Climate change or variable weather: rethinking Danish homeowners’ perceptions of floods and climate

Baron, Nina; Petersen, Lars Kjerulf

doi:10.1007/s10113-014-0701-1

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“…In practice, dykes or other adaptation measures related to flood risk management (e.g. floating houses, pumps, elevated ground level), are often built and managed by small communities or individuals, as shown in examples provided by Mees et al (2014) and by Baron and Petersen (2015).…”

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Local authorities and the engagement of private actors in climate change adaptation

Klein

Juhola

Landauer

2016

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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The local level and private actors play an important role in the implementation of climate change adaptation. The engagement of the private sector and citizens has received increasing attention in recent years. Local authorities' choice of policy instruments, the distribution of responsibilities, and the benefits of adaptation as a public or a private good have a bearing on the involvement of private actors. Based on interviews and documents from Copenhagen and Helsinki, we analyse how public authorities' choices, to whom and how they shift responsibilities, can foster transformational, participatory or market-oriented elements of adaptation. The results indicate that local authorities play a dominant role in providing adaptation. Public authorities steer where the private sector and citizens are expected to take responsibilities. This mix of top-down steering, market mechanisms and citizen involvement might reduce the advantages that a shift of responsibilities towards private actors could provide for the handling of climate change adaptation.

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Local authorities and the engagement of private actors in climate change adaptation

Klein

Juhola

Landauer

2016

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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“…Shaw et al (: 461) have found that ‘addressing climate change in a participatory way, with credible but easily accessible visuals, and at a scale that matters to people, may be critical in building capacity for climate change action’. Baron and Petersen () argue that a lack of residents' concern for local flood risks can be explained by people's experiences with and connections to their local landscape, while Buys et al (), in their study on conceptualizing climate change in the context of rural Australia, found it to be more fruitful to speak of ‘weather variability’ than of ‘climate change’ (Glaas et al , reached similar findings). Taylor et al (), in a UK context, have found that a moderate amount of fear may also help in mobilizing the public, if this is coupled with a clear scope of action.…”

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The Roles of Residents in Climate Adaptation: A systematic review in the case of the Netherlands

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Climate adaptation literature has hitherto devoted limited attention to the roles of residents. Yet their role is crucial in addressing non‐ or maladaptation, as their initiative or consent is often necessary to take adaptation measures in or around the house. To address this knowledge gap, this paper explores mainstream and additional roles for residents through a literature review. Mainstream roles are those roles that residents usually take, while additional roles are more specific and local in nature. The latter may, however, provide the seeds for wider change. To structure the results, we made a distinction between three forms of residents' commitment to adaptation: as (1) citizens falling under the jurisdiction of various governmental levels; (2) consumers (including home owners) in the market; and (3) civil society members/partners. While this is an established categorization in other domains of environmental governance, it has not yet been systematically applied to the adaptation domain. The paper's empirical focus regarding mainstream and additional roles is on the Dutch adaptation domains of flood risk management, stormwater management and dealing with heat stress. We found scope for additional roles for residents, especially as consumers in the market and civil society members. The findings are of significance for the global debate on residents' roles in climate adaptation and suggest that addressing all three forms of commitment may enhance the implementation of measures as well as their legitimacy, residents' awareness and societies' potential to innovate. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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“…As mentioned in the introduction, several studies indicate that it can be beneficial if citizens are given an active and influential role in the preparation of climate change plans and projects (Macnaghten 2003, Brace and Geoghegan 2011, Baron and Petersen 2015. In this way they are more likely to develop ownership of the projects as well as a general concern and interest in climate issues.…”

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“…Therefore, cooperation between private homeowners and public organizations is often a central part of urban adaptation planning. Furthermore, studies suggest that it may be a benefit in itself if citizens are directly involved in climate change related work or can see the connection between climate change and their everyday life (Macnaghten 2003, Brace and Geoghegan 2011, Baron and Petersen 2015. Involvement makes the climate issue more visible and in turn may make citizens more engaged, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation.…”

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“…Conversely, studies suggest that in cases where full responsibility has been taken by public authorities, engagement on the part of citizens may diminish. For instance, flood risk can gradually disappear from the minds of residents, also where climate change might be expected to increase this risk and concern among residents about climate change and their interest in taking personal measures diminish (Baron and Petersen 2015).…”

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Understanding Controversies in Urban Climate Change Adaptation. A case study of the role of homeowners in the process of climate change adaptation in Copenhagen

Baron

Petersen

2016

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<div><p>This article explores the controversies that exist in urban climate change adaptation and how these controversies influence the role of homeowners in urban adaptation planning. A concrete ‘Sustainable Urban Drainages System’ (SUDS) project in a housing cooperative in Copenhagen has been used as a case study, thereby investigating multiple understandings of urban climate change adaptation. Several different perspectives are identified with regard to what are and what will become the main climate problems in the urban environment as well as what are considered to be the best responses to these problems. Building on the actor-network inspired theory of ‘urban green assemblages’ we argue that at least three different assemblages can be identified in urban climate change adaptation. Each assemblage constitutes and connects problems and responses differently and thereby involve homeowners in different ways. As climate change is a problem of unknown character and outcome in the future, we argue that it can be problematic if one way of constituting urban climate change adaptation becomes dominant, in which case some climate problems and adaptation options may become less influential, even though the enrolment of these could contribute to a more resilient city. Furthermore, the case study from Copenhagen also shows that the influence and involvement of homeowners might be reduced if the conception of future climate problems becomes too restricted. The result would be that the potential benefits of involving urban citizens in defining and responding to problems related to climate change would be lost.</p><div> </div></div>

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Climate change or variable weather: rethinking Danish homeowners’ perceptions of floods and climate

Cited by 17 publications

References 20 publications

Local authorities and the engagement of private actors in climate change adaptation

Local authorities and the engagement of private actors in climate change adaptation

The Roles of Residents in Climate Adaptation: A systematic review in the case of the Netherlands

Understanding Controversies in Urban Climate Change Adaptation. A case study of the role of homeowners in the process of climate change adaptation in Copenhagen

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