Rescaling social dynamics in climate change: The implications of cumulative exposure, climate justice, and community resilience

Kim, Hyun; Marcouiller, David W.; Woosnam, Kyle M.

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.08.006

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“…While our study has pinpointed tentative ethical dilemmas concerning the identification and valuation of non-market costs and benefits, previous studies on social justice in climate adaptation have concluded that the integration of local knowledge and differing values into adaptation policy, planning and implementation can contribute to social justice and lead to a more just adaptive governance (Eriksen et al 2011;Nursey-Bray 2017). Although local proactive planning and policy measures may reduce losses due to disasters and enhance community resilience (Bennett 2018;Kim, Marcouiller, and Woosnam 2018), the engagement of civil society actors (Chu, Anguelovski, and Carmin 2016) and, in particular, women (Enarson 2013) remains challenging but necessary in order to enhance equitable planning processes and just adaptation outcomes. Together with previous studies, our analysis suggests that a random approach may risk injustice towards certain groups, while the systematic reflection upon, identification and valuation of non-market benefits has the potential to improve social and environmental justice.…”

Section: Identification and Valuation Of Non-market Effects Of Climatmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…These excerpts demonstrate that co-benefits are unsystematically and opportunistically seized upon during implementation, and are not the results of intentional planning as recommended by the literature on climate adaptation and social justice (e.g. Bennett 2018; Kim, Marcouiller, and Woosnam 2018).…”

Section: Non-market Environmental and Human Health Costs As Peripheramentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Also, Nursey-Bray (2017) argues that conflicts have transformative potential and can be incorporated into management in ways that harness their capacity to drive innovation and lead to more robust and just adaptive governance. Similarly, social capital and climate justice characteristics combined with local proactive planning and policy measures may reduce disaster losses and enhance community resilience (Bennett 2018;Kim, Marcouiller, and Woosnam 2018). Other findings suggest that the social justice aspects of climate adaptation need to not only engage the policy sector but also develop new social practices and encourage a broader cultural shift (Wamsler 2018), including the engagement of civil society actors (Chu, Anguelovski, and Carmin 2016), particularly women (Enarson 2013), to enhance equitable planning processes and just adaptation outcomes.…”

Section: Costs Benefits and Social Justice Of Climate Adaptation Meamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Project coordinators’ views on climate adaptation costs and benefits – justice implications

Asplund

Hjerpe

2020

Local Environment

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As local climate adaptation activity increases, so does the number of questions about costs, benefits, financing and the role that economic considerations play in adaptation-related decision-making and policy. Through five cases, covering a range of climate risks and types of adaptation measures, this paper critically examines Swedish project coordinators' perceptions of costs and benefits in already-implemented climate adaptation measures. Our study finds that project coordinators make use of different system boundarieson temporal, geographical and administrative scalesin their cost/benefit evaluations, making the practice of determining adaptation costs arbitrary and hard to compare. We further demonstrate that the project coordinators interpret costs and benefits in a manner that downplays the intangible environmental and social costs and benefits arising from the adaptation measures, despite their own experience of how such measures negatively impact upon social value. The exclusion of social and environmental costs and benefits has severe implications for justice, as it can bias decisions against people and ecosystems that are affected negatively. Based on the findings, we propose three tentative social justice dilemmas in local climate adaptation planning and implementation: 1. Cost and benefit distribution across scales; 2. The identification and valuation of nonmarket effects; and 3. The equitable allocation of costs and benefits.

