Factors influencing hazard management by municipalities: The case of coastal communities

Lalancette, Annie; Charles, Anthony

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102451

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“…). These ndings are similar to what has been observed in other communities, with lack of nancial resources and political support two common factors inhibiting hazard adaptation(Dilling et al, 2017;Porter et al, 2015;Bulkeley, 2010;Lalancette and Charles, 2022). Response to the question "Which of the following 5 factors do you feel would help with planning and implementing adaptation and responses to hazards in your community?".…”

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Hazard experiences, concerns and responses in coastal municipalities and communities: insights from Nova Scotia, Canada

Heim,

Charles

2023

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The majority of the human population lives adjacent to coastal waters, where in recent years, climate change has both exasperated existing hazards and produced new hazards for coastal communities. Due to the key role municipalities play in addressing hazards faced by coastal communities, it is important to understand the relationship between the municipal level and the community level, in order that more can be done to alleviate community concerns over hazards. This study incorporates a hazard survey conducted across 21 coastal communities in Nova Scotia, Canada. For each community, municipal documents (by-laws/policies/plans) were compared with community experiences obtained in the survey. While municipal documents play a key role in how a community responds to a hazard, our study shows that municipal by-laws/policies do not always re ect the concerns of coastal communities. This may explain why communities have a high degree of concern regarding speci c hazards. Municipalities are typically aware of, and have plans to, address hazards of concern to coastal communities, but turning these plans into reality is di cult due to nancial constraints and lack of political support. The results discussed in this paper have broad applicability, as many of the hazards and community circumstances observed here are shared by coastal communities across the globe.

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Hazard experiences, concerns and responses in coastal municipalities and communities: insights from Nova Scotia, Canada

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Charles

2023

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“…Despite increasing evidence and predictions of severe climate impacts on coastal communities, adaptation pathways remain unclear (Himes-Cornell et al, 2018;Miller et al, 2018;Pershing et al, 2018). Initiatives for resilience in coastal communities often focus on a subset of climate-driven hazards or exclude climate change altogether (Almutairi et al, 2020;Lalancette and Charles, 2022). Research increasingly points to the necessity of bridging local knowledge and value systems with climate science and attribution as critical for developing adaptive capacity that is appropriately contextualized and thereby sustainable (Brown et al, 2019;Gianelli et al, 2021;Lau et al, 2021).…”

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