Characteristics of Transformational Adaptation in Climate-Land-Society Interactions
Countries across the world aspire towards climate resilient sustainable development. The interacting processes of climate change, land change, and unprecedented social and technological change pose significant obstacles to these aspirations. The pace, intensity, and scale of these sizeable risks and...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ecb7cbd4b6364cd9a887b7e2cd2731f1 2023-05-15T16:20:43+02:00 Characteristics of Transformational Adaptation in Climate-Land-Society Interactions Koko Warner Zinta Zommers Anita Wreford Margot Hurlbert David Viner Jill Scantlan Kenna Halsey Kevin Halsey Chet Tamang 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020356 https://doaj.org/article/ecb7cbd4b6364cd9a887b7e2cd2731f1 EN eng MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/2/356 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050 2071-1050 doi:10.3390/su11020356 https://doaj.org/article/ecb7cbd4b6364cd9a887b7e2cd2731f1 Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 2, p 356 (2019) climate change transformational adaptation development risk climate-land-society interactions urban flooding ecosystem service financial services glacier permafrost thaw managed retreat Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020356 2022-12-31T15:21:16Z Countries across the world aspire towards climate resilient sustainable development. The interacting processes of climate change, land change, and unprecedented social and technological change pose significant obstacles to these aspirations. The pace, intensity, and scale of these sizeable risks and vulnerabilities affect the central issues in sustainable development: how and where people live and work, access to essential resources and ecosystem services needed to sustain people in given locations, and the social and economic means to improve human wellbeing in the face of disruptions. This paper addresses the question: What are the characteristics of transformational adaptation and development in the context of profound changes in land and climate? To explore this question, this paper contains four case studies: managing storm water runoff related to the conversion of rural land to urban land in Indonesia; using a basket of interventions to manage social impacts of flooding in Nepal; combining a national glacier protection law with water rights management in Argentina; and community-based relocation in response to permafrost thaw and coastal erosion in Alaska. These case studies contribute to understanding characteristics of adaptation which is commensurate to sizeable risks and vulnerabilities to society in changing climate and land systems. Transformational adaptation is often perceived as a major large-scale intervention. In practice, the case studies in this article reveal that transformational adaptation is more likely to involve a bundle of adaptation interventions that are aimed at flexibly adjusting to change rather than reinforcing the status quo in ways of doing things. As a global mosaic, transformational change at a grand scale will occur through an inestimable number of smaller steps to adjust the central elements of human systems proportionate to the changes in climate and land systems. Understanding the characteristics of transformational adaptation will be essential to design and implement ... Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier permafrost Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Argentina Sustainability 11 2 356 |
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Countries across the world aspire towards climate resilient sustainable development. The interacting processes of climate change, land change, and unprecedented social and technological change pose significant obstacles to these aspirations. The pace, intensity, and scale of these sizeable risks and vulnerabilities affect the central issues in sustainable development: how and where people live and work, access to essential resources and ecosystem services needed to sustain people in given locations, and the social and economic means to improve human wellbeing in the face of disruptions. This paper addresses the question: What are the characteristics of transformational adaptation and development in the context of profound changes in land and climate? To explore this question, this paper contains four case studies: managing storm water runoff related to the conversion of rural land to urban land in Indonesia; using a basket of interventions to manage social impacts of flooding in Nepal; combining a national glacier protection law with water rights management in Argentina; and community-based relocation in response to permafrost thaw and coastal erosion in Alaska. These case studies contribute to understanding characteristics of adaptation which is commensurate to sizeable risks and vulnerabilities to society in changing climate and land systems. Transformational adaptation is often perceived as a major large-scale intervention. In practice, the case studies in this article reveal that transformational adaptation is more likely to involve a bundle of adaptation interventions that are aimed at flexibly adjusting to change rather than reinforcing the status quo in ways of doing things. As a global mosaic, transformational change at a grand scale will occur through an inestimable number of smaller steps to adjust the central elements of human systems proportionate to the changes in climate and land systems. Understanding the characteristics of transformational adaptation will be essential to design and implement ... |
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Characteristics of Transformational Adaptation in Climate-Land-Society Interactions |
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