What drives public transit organizations in the United States to adapt to extreme weather events?

Miao, Qing; Welch, Eric W.; Zhang, Fengxiu; Sriraj, Pranee

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.07.093

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“…Specifically, our results show that recent extreme weather events serve as an important driver that accelerates a state's adaptation decision. This finding is consistent with the prevailing view and other empirical findings that extreme weather often raises the awareness of climate change and precipitates adaptive actions (Berrang-Ford et al, 2014;Massey et al, 2014;Miao et al, 2018). We also find that having a Republican governor or a lack of support for environmental regulations can pose obstacles to a state's adaptation decision.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

What affects government planning for climate change adaptation: Evidence from the U.S. states

Miao

2019

Env Pol Gov

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As climate change unfolds, formal planning for climate adaptation is emerging at all levels of governments. This paper examines the factors that lead U.S. state governments to develop comprehensive adaptation plans. Using an event history analysis, we find that a state is more likely to engage in adaptation planning we find that a state is more likely to engage in adaptation planning when it experienced more extreme weather events recently, has more economic activities in coastal regions, or when it has high levels of incomes and civic engagement. We also show that political ideology plays a critical role in subnational adaptation decision making. A state is less likely to pursue adaptation planning when it has a Republican governor or has a lack of preference for environmental legislations. In addition to the internal characteristics, our study further provides evidence of the external influence from other nearby adapting states through spatial policy diffusion. These findings shed light on the motivation for and obstacles to a state's adoption of adaptation policy and also provide implications for environmental federalism.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

What affects government planning for climate change adaptation: Evidence from the U.S. states

Miao

2019

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“…The perceived adaptive capacity was influenced by social identity (Frank et al 2011). These concepts were not always consistent, even if they correlated with objective adaptive capacity due to cognitive biases and heuristics (Miao et al 2018). These concepts showed that the perceived adaptive capacity was considered more important in coping with future climatic changes (Tomlinson & Rhiney 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Perceived climate change risks among other risks affecting private forest owners in a top-down decision-making process

Coșofreț

Bouriaud

2022

Central European Forestry Journal

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Forest management adaptation to climate change is a matter of forest type, disturbances regime, and forest owners’ behavior face the climate change issue. Knowing factors that determine people respond to climate change challenges is essential to explaining their perceptions of climate change adaptation. We have conducted astudy in North-Eastern Romania applying the Model of Private Proactive Adaptation to Climate Change. The aim was to identify private forest owners’ perceptions about climate change and forest management threats and constraints and to analyse what variables differentiate private forest owners’ adaptation behavior. The PFOs with higher education were aware of the forest regime regarding private management. They knew how to assess climate change risk, while those with secondary education were the only interest was obtaining wood. The PFOs’ risk experience played an important role in adaptation. The perceptions and beliefs of PFOs were strongly influenced by socio-economic status, and they believe in climate change effects on forests but not on theirs. Adaption has become less urgent because forest management problems blur climate change beliefs. Assuming that the Romanian PFOs’ perceptions and beliefs about climate change will follow the European trend, they will want to improve their knowledge about climate change impacts and adaptive measures. Therefore, aggregating the interested PFOs, creating suitable communication channels, and organizing trainings on forest management adaptation to climate change will be needed to prevent this need.

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“…As the presented research model focuses on shock-induced adaptative behaviour (Miao et al 2018), it analyses the sensemaking mechanisms underlying a risk-appraisal process based on environmental perceptions (Zhang, Welch, and Miao 2018). Hence, it is highly relevant to identify the factors impacting individual interpretations of external hazardous events.…”

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“…Third, the study contributes to the literature by focusing on politicians active in local governments and, as such, counterbalances the fact that many studies analysing the drivers of adaptation and capacity building within public organisations focused on regional and national organisations (e.g., Miao et al (2018)] on public transit organizations, and Zhang, Welch, and Miao (2018)] on transit agencies). As first-line responders, local governments are ultimately responsible for emergency response and the provision of critical support (French and Raymond 2009).…”

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Be prepared! Local politicians’ proclivity for local government adaptive capacity building in response to COVID-19: the role of risk perceptions

Desmidt

Meyfroodt

2023

Public Management Review

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What drives public transit organizations in the United States to adapt to extreme weather events?

Cited by 25 publications

References 46 publications

What affects government planning for climate change adaptation: Evidence from the U.S. states

What affects government planning for climate change adaptation: Evidence from the U.S. states

Perceived climate change risks among other risks affecting private forest owners in a top-down decision-making process

Be prepared! Local politicians’ proclivity for local government adaptive capacity building in response to COVID-19: the role of risk perceptions

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