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Prioritising Coastal Adaptation Development Options for Local Government: Literature Review of Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone
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Prioritising Coastal Adaptation Development Options for Local Government: Literature Review of Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone

Robert Mangoyana, Dana C Thomsen, Timothy F Smith, Benjamin Preston, S Heinz, M Maloney, G Withycombe and I Armstrong
Sydney Coastal Councils Group and Department of Climate Change
2012
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Abstract

costal adaptation climate change
This report provides a critical review of current and emerging issues for climate change adaptation in coastal areas with a specific focus on the implications for decision-making in local government. The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the key concepts and adaptation strategies relevant to climate change adaptation in coastal areas to inform the workshops being conducted to develop multi-criteria analysis and monitoring and evaluation tools to enhance decision-making in the coastal zone among the study participants (the 15 member councils of the Sydney Coastal Councils Group, Sunshine Coast Council, and Bega Valley Shire Council). The range of adaptation options (proposed and in practice), considerations for best practice adaptation, and monitoring and evaluation criteria for assessing adaptation in the coastal zone are analysed. The review draws on a wide range of literature from national and international research and specific examples from the local governments participating in this study. At present there are limited examples of the implementation of climate change adaptation actions, even though there is widespread acceptance of the need for adaptation, and significant investments in adaptation planning (particularly at the local scale, e.g. through the Local Adaptation Pathways Program). An integrated approach to adaptation, that recognizes the underpinning values and intentions of adaptation, will reduce the changes of maladaptation. Similarly, the opportunity exists to mainstream adaptation through integration within existing Local Government decision-making processes (e.g. coastal management planning).

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