrecht: On Its Way to a Flood-Proof City

Group discussions on how to implement a participatory process in climate adaptation planning: a case study in Malaysia

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