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A participatory systems approach to understanding climate adaptation needs

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Ross, H., Shaw, S., Rissik, D., Cliffe, N., Chapman, S., Hounsell, V., Udy, J., Trinh, N. T. and Schoeman, J. (2015) A participatory systems approach to understanding climate adaptation needs. Climatic Change, 129 (1-2). pp. 27-42. ISSN 0165-0009

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1318-6

Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-014-1318-6

Abstract

Emerging literature on climate adaptation suggests the need for effective ways of engaging or activating communities and supporting community roles, coupled with whole-of-system approaches to understanding climate change and adaptation needs. We have developed and evaluated a participatory approach to elicit community and stakeholder understanding of climate change adaptation needs, and connect diverse community members and local office bearers towards potential action. The approach was trialed in a series of connected social-ecological systems along a transect from a rural area to the coast and islands of ecologically sensitive Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia. We conducted ‘climate roundtables’ in each of three areas along the transect, then a fourth roundtable reviewed and extended the results to the region as a whole. Influence diagrams produced through the process show how each climate variable forecast to affect this region (heat, storm, flood, sea-level rise, fire, drought) affects the natural environment, infrastructure, economic and social behaviour patterns, and psychosocial responses, and how sets of people, species and ecosystems are affected, and act, differentially. The participatory process proved effective as a way of building local empathy, a local knowledge base and empowering participants to join towards future climate adaptation action. Key principles are highlighted to assist in adapting the process for use elsewhere.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Agriculture
Keywords:Ecology Knowledge based systems Rural areas Sea level Climate change adaptation Climate variables Diverse community Influence diagram Natural environments Participatory approach Participatory process Social-ecological systems Climate change
Subjects:Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural ecology (General)
Live Archive:18 Mar 2015 02:00
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:50

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