Just adaptation? Generating new vulnerabilities and shaping adaptive capacities through the politics of climate-related resettlement in a Philippine coastal city

See, Justin; Wilmsen, Brooke

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102188

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“…In this paper, we expand upon this line of reasoning by arguing the existing literature on just adaptation is overly reliant on the concepts of distributive and procedural justice (see for example, Adger et al 2016;See and Wilmsen 2020). We argue for greater attention to be paid to pre-existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth, political power and climate risks (Mikulewicz 2018) and the issues of cultural, social and political recognition (Fraser 2009;Schlosberg 2012).…”

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A multidimensional framework for assessing adaptative justice: a case study of a small island community in the Philippines

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Wilmsen

2022

Climatic Change

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Island communities are the targets for a wide range of interventions designed to help them adapt to climate change. A growing body of research explores the equity and justice implications of adaptation policies and programmes, revealing they often exacerbate, rather than alleviate, inequality within at-risk communities. This paper pushes beyond existing understandings of climate justice, which prioritise its distributive and procedural aspects. Through household surveys, interviews and participant observation, the paper presents a case study of a major adaptation project in a small island community in the Philippines, paying particular attention to its equity implications at the local level. It describes how local politics and power relations distorted the well-intentioned aims of the project and resulted in the project exacerbating, rather than alleviating, pre-existing inequality. Climate change adaptation is a deeply political process that is easily subverted by the interests of the powerful. To mitigate the influence of power and politics in future climate adaptation projects, we present an expanded multidimensional framework for assessing adaptative justice that incorporates the neglected aspects of recognition and structure.

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A multidimensional framework for assessing adaptative justice: a case study of a small island community in the Philippines

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Wilmsen

2022

Climatic Change

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“…For example, in the Netherlands and New Zealand, retreat to enable river floodplain restoration was signaled well ahead of project implementation in anticipation of the effects of climate change (5, 10), which gave time (25 and 10 years, respectively) for eventual removal of houses and purchase of at-risk properties on a voluntary basis. This contrasts with instances where retreat has been triggered after damaging climate events (e.g., after hurricanes Sandy in New York and Katrina in New Orleans (4,10); where protection proved ineffective and retreat was forced, creating additional community stress and costs [e.g., after a storm and mudslide in New Zealand (11)]; or where forced retreat to a flood-safe area was unsustainable because work was unavailable in the new location [e.g., in the Philippines (12)]. In the Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea, resettlement of island populations created negative outcomes owing to a lack of economic opportunities in the relocation areas, land tenure conflicts with established populations, and disruptions to local communities that were not planned for (13).…”

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Pathways to coastal retreat

Haasnoot

Lawrence

Magnan

2021

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“…Finally and importantly, coastal adaptation raises equity concerns, and requires ensuring that responses do not further marginalize the most vulnerable populations, especially in fastgrowing cities in developing countries (See and Wilmsen, 2020) and also in areas with large existing wealth and resource gaps, and do not trigger or aggravate social conflicts (McGinlay et al, 2021). Efforts to promote climate resilience should be undertaken alongside sustainable, just, and equitable development.…”

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Designing Coastal Adaptation Strategies to Tackle Sea Level Rise

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Rey‐Valette

Chaumillon

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Front. Mar. Sci.

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Faced with sea level rise and the intensification of extreme events, human populations living on the coasts are developing responses to address local situations. A synthesis of the literature on responses to coastal adaptation allows us to highlight different adaptation strategies. Here, we analyze these strategies according to the complexity of their implementation, both institutionally and technically. First, we distinguish two opposing paradigms – fighting against rising sea levels or adapting to new climatic conditions; and second, we observe the level of integrated management of the strategies. This typology allows a distinction between four archetypes with the most commonly associated governance modalities for each. We then underline the need for hybrid approaches and adaptation trajectories over time to take into account local socio-cultural, geographical, and climatic conditions as well as to integrate stakeholders in the design and implementation of responses. We show that dynamic and participatory policies can foster collective learning processes and enable the evolution of social values and behaviors. Finally, adaptation policies rely on knowledge and participatory engagement, multi-scalar governance, policy monitoring, and territorial solidarity. These conditions are especially relevant for densely populated areas that will be confronted with sea level rise, thus for coastal cities in particular.

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Just adaptation? Generating new vulnerabilities and shaping adaptive capacities through the politics of climate-related resettlement in a Philippine coastal city

Cited by 40 publications

References 68 publications

A multidimensional framework for assessing adaptative justice: a case study of a small island community in the Philippines

A multidimensional framework for assessing adaptative justice: a case study of a small island community in the Philippines

Pathways to coastal retreat

Designing Coastal Adaptation Strategies to Tackle Sea Level Rise

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