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Drivers and Barriers to Sustainable Development: A Historical-Futures Perspective (Case Study)
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Drivers and Barriers to Sustainable Development: A Historical-Futures Perspective (Case Study)

Marcus P Bussey, R W (Bill) Carter, Jennifer Carter, Robert Mangoyana, Julie M Matthews, Richard D Nash, Jeannette Oliver, Russell Richards, Anne H Roiko, Marcelo Sano, …
Proceedings of the Trends and Future of Sustainable Development Conference, pp.240-252
Trends and Future of Sustainable Development Conference, 2011 (Tampere, Finland, 09-Jun-2011–10-Jun-2011)
Finland Futures Research Centre
2011
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Abstract

Human Geography climate change adaptive capacity
This paper is based on research done at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia in 2009-2010 on cultural learning at times of environmental and social stress. The focus of this research was on how adaptive capacity was enabled or constrained by social and cultural dynamics at work in any historical context. Culture is framed as a human adaptation to the insecurities present in the environment. I propose that there is a lot of evidence that cultures and their traditions can respond positively to environmental stress. Climate change is just another of many challenges that humanity has faced. However history also demonstrates that there have been catastrophic failures to adapt so we should not be comfortable in the present but we can be hopeful. The paper will identify a set of drivers identified from a survey of 33 historical cases and make a argument for using historical experience in the form of historical scenarios in workshops that engage with stakeholders, particularly those who are resistors.

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