A typology of household-level adaptation to coastal flooding and its spatio-temporal patterns

Koerth, Jana; Vafeidis, Athanasios T.; Carretero, Silvina Claudia; Sterr, Horst; Hinkel, Jochen

doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-466

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“…Behavioural responses include actions such as: people making changes to their homes and land to protect them from floods, fires, and heat; 63 moving property out of hazard zones; and in some cases relocating or migrating from hazards. 71,72 At the farm scale, behavioural responses include adoption of crops and livestock that are adapted to drought, pests, and encroaching salinity. [73][74][75][76][77] Individuals shift to other economic and livelihood activities, abandoning fishing for farming, 78 or change food consumption practices to cope with environmental risks.…”

Section: Who Is Responding?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping evidence of human adaptation to climate change

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Lesnikowski

et al. 2021

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We present the first systematic, global stocktake of the academic literature on human adaptation. We screen 48,316 documents and identify 1,682 articles that present empirical research documenting human efforts to reduce risk from climate change and associated hazards. Coding and synthesizing this literature highlights that the overall extent of adaptation across global regions and sectors is low. Adaptations are largely local and incremental rather than transformative. Behavioural adjustments by individuals and households are more prevalent than any other type of response, largely motivated by drought and precipitation variability. Local governments and civil society are engaging in risk reduction across all sectors and regions, particularly in response to flooding. Urban technological and infrastructural adaptations to flood risk are prevalent in Europe, while shifts in farming practices dominate reporting from Africa and Asia. Despite increasing evidence of adaptation responses, evidence that these responses are reducing risks (observed and projected) remains limited.

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Section: Who Is Responding?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping evidence of human adaptation to climate change

Berrang‐Ford

Siders

Lesnikowski

et al. 2021

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“…Owners of private properties, both companies and citizens, are responsible for the implementation and financing of adequate protection measures up to a water level of 10 cm above ground. This distribution of responsibilities is also governed by legal regulations (Koerth et al, 2014):…”

Section: Storm Water Management -Copenhagenmentioning

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Local authorities and the engagement of private actors in climate change adaptation

Klein

Juhola

Landauer

2016

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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The local level and private actors play an important role in the implementation of climate change adaptation. The engagement of the private sector and citizens has received increasing attention in recent years. Local authorities' choice of policy instruments, the distribution of responsibilities, and the benefits of adaptation as a public or a private good have a bearing on the involvement of private actors. Based on interviews and documents from Copenhagen and Helsinki, we analyse how public authorities' choices, to whom and how they shift responsibilities, can foster transformational, participatory or market-oriented elements of adaptation. The results indicate that local authorities play a dominant role in providing adaptation. Public authorities steer where the private sector and citizens are expected to take responsibilities. This mix of top-down steering, market mechanisms and citizen involvement might reduce the advantages that a shift of responsibilities towards private actors could provide for the handling of climate change adaptation.

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“…In the absence of positive coping appraisals, recognizing the threat of climate change is likely to lead people to focus their energy on managing their negative emotions by denying or avoiding the problem. But the more that people feel able to address the issue as individuals or collectively, the more likely they will be to feel a sense of hope (Koerth, Vafeidis, Hinkel, & Sterr, 2013) and overcome the denial and passivity that undermine effective response (Ojala, 2012;van Zomeren, Spears, & Leach, 2010).…”

Section: Key Takeaways: Impacts On Physical Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%