Adaptation and transformation

被引:441
作者
Pelling, Mark [1 ]
O'Brien, Karen [2 ]
Matyas, David [3 ]
机构
[1] Kings Coll London, London, England
[2] Univ Oslo, Oslo, Norway
[3] Save Children Int, London, England
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
CLIMATE-CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE; RESILIENCE; VULNERABILITY;
D O I
10.1007/s10584-014-1303-0
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Transformation as an adaptive response to climate change opens a range of novel policy options. Used to describe responses that produce non-linear changes in systems or their host social and ecological environments, transformation also raises distinct ethical and procedural questions for decision-makers. Expanding adaptation to include transformation foregrounds questions of power and preference that have so far been underdeveloped in adaptation theory and practice. We build on David Harvey's notion of activity space to derive a framework and research agenda for climate change adaptation seen as a political decision-point and as an opportunity for transformation, incremental adjustment or resistance to change in development pathway. Decision-making is unpacked through the notion of the activity space into seven coevolving sites: the individual, technology, livelihoods, discourse, behaviour, the environment and institutions. The framework is tested against practitioner priorities to define an agenda that can make coherent advances in research and practice on climate change adaptation.
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页码:113 / 127
页数:15
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