Disrupting the imaginaries of urban action to deliver just adaptation

Castán Broto, Vanesa; Olazabal, Marta; Ziervogel, Gina

doi:10.5334/bc.456

Buildings and Cities

2024

DOI: 10.5334/bc.456

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Disrupting the imaginaries of urban action to deliver just adaptation

Vanesa Castán Broto,

Marta Olazabal,

Gina Ziervogel

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A relational turn in climate change adaptation: Evidence from urban nature-based solutions

Goodwin,

Olazabal,

Castro

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The emergence of nature-based solutions (NbS) in science, policy, and practice signals a paradigmatic shift in urban climate change adaptation, yet empirical investigations into its impact on adaptation definitions and progress tracking remain scarce. Addressing this gap, we conducted thematic analysis on semi-structured interviews (n = 15) with practitioners responsible for implementing and evaluating urban NbS in different countries. We provide a nuanced understanding of urban adaptation goals within urban NbS according to the insights from these practitioners, extending beyond hazard mitigation and towards cultivating and strengthening relationships between humans and nature. Tracking adaptation progress towards such relational adaptation goals requires acknowledging knowledge pluralism and the diversity of human–nature relations. We propose an alternative definition of adaptation supported by our data that aims to foster a more holistic approach to urban climate adaptation that accounts for the potential benefits of urban NbS across interconnected climate, biodiversity, and social goals.

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A relational turn in climate change adaptation: Evidence from urban nature-based solutions

Goodwin,

Olazabal,

Castro

et al. 2024

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Researching Climate through Design

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2024

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This paper explores how design can be used as a process of enquiry in climate research in collaboration with climate scientists. The research discusses the value of design in navigating the complexities of transdisciplinary climate research by engaging with the mess and researching everyday climate actions.The ordinary can be described as the realm of social life where the repetition of daily cycles that we learn is eventually taken for granted. Climate actions that are situated in this ordinary are vital to delivering larger‐scale transformations and achieving carbon reductions. However, climate scientists across disciplines often overlook the importance of engaging with the messiness of such climate initiatives – such as understanding how ordinary climate initiatives emerge, impact a place, and move across contexts. As a result, academics and policymakers tend to focus on global and high‐tech responses to climate issues. However, by shifting our focus on the mundane, we can research and present situated perspectives of climate actions that are crucial to achieving carbon emission reductions and improving resilience to the impact of climate change at different scales.This paper presents theoretical grounding for design to be used as an integral part of ‘ordinary’ climate research.

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Disrupting the imaginaries of urban action to deliver just adaptation

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A relational turn in climate change adaptation: Evidence from urban nature-based solutions

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