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Section: Identification and Valuation Of Non-market Effects Of Climatmentioning

confidence: 76%

Section: Non-market Environmental and Human Health Costs As Peripheramentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Costs Benefits and Social Justice Of Climate Adaptation Meamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hjerpe

2020

Local Environment

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“…Thus, effective adaptation responses need to take a systematic approach that attempts to address the myriad of complex climate change risks concurrently with existing barriers to adaptation. Kim et al (2018) show that community social and ecological climate change risk characteristics were reduced by higher levels of social capital combined with local proactive planning and policy measures focused on systematic responses to cumulative exposure. The notion of an integrated and systematic response to stressors and shocks on socio-ecological systems and related economic activities is widely considered effective, whether or not these external stressors and shocks are related to climate change or not (Cinner and Barnes 2019;Fedele et al 2019;Hafezi et al 2018).…”

Section: Toward Improved Climate Change Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 95%

Adaptation to Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges from Zambia

Rawlins¹,

Kalaba

2021

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Context appropriate adaptation interventions and strategies that respond directly to localized climate change stressors, hazards, and vulnerabilities are critical for the sustainable development of countries like Zambia. This chapter examines both localized and systemic climate change risk pathways and barriers to adaptation action in Zambia.A three-staged methodology was applied, combining content analysis, focus group discussions, and expert interviews. Livelihood diversification was identified as the central adaptation option across Zambia, despite little empirical research detailing possible risks of diversification. The dominant adaptation discourse is focused specifically on diversifying within agriculture-based livelihoods. However, as all agricultural activities are impacted by climate change, diversification also needs to be explored in value-added or alternative sectors. With this, a weak policy framework and enabling environment are exacerbating cycles of poverty that underpin climate change vulnerability in Zambia. Moreover, maladaptation risks of existing diversification interventions are high as generic approaches often do not provide suitable options to complex and localized risk profiles.To implement a sustainable transition toward climate resilient and compatible development in Zambia, the authors recommend that a systematic livelihood diversification strategy should be rolled out and future research programs designed to support this. Specifically, this necessitates a system-wide analysis of pre-identified livelihood diversification pathways that can be adapted to different scenarios given the current and future climate uncertainties at local scales. The approach should focus on harnessing the positive feedback loops for systematic change to build resilience, while minimizing the dominant risk pathways and eliminating persistent barriers that enable positive feedback loops driving vulnerability to climate change. Thorough stakeholder engagement and incremental development of diversification options, incentives, penalties, and other governance and/or policy mechanisms will be needed to support these processes.

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“…The framework conceptualizes resilience across three core domains: resources and capacities, actions and learning [29]. Kim, et al explore climate justice and flood risk with specific reference to community resilience at the county-level, results suggest that community social and ecological characteristics were influenced by flood losses and that social capital and local proactive planning and policy measures lead to lower disaster losses and enhanced community resilience [30]. Ludin, et al made use of the Index of Perceived Community Resilience (IPCR) and Buckner’s Index of Cohesion (BIC) to survey 386 flood evacuees from six communities in Kelantan, Malaysia, and their results showed that the higher social cohesion and social resilience, the higher disaster resilience [31].…”

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The Mechanism of Social Organization Participation in Natural Hazards Emergency Relief: A Case Study Based on the Social Network Analysis

Chen

Zhang

Tadikamalla

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IJERPH

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The uncertainty and complexity of natural hazards put forward new requirements for emergency management systems. In order to deal with natural hazards effectively, it is important to build a cooperative network between government organizations and social organizations. The social network analysis method is adopted, the April 2013 Ya’an China earthquake is taken as a case study, the institutionalized emergency organization network before the disaster and the actual response organization network after the disaster are analyzed, and centrality, between centrality, closeness centrality and core-periphery are calculated. Through qualitative and quantitative research, the functions of social organization in the process of natural hazards emergency relief are revealed, the role orientation of social organization in the emergency management network is analyzed, and the influence factors of the social organization participation in the natural hazards relief is pointed out. Research results will help to promote the cooperation between social organization and government, and improve the efficiency of natural hazards emergency relief.

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Rescaling social dynamics in climate change: The implications of cumulative exposure, climate justice, and community resilience

Cited by 49 publications

References 73 publications

Project coordinators’ views on climate adaptation costs and benefits – justice implications

Project coordinators’ views on climate adaptation costs and benefits – justice implications

Adaptation to Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges from Zambia

The Mechanism of Social Organization Participation in Natural Hazards Emergency Relief: A Case Study Based on the Social Network Analysis

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