Coping with climate change: The role of spatial decision support tools in facilitating community adaptation

Lieske, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.02.005

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“…All actors and sectors have to adapt to and mitigate the negative impacts of climate change [1,5]. However, climate actions are fraught with complexities and uncertainties [6] which has led to the emergence of decision support tools (DST) in the fields of environmental management [7], disaster risk reduction [8][9][10] and impact assessment [7,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. These tools use a transdisciplinary approach that fosters collaboration between scientists, practitioners and local communities in order to address climate change.…”

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Climate Change Adaptation Tools at the Community Level: An Integrated Literature Review

2018

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The negative impacts of climate change are experienced at the global, regional and local levels. However, rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa face additional socio-political, cultural and economic challenges in addition to climate change. Decision support tools have been developed and applied to assist rural communities to cope with and adapt to climate change. However, poorly planned participatory processes and the lack of context-specific approaches in these tools are obstacles when aiming at strengthening the resilience of these rural communities. This paper uses an integrated literature review to identify best practices for involving rural communities in climate change adaptation efforts through the application of context-specific and culturally-sensitive climate change adaptation tools. These best practices include the use of a livelihoods approach to engage communities; the explicit acknowledgement of the local cultural do's and don'ts; the recognition of local champions appointed from within the local community; the identification and prioritisation of vulnerable stakeholders; and the implementation of a two-way climate change risk communication instead of a one-sided information sharing approach.

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Climate Change Adaptation Tools at the Community Level: An Integrated Literature Review

2018

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“… 1 Alexander et al (); 2 Arciniegas, Janssen, and Omtzigt (); 3 Arciniegas and Janssen (); 4 Arciniegas, Janssen, and Rietveld (); 5 Battista and O’Brien (); 6 Canessa et al (); 7 Cravens (); 8 Depellegrin (); 9 Edwards and Evans (); 10 Ghaemi et al (); 11 González (); 12 Grêt‐Regamey et al (); 13 Jeong et al (); 14 Karnatak et al (); 15 Labiosa et al (); 16 Lathrop et al (); 17 Lieske (); 18 Mari et al (); 19 Merrifield et al (); 20 Parravicini et al (); 21 Rafiee et al (); 22 Segan et al (); 23 Simão et al (); 24 Stelzenmüller et al (); 25 Tuda et al (); 26 Wang and Zou (); 27 West (); 28 Wood and Dragicevic (); 29 Zimmer et al (). …”

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Advancements in web‐mapping tools for land use and marine spatial planning

González

Kelly

Rymszewicz

2019

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Land use and marine spatial planning processes are increasingly supported by systematic assessment techniques, particularly by multi‐criteria spatial analysis methods. This has been facilitated by the growing release and uptake of web‐mapping tools, which contribute to transparent, consistent, and informed planning processes and decisions. This article reviews the usability, functionality, and applicability of contemporary planning web‐mapping tools to identify the state‐of‐the‐art and future prospects. The review reveals that interfaces are increasingly available and intuitively applicable by non‐specialized users. Basic map navigation and data querying functionality is being expanded to incorporate advanced map‐making and online data geoprocessing capabilities that enable deriving new data and insights. However, the majority of published planning web tools are one‐off solutions, and a disconnect between research and practice is rendering many of these inaccessible or obsolete. Despite the significant progress made in advancing their provision in the last decade, there is a need for developing transferable interfaces that are maintained beyond project end dates, for them to effectively and consistently support planning processes.

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“…Eight of the articles dealt with flooding and coastal risks (e.g. flooding, storms and erosion) and their effect on infrastructure and land use [24,[36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. Two of the articles also considered other events such as heat wave, drought, wildfire and windstorm.…”

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Tools and Methods for Supporting Regional Decision-Making in Relation to Climate Risks

Hanski¹,

Keränen²,

Molarius³

2019

Climate Change and Global Warming

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Climate change has had a major impact on the Nordic region. For example, the mean temperature rise is expected to be 4-6°C by 2080. In Finland, the regional authorities are responsible for climate change adaptation. Some of the most vulnerable sectors include energy, tourism, transport and water supply. Currently, it appears that the authorities are not familiar with the tools for assessing climate risks and lack knowledge about the impact of climate change. In this paper, we provide a review of risk assessment methods and decision-making tools, focusing on adapting to climate change in a Finnish context. Our research method comprises a systematic qualitative literature review dealing with relevant journals, dissertations and deliverables of relevant EU projects since 2005.

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Coping with climate change: The role of spatial decision support tools in facilitating community adaptation

Cited by 23 publications

References 37 publications

Climate Change Adaptation Tools at the Community Level: An Integrated Literature Review

Climate Change Adaptation Tools at the Community Level: An Integrated Literature Review

Advancements in web‐mapping tools for land use and marine spatial planning

Tools and Methods for Supporting Regional Decision-Making in Relation to Climate Risks

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