A globally deployable strategy for co-development of adaptation preferences to sea-level rise: the public participation case of Santos, Brazil

Marengo, José A.; Nunes, Lucí Hidalgo; Souza, Célia Regina de Gouveia; Harari, Joseph; Muller‐Karger, Frank E.; Greco, Roberto; Hosokawa, Eduardo Kimoto; Tabuchi, Ernesto K.; Merrill, Samuel B.; Reynolds, Catherine J.; Pelling, Mark; Alves, Lincoln M.; Aragão, Luiz E. O. C.; Chou, Sin Chan; Moreira, F.; Paterson, Shona; Lockman, J. T.; Gray, Alexander G.

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“…Some experts (e.g. Marengo et al, 2017) suggest co-development of adaptation strategies to deal with future consequences of sea level rise, which emphasises deliberative process involving stakeholders. Torabi, et al (2018) suggest that agents who are involved in urban developments are key holders as they are able to influence institutions and urban physical systems.…”

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“…Is the combination of accommodating and floating tactics really the aspiration of communities to deal with the impact of climate change, particularly SLR? Some experts (e.g., Marengo et al, 2017) suggest the co-development of adaptation strategies to deal with future consequences of SLR, which emphasizes deliberative process involving stakeholders. Elnaz Torabi et al (2018) suggest that agents who are involved in urban developments are key stakeholders, as they are able to influence institutions and urban physical systems.…”

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Extending Urban Development on Water: Jakarta Case Study

Setiadi

Baumeister

Burton

et al. 2020

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

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This article introduces the concept of ‘Sea Cities’ to emphasize a range of tactics to acknowledge the relationship between the sea and cities. This concept is critical for the possibility of integrating future aquatic-based urbanism to address climate change, and in particular, the issue of rising sea levels, which is currently faced by the majority of coastal cities. We compare and assess the tactics of four sea cities (i.e., to fortify, accommodate, release, and floating) against the case study of Jakarta. Jakarta is deemed to be among the metropolitan cities most vulnerable to sea level rise, owing to overpopulation alongside the fact that its land is sinking rapidly due to massive urban development. In order to understand the prospects and pitfalls of each tactic for Jakarta, we analyse scholarly literature on the subject, official government reports and documents, as well as policy briefs released by governments at the national level. This study finds that massive hard structural solutions are not only insufficient but also ineffective towards solving the challenges of climate change in Jakarta, especially the rising sea level. At the same time, it also identifies that while the combination of accommodating and floating tactics has never been considered as future a planning option, this could enable more resilient and adaptive solutions for the future development trajectory of Jakarta. In doing so, it could also provide important transferrable lessons for other coastal cities, especially those within developing countries.

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Extending Urban Development on Water: Jakarta Case Study

Setiadi

Baumeister

Burton

et al. 2020

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

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“…As the second most popular strategy, accommodation is a preferred choice for adaptation by the community, politicians, and local experts (Douglas et al 2012;Harwitasari and Van Ast 2011;Jamero et al 2017;Lewis 1990;Marengo et al 2017;Sahin et al 2013;Saroar and Routray 2010). One of the benefits of accommodation strategies is that they can easily be combined and integrated with other strategies, such as protection and retreat (Bray et al 1997).…”

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“…Migration is a very complicated task as most communities prefer not to leave and are concerned about losing their social capital and cultural values (Donner and Webber 2014;Douglas et al 2012;Marengo et al 2017). Jamero et al (2017) suggest that the attachment of a community to a place (closely linked to sense of pride and belonging to a community) is the most powerful contributor to a final decision regarding migration.…”

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When the tide gets high: a review of adaptive responses to sea level rise and coastal flooding

Dedekorkut-Howes

Torabi

Howes

2020

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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When the tide gets high: A review of adaptive responses to sea level rise and coastal floodingClimate change poses significant challenges to coastal cities. Local governments around the world are using various strategies to address sea level rise and coastal flooding.Most of these responses are reactive, developed in an ad hoc manner following a specific event, but there is an increasing recognition of the need for more comprehensive and proactive approaches. Research into the topic reflects practice, with numerous studies of particular locations or strategies providing information in a piecemeal manner lacking in comprehensive evaluations. This paper addresses this gap through a systematic literature review that identifies coastal flooding and sea level rise adaptation practices and evaluates their comparative advantages and disadvantages. The findings identify a major knowledge gap in comparative costs and benefits of alternative adaptation strategies and indicate that coastal climate adaptation needs to be tailored to local characteristics and use a combination of different structural and nonstructural measures to be effective.

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“…Different SLR curves and estimates of extreme flood heights and the time horizon for evaluating impacts at each location were selected by each of the communities as provided by local authorities and regional studies [9] [10] [22]. The observed sea level is a composite of tide and surge, the former being due to astronomical effects and the latter due to meteorological influence.…”

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An Integrated Framework to Analyze Local Decision Making and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Coastal Regions in Selsey (UK), Broward County (USA), and Santos (Brazil)

Marengo¹,

Muller‐Karger²,

Pelling³

et al. 2017

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One of the clear signals of the ongoing climate change is sea level rise (SLR). Normal oceanic tides superimposed on a rising sea level and coastal flooding will affect many coastal communities. An international collaboration among Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States was designed to evaluate local decision making processes and to open space for local urban managers to reflect on possible actions toward adaption to sea level rise given the historical constraints imposed by administrative and institutional structures. This project focused on the processes that shape adaptation of three coastal communities in three countries. It worked jointly with these communities in defining the problem, examining risks, and understanding the benefits and obstacles that may hinder implementation of adaptation options. The framework was co-designed by an interdisciplinary team that incorporated social and natural scientists from the three countries, including local government How to cite this paper: Marengo, J., Muller-Karger, F., Pelling, M., Reynolds, C.J., Merrill, S.B., Nunes, L.H., Paterson, S., Gray, A.J., Lockman, J.T., Kartez, J., Moreira, F.A., Greco, R., Harari, J., Souza, C.R.G., Alves, L.M., Hosokawa, E.K. and Tabuchi, E.K. 404officials. The study addressed 1) evaluation of adaptive capacity through participant surveys and 2) physical and cost impact simulations using geospatial models of the built infrastructure and implementation of adaptation options under different hazard scenarios, including 50 and 100-year sea level rise projections and severe storms. Based on the surveys' results, there is a clear sense of the awareness of each community of the risk of floods due to intense storms, and of the usefulness of engaging early in a process that promotes the understanding of risks, impacts, and costs. A majority of workshop participants prioritized pursuing physical and green infrastructure actions now or within coming years or decades. A positive common aspect of the three sites was the commitment shown by the stakeholders in taking part in the process and evaluating which adaptation measures could be more effective in their cities. While in the US and UK structural solutions and voluntary buyouts were prioritized for the future, Brazil prioritized structural solutions and ecosystems restoration and not voluntary buyouts. All of these are choices to increase resiliency against sea level rise that have a high benefit-cost ratio. The Adaptive Capacity Index (ACI) results illustrate barriers to adaptation action, including technical, economic and political issues that reveal inequalities in adaptive capacity among case studies.

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A globally deployable strategy for co-development of adaptation preferences to sea-level rise: the public participation case of Santos, Brazil

Cited by 20 publications

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Extending Urban Development on Water: Jakarta Case Study

Extending Urban Development on Water: Jakarta Case Study

When the tide gets high: a review of adaptive responses to sea level rise and coastal flooding

An Integrated Framework to Analyze Local Decision Making and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Coastal Regions in Selsey (UK), Broward County (USA), and Santos (Brazil)

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