Intentionality and visibility in state- and society-led climate approaches: towards a more comprehensive understanding of local adaptation initiