Adaptation to climate change in coastal towns of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants

Doust, Ken; Wejs, Anja; Zhang, Ting Ting; Swan, Andrew; Sultana, Nahid; Braneon, Christian; Luetz, Johannes M.; Casset, Laura; Fatorić, Sandra

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105790

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“…The examination of community risk perception about climate change is mostly linked to the urgency of bottom-up adaptation, especially in developing countries, where the institutional arrangement and resources to support adaptation is not reliable (Doust et al, 2021). Awareness and adequate perception to risks is one of prerequisites so that bottom-up adaptation may flourish.…”

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“…While the former focuses on the ability of a group of individual to see, feel, detect, or become aware of climate change related hazards such as increased temperature, sea level rise, and extreme weather and then construct their sense into a risk level opinion, the later emphasizes the impact of these climate change hazards on everyday life such as how they settle, work, and play. Doust et al (2021) argue that challenges faced in regions are different, but there are common attributes playing substantial roles which are their communities, government, collective resourcefulness, and means to respond and adapt. Figure 1 shows a systematic categorization of climate change risk perception and its relation to the wider system of climate change adaptation particularly in the small islands context of developing countries, which are often associated with the lack of resources and government support.…”

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“…These make it more difficult for small islands to develop their adaptive capacity (Bambrick, 2018;. Doust et al (2021) raised a concern that a great number of small coastal cities particularly in small islands are not able to adequately adapt to climate change. Furthermore, unsustainable extraction of natural resources in small islands that causes environmental damage, economic dependence, and declining health could reduce resilience, undermine the adaptive capacity of island ecosystems, and exacerbate the vulnerability of small islands to climate change and its impacts (Bambrick, 2018;Hiwasaki et al, 2015;Maharaj et al, 2019).…”

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Risk Perception of Small Islands Community on Climate Change: Evidence From Mepar and Baran Islands, Indonesia

Tezar,

Setiadi

2023

Island Studies Journal

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This study explores climate risk perception of communities in two small islands, Mepar and Baran, located in Lingga Regency, Riau Islands Province to fill in the lack of knowledge regarding the topic in Indonesia and to support island bottom-up climate change adaptation planning. This study uses proportional random sampling and a questionnaire survey of 165 households to collect data related to demography, level of knowledge, level of risk perception, and adaptation actions taken by communities. We use descriptive statistics and employ discriminant analysis to determine factors influencing risk perception of these small islands’ communities. We identify two categories of risk perception in this study as a basis for analysis, namely risk perception on climate change hazards and climate change risk perception on community’s life. This study finds four factors that consistently influence both types of risk perception on climate change. These are the number of climate change indicators perceived, age, and the experience on extreme weather both at sea and on the island. Other influencing factors which have a partial role include the duration of residence on the island, place of birth, education level, and trade relations. We then critically discuss the results within the complexity of small island development and bottom-up climate change adaptation.

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Risk Perception of Small Islands Community on Climate Change: Evidence From Mepar and Baran Islands, Indonesia

Tezar,

Setiadi

2023

Island Studies Journal

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“…Communities need coherent policy to support local and regional decision-making. Limited coordination between authorities and agencies further complicates governance challenges and limits the effective implementation of law and policy (Doust, Swan, Zhang, Sultana, Wajs, Braneon, Lütz., Casset & Fatorić, 2021). Due to the fact that multiple government bodies are often involved in the governance of a city, this can cause conflict and overlap, which in turn wastes valuable resources (Panday, 2006).…”

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Mainstreaming Internal Migration in Law and Policy Frameworks in Bangladesh: Analysis of a Rights-Based Approach to a Wicked Policy Problem

Alam

Endacott

2022

The Journal of Environment & Development

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Internal migration presents many challenges for governmental coordination due to the extensive and immediate action required to address this problem. However, it also poses opportunities regarding education, employment and living conditions, if the government creates pull factors to distribute migration away from primary to secondary cities. This process will require a rights-based approach, whereby the rights of internal migrants are mainstreamed in government planning to enable sustainable migration to Bangladesh’s secondary cities. In this paper, the current international human rights and internal migration laws will be analysed, alongside the domestic laws and policies relevant to internal migration in Bangladesh. In doing so, this paper will explore how government policy and action can employ a rights-based approach to incorporate internal migration within the government’s overarching development framework. A rights-based approach is necessary to effectively prepare for, and adapt to, the increase in internal migration in an equitable way.

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“…Coastal areas greatly contribute to socio-economic activities, concentrating approximately 40% of world's population, with forecasts indicating this percentage will continue to increase in the upcoming decades (Neumann et al, 2015). Sea-level rise, coastal flooding, erosion, storm surges or landslide, are some of the most relevant hazards affecting coastal areas (Oppenheimer et al, 2019;Doust et al, 2021). These coastal hazards and associated impacts have compounding consequences for both society and the economy.…”

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Systematic Review of Socio-Economic Assessments of Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas

Riera-Spiegelhalder¹,

Rodrigues²,

Enseñado³

et al. 2022

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Coastal areas are highly vulnerable to climate change hazards (e.g., sea-level rise, flooding, coastal erosion), which can lead to significant impacts at the ecosystem and societal level. Interest in Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is gaining importance due to its potential multiple benefits, including social and environmental aspects, when compared to more traditional approaches such as hard engineering interventions. When assessing EbA strategies, further understanding of the nature-society functions, processes, values, and benefits is needed to increase its application. This study contributes to a better knowledge of EbA by developing a systematic literature review of studies performing socio-economic assessments of climate change adaptation in coastal areas. The analysis of 54 publications revealed that most of the studies assessed adaptation solutions through cost-benefit analysis, followed by multi-criteria analysis, and other techniques. Hybrid adaptation strategies based on different combinations of hard, soft and EbA interventions were considered as potential optimal solutions in a significant part of the assessments. This study suggests the potential co-benefits of EbA in the form of ecosystem services, livelihood diversification or biodiversity conservation, but also stresses the need for further research on this topic, as well as on evaluating how EbA perform in the long-term under climate changing conditions scenarios.

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Adaptation to climate change in coastal towns of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Risk Perception of Small Islands Community on Climate Change: Evidence From Mepar and Baran Islands, Indonesia

Risk Perception of Small Islands Community on Climate Change: Evidence From Mepar and Baran Islands, Indonesia

Mainstreaming Internal Migration in Law and Policy Frameworks in Bangladesh: Analysis of a Rights-Based Approach to a Wicked Policy Problem

Systematic Review of Socio-Economic Assessments of Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas

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