Adaptation to climate change in coastal communities: findings from seven sites on four continents
Matthew Berman
(1)
,
Juan Baztan
(2, 3)
,
Gary Kofinas
(4)
,
Jean-Paul Vanderlinden
(2, 3)
,
Omer Chouinard
(5)
,
Jean-Michel Huctin
(2, 3)
,
Alioune Kane
(6)
,
Camille Mazé
(7)
,
Inga Nikulkina
(8)
,
Kaleekal Thomson
(9)
1
University of Alaska [Anchorage]
2 CEARC - Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat
3 UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
4 UAF - University of Alaska [Fairbanks]
5 Université de Moncton
6 UCAD - Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar [Sénégal]
7 LEMAR - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR)
8 North-Eastern Federal University
9 CUSAT - Cochin University of Science and Technology
2 CEARC - Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat
3 UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
4 UAF - University of Alaska [Fairbanks]
5 Université de Moncton
6 UCAD - Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar [Sénégal]
7 LEMAR - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR)
8 North-Eastern Federal University
9 CUSAT - Cochin University of Science and Technology
Juan Baztan
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Jean-Paul Vanderlinden
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Camille Mazé
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Résumé
Climate change is causing wide-ranging effects on ecosystem services critical to coastal communities and livelihoods, creating an urgent need to adapt. Most studies of climate change adaptation consist of narrative descriptions of individual cases or global synthesis, making it difficult to formulate and test locally rooted but generalizable hypotheses about adaptation processes. In contrast, researchers in this study analyzed key points in climate change adaptation derived from coordinated fieldwork in seven coastal communities around the world, including Arctic, temperate, and tropical areas on four continents. Study communities faced multiple challenges from sea level rise and warmer ocean temperatures, including coastal erosion, increasing salinity, and ecological changes. We analyzed how the communities adapted to climate effects and other co-occurring forces for change, focusing on most important changes to local livelihoods and societies, and barriers to and enablers of adaptation. Although many factors contributed to adaptation, communities with strong self-organized local institutions appeared better able to adapt without substantial loss of well-being than communities where these institutions were weak or absent. Key features of these institutions included setting and enforcing rules locally and communication across scales. Self-governing local institutions have been associated with sustainable management of natural resources. In our study communities, analogous institutions played a similar role to moderate adverse effects from climate-driven environmental change. The findings suggest that policies to strengthen, recognize, and accommodate local institutions could improve adaptation outcomes.
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Titre |
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Adaptation to climate change in coastal communities: findings from seven sites on four continents
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Résumé |
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Climate change is causing wide-ranging effects on ecosystem services critical to coastal communities and livelihoods, creating an urgent need to adapt. Most studies of climate change adaptation consist of narrative descriptions of individual cases or global synthesis, making it difficult to formulate and test locally rooted but generalizable hypotheses about adaptation processes. In contrast, researchers in this study analyzed key points in climate change adaptation derived from coordinated fieldwork in seven coastal communities around the world, including Arctic, temperate, and tropical areas on four continents. Study communities faced multiple challenges from sea level rise and warmer ocean temperatures, including coastal erosion, increasing salinity, and ecological changes. We analyzed how the communities adapted to climate effects and other co-occurring forces for change, focusing on most important changes to local livelihoods and societies, and barriers to and enablers of adaptation. Although many factors contributed to adaptation, communities with strong self-organized local institutions appeared better able to adapt without substantial loss of well-being than communities where these institutions were weak or absent. Key features of these institutions included setting and enforcing rules locally and communication across scales. Self-governing local institutions have been associated with sustainable management of natural resources. In our study communities, analogous institutions played a similar role to moderate adverse effects from climate-driven environmental change. The findings suggest that policies to strengthen, recognize, and accommodate local institutions could improve adaptation outcomes.
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Auteur(s) |
Matthew Berman
1
, Juan Baztan
2, 3
, Gary Kofinas
4
, Jean-Paul Vanderlinden
2, 3
, Omer Chouinard
5
, Jean-Michel Huctin
2, 3
, Alioune Kane
6
, Camille Mazé
7
, Inga Nikulkina
8
, Kaleekal Thomson
9
1
University of Alaska [Anchorage]
( 344819 )
- 3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
- États-Unis
2
CEARC -
Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat
( 220813 )
- Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
11 Boulevard d'Alembert
78280 Guyancourt
- France
3
UVSQ -
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
( 81173 )
- 55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex
- France
4
UAF -
University of Alaska [Fairbanks]
( 368269 )
- 505 South Chandalar Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775
- États-Unis
5
Université de Moncton
( 307806 )
- 18 Av Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada
- Canada
6
UCAD -
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar [Sénégal]
( 1175215 )
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar - Rectorat, BP 5005 Dakar-fann
- Sénégal
7
LEMAR -
Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR)
( 81089 )
- IUEM Technopôle Brest-Iroise - rue Dumont d'Urville - 29280 Plouzané - FRANCE
- France
8
North-Eastern Federal University
( 445677 )
- 677000 Yakutsk
- Russie
9
CUSAT -
Cochin University of Science and Technology
( 249724 )
- Cochin University P.O., Cochin - 682 022, Kerala, India
- Inde
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Date de publication |
2020-03
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication électronique |
2019-10
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Volume |
158
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Numéro |
2
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Page/Identifiant |
1-16
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Commentaire |
CORRECTION LINK: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-019-02613-4
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Voir aussi |
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Mots-clés |
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Common-pool resources, ACL, Coastal livelihoods, Climate change, Local institutions, Coastal communities
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DOI | 10.1007/s10584-019-02571-x |
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