The Adaptive Challenge of Climate Change
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The Adaptive Challenge of Climate Change

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The Adaptive Challenge of Climate Change

About this book

This book presents a new perspective on adaptation to climate change. It considers climate change as more than a problem that can be addressed solely through technical expertise. Instead, it approaches climate change as an adaptive challenge that is fundamentally linked to beliefs, values and worldviews, as well as to power, politics, identities and interests. Drawing on case studies from high-income countries, the book argues that it is time to consider adaptation to climate change as a challenge of social, personal and political transformations. The authors represent a variety of fields and perspectives, illustrating the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to the problem. The book will be of interest to researchers, policymakers and advanced students in the environmental sciences, social sciences and humanities, as well as to decision makers and practitioners interested in new ideas about adapting to climate change.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. List of Figures
  8. Contributors
  9. Preface
  10. 1 Climate Change as an Adaptive Challenge
  11. 2 The Intangibles of Climate Change Adaptation: Philosophy, Ethics, and Values
  12. 3 Urban Climate Change Policy Transitions: Views from New York City and London
  13. 4 Planning for Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas
  14. 5 The Challenge of Governing Adaptation in Australia
  15. 6 Emerging Equity and Justice Concerns for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of New York State
  16. 7. Transforming toward or away from Sustainability? How Conflicting Interests and Aspirations Influence Local Adaptation
  17. 8 Opportunistic Adaptation: New Discourses on Oil, Equity, and Environmental Security
  18. 9 Place Attachment, Identity, and Adaptation
  19. 10 Values and Traditional Practices in Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from a Q Method Study in Two Communities in Labrador, Canada
  20. 11 Exploring Vulnerability and Adaptation Narratives among Fishers, Farmers, and Municipal Planners in Northern Norway
  21. 12 Changes in Organizational Culture, Changes in Adaptive Capacity? Examples from the Norwegian and Swedish Electricity Sectors
  22. 13 From Informant to Actor to Leader: Social-Ecological Inventories as a Catalyst for Leadership Development in Participatory Community Climate Change Adaptation
  23. 14 Participation and Learning for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of the Swedish Forestry Sector
  24. 15 Integral GIS: Widening the Frame of Reference for Adaptation Planning
  25. 16 There Must Be More: Communication to Close the Cultural Divide
  26. 17 Social Transformation: The Real Adaptive Challenge
  27. Index