Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil
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Resumo: | This paper examines barriers and opportunities for climate change adaptation in an urban coastal setting where adaptation is in its infancy. It draws on a diagnostic framework as a foundation for identifying and organising barriers and opportunities in terms of three broad phases of the adaptation process, i.e. (1) understanding the problem, (2) planning adaptation options and (3) managing implementation of such options. Data come from the analysis of documents (e.g. policy, plans and reports) and a survey of 49 representatives from 42 organisations (e.g. government, environmental non-governmental organisations, businesses and local industry and professional associations). Nineteen barriers and/or opportunities pertaining to the different phases of the adaptation process were identified. Three of those barriers (i.e. competing priorities, existing management context and existing ecological context) are our additions to the initial list of common barriers proposed in the diagnostic framework. Barriers pertaining to the understanding phase were the most frequently noted by respondents. The understanding phase was also one which most of the barriers were nevertheless considered as opportunities. Emerging critical barriers and/or opportunities for climate change adaptation included perception of signal, availability and accessibility of information, existing management context and leadership. We propose that addressing these barriers and opportunities would involve improving perception about climate change and availability and accessibility of information, fostering anticipatory planned adaptation through the existing management context and developing leadership for adaptation. Findings from this study may prove useful to other jurisdictions, particularly those where climate adaptation is at its early stages of development. |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, BrazilAdaptationBarriers and opportunitiesBrazilClimate changeThis paper examines barriers and opportunities for climate change adaptation in an urban coastal setting where adaptation is in its infancy. It draws on a diagnostic framework as a foundation for identifying and organising barriers and opportunities in terms of three broad phases of the adaptation process, i.e. (1) understanding the problem, (2) planning adaptation options and (3) managing implementation of such options. Data come from the analysis of documents (e.g. policy, plans and reports) and a survey of 49 representatives from 42 organisations (e.g. government, environmental non-governmental organisations, businesses and local industry and professional associations). Nineteen barriers and/or opportunities pertaining to the different phases of the adaptation process were identified. Three of those barriers (i.e. competing priorities, existing management context and existing ecological context) are our additions to the initial list of common barriers proposed in the diagnostic framework. Barriers pertaining to the understanding phase were the most frequently noted by respondents. The understanding phase was also one which most of the barriers were nevertheless considered as opportunities. Emerging critical barriers and/or opportunities for climate change adaptation included perception of signal, availability and accessibility of information, existing management context and leadership. We propose that addressing these barriers and opportunities would involve improving perception about climate change and availability and accessibility of information, fostering anticipatory planned adaptation through the existing management context and developing leadership for adaptation. Findings from this study may prove useful to other jurisdictions, particularly those where climate adaptation is at its early stages of development.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Department of Water Resources and Environment Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Pça. Mal. Eduardo Gomes, 50 CTA/IEIBiosciences Institute São Paulo State University-UNESP, Coastal Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique s/n, P.O. Box 73601Department of Life Sciences Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst RoadSustainability Research Centre University of the Sunshine CoastBiosciences Institute São Paulo State University-UNESP, Coastal Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique s/n, P.O. Box 73601CAPES: 417/2010Aeronautics Institute of TechnologyUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Imperial College LondonUniversity of the Sunshine CoastSimões, Elianede Sousa Junior, Wilson C.de Freitas, Débora M. [UNESP]Mills, MorenaIwama, Allan Y.Gonçalves, IsabelOlivato, DéboraFidelman, Pedro2018-12-11T16:46:23Z2018-12-11T16:46:23Z2017-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1739-1750application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1133-5Regional Environmental Change, v. 17, n. 6, p. 1739-1750, 2017.1436-378X1436-3798http://hdl.handle.net/11449/16954310.1007/s10113-017-1133-52-s2.0-850151844302-s2.0-85015184430.pdfScopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengRegional Environmental Change1,218info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-01-23T07:12:07Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/169543Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T23:47:36.685052Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil Simões, Eliane Adaptation Barriers and opportunities Brazil Climate change |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Simões, Eliane |
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Simões, Eliane de Sousa Junior, Wilson C. de Freitas, Débora M. [UNESP] Mills, Morena Iwama, Allan Y. Gonçalves, Isabel Olivato, Débora Fidelman, Pedro |
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de Sousa Junior, Wilson C. de Freitas, Débora M. [UNESP] Mills, Morena Iwama, Allan Y. Gonçalves, Isabel Olivato, Débora Fidelman, Pedro |
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Aeronautics Institute of Technology Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Imperial College London University of the Sunshine Coast |
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Simões, Eliane de Sousa Junior, Wilson C. de Freitas, Débora M. [UNESP] Mills, Morena Iwama, Allan Y. Gonçalves, Isabel Olivato, Débora Fidelman, Pedro |
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Adaptation Barriers and opportunities Brazil Climate change |
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Adaptation Barriers and opportunities Brazil Climate change |
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This paper examines barriers and opportunities for climate change adaptation in an urban coastal setting where adaptation is in its infancy. It draws on a diagnostic framework as a foundation for identifying and organising barriers and opportunities in terms of three broad phases of the adaptation process, i.e. (1) understanding the problem, (2) planning adaptation options and (3) managing implementation of such options. Data come from the analysis of documents (e.g. policy, plans and reports) and a survey of 49 representatives from 42 organisations (e.g. government, environmental non-governmental organisations, businesses and local industry and professional associations). Nineteen barriers and/or opportunities pertaining to the different phases of the adaptation process were identified. Three of those barriers (i.e. competing priorities, existing management context and existing ecological context) are our additions to the initial list of common barriers proposed in the diagnostic framework. Barriers pertaining to the understanding phase were the most frequently noted by respondents. The understanding phase was also one which most of the barriers were nevertheless considered as opportunities. Emerging critical barriers and/or opportunities for climate change adaptation included perception of signal, availability and accessibility of information, existing management context and leadership. We propose that addressing these barriers and opportunities would involve improving perception about climate change and availability and accessibility of information, fostering anticipatory planned adaptation through the existing management context and developing leadership for adaptation. Findings from this study may prove useful to other jurisdictions, particularly those where climate adaptation is at its early stages of development. |
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