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Managing Climate Risk in Human Settlements
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Managing Climate Risk in Human Settlements

Benjamin Preston and Robert C Kay
Managing Climate Change: Papers from the Greenhouse 2009 Conference, pp.185-196
Greenhouse: Climate Change and Resources, 2009 (Perth, Australia, 23-Mar-2009–26-Mar-2009)
C S I R O Publishing
2010
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Abstract

Environmental Science and Management Urban and Regional Planning climate change risk management human settlement
Risk management has seen widespread use in Australia in recent years as a framework for assessing the potential consequences of climate change to human settlements and identifying appropriate management actions. It represents an over-arching framework for assessment and decision making; however, it is not a prescribed methodology. As a consequence, its application in Australia is characterised by significant diversity with respect to problem framing and analytical approaches. Such diversity is a predictable consequence of the highly contextual nature of climate risk, but it also impedes comparisons across locales. It is therefore argued that supporting continued growth in the use of risk management will require some degree of standardisation in a manner that doesn't sacrifice context. A range of additional barriers will also need to be overcome to ensure climate change risk management activities are oriented appropriately, institutions have sufficient capacity to manage risk and the successes and failures of adaptation actions are tracked and reported transparently.

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