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Ranking climate change adaptation options
Preprints, 2020100479
MDPI AG
2020
Abstract
Failure to adapt to climate change is currently considered one of the major threats affecting humanity. Hence, much effort is being put into discussing adaptation approaches. While many adaptation options have been identified, the academic literature does not present a simple process that local councils and community members can use to rank adaptation options. In this context, community members participating on planning processes are presented with many adaptation options, but with no objective approach for selection, which adds challenge to the planning process. With the objective of addressing this issue, this work proposes a simple equation that allows calculating the applicability level of adaptation options. Results can then be plotted into graphs that allow correlating adaptation options and applicability level, which can be easily understood by community members. To develop such equation, this work built on existing sophisticated models from where the indicators used on the equation were identified, as well as the relationship between them. A scale was proposed to help on identifying adaptation options that should be implemented on the short, medium and long term, and options that should only be implemented if the circumstance change.
Details
- Title
- Ranking climate change adaptation options
- Authors
- Laura Sinay (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Social Sciences - LegacyBill Carter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Social Sciences - Legacy
- Publication details
- Preprints, 2020100479
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202010.0479.v1
- ISSN
- 2310-287X
- Copyright note
- Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99482286702621
- Output Type
- Preprint
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