Does Adaptive Management of Natural Resources Enhance Resilience to Climate Change?

Tompkins, Emma L.; Adger, W. Neil

doi:10.5751/es-00667-090210

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“…Hence, local government has been argued to be the most salient political actor when responding to the locally specific manifestations of climate impacts, such as sea level rise or heat waves affecting any given community (Crabbé and Robin 2006). For example, out of five adaptation strategies reviewed by Tompkins and Adger (2004), some form of planning is central to three, namely urban planning to avoid the impacts of climate related hazards such as floods and heat stress, planning for demographic and consumption transition, and planning for ecosystem conservation.…”

Section: The Role Of Australian Local Government In Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Community-based environmental planning (CBEP) presents a much more nuanced set of challenges affecting planning at the local and regional scale (Measham and Lane 2010). This field has long had a focus on 'place-based' environmental management, focusing attention on the unique suite of characteristics that constitute a problem context for planning, in a similar way to that proposed by Turner et al (2003). A number of advantages and disadvantages of this type of planning have been recognized, and are relevant to current debates on climate adaptation.…”

Section: Lessons For Local Adaptation From Community-based Environmenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adapting to climate change through local municipal planning: barriers and challenges

Measham

Preston

Smith

et al. 2011

Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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Municipal planning represents a key avenue for local adaptation, but is subject to recognised constraints. To date, these constraints have focused on simplistic factors such as limited resources and lack of information. In this paper we argue that this focus has obscured a wider set of constraints which need to be acknowledged and addressed if adaptation is likely to advance through municipal planning. Although these recognised constraints are relevant, we argue that what underpins these issues are more fundamental challenges affecting local, placed-based planning by drawing on the related field of community-based environmental planning (CBEP). In considering a wider set of constraints to practical attempts towards adaptation, the paper considers planning based on a case study of three municipalities in Sydney, Australia in 2008. The results demonstrate that climate adaptation was widely accepted as an important issue for planning conducted by local governments. However, it was yet to be embedded in planning practice which retained a strong mitigation bias in relation to climate change. In considering the case study, we draw attention to factors thus far under-acknowledged in the climate adaptation literature. These include leadership, institutional context and competing planning agendas. These factors can serve as constraints or enabling mechanisms for achieving climate adaptation depending upon how they are exploited in any given situation. The paper concludes that, through Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change (2011) 16:889-909

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Section: The Role Of Australian Local Government In Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Lessons For Local Adaptation From Community-based Environmenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adapting to climate change through local municipal planning: barriers and challenges

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Smith

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Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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“…In order to achieve integrated watershed management in the long-term, management needs to account for and be adaptable to climatic variability and weather extremes (Brooks et al 2013). This is particularly important for developing nations and regions that are already struggling to manage water resources, as they are most vulnerable to climate change (Vörösmarty et al 2000;Tompkins and Adger 2004;Khedum and Singh 2014;Singh et al 2014). Developing long-term management strategies based on past climatic conditions is not sufficient (Milly et al 2008) and will undoubtedly result in social, economic, and environmental losses due to unsuitable management strategies that could potentially lead to conflicts over water resources (Bakker 2012;Khedum and Singh 2014).…”

Section: Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated watershed management: evolution, development and emerging trends

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Watershed management is an ever-evolving practice involving the management of land, water, biota, and other resources in a defined area for ecological, social, and economic purposes. In this paper, we explore the following questions: How has watershed management evolved? What new tools are available and how can they be integrated into sustainable watershed management? To address these questions, we discuss the process of developing integrated watershed management strategies for sustainable management through the incorporation of adaptive management techniques and traditional ecological knowledge. We address the numerous benefits from integration across disciplines and jurisdictional boundaries, as well as the incorporation of technological advancements, such as remote sensing, GIS, big data, and multi-level social-ecological systems analysis, into watershed management strategies. We use three case studies from China, Europe, and Canada to review the success and failure of integrated watershed management in addressing different ecological, social, and economic dilemmas in geographically diverse locations. Although progress has been made in watershed management strategies, there are still numerous issues impeding successful management outcomes; many of which can be remedied through holistic management approaches, incorporation of cutting-edge science and technology, and cross-jurisdictional coordination. We conclude by highlighting that future watershed management will need to account for climate change impacts by employing technological advancements and holistic, cross-disciplinary approaches to ensure watersheds continue to serve their ecological, social, and economic functions. We present three case studies in this paper as a valuable resource for scientists, resource managers, government agencies, and other stakeholders aiming to improve integrated watershed management strategies and more efficiently and successfully achieve ecological and socio-economic management objectives.

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“…Building resilience into both human and ecological systems through the use of adaptive management systems has been recently developed as a way to cope with rapid environmental changes caused by global warming (Tompkins & Adger, 2004). It is logical that, to mitigate the global warming, either the production of CO 2 emissions should be reduced and/or effective CO 2 sequestration methods should be implemented.…”

Section: Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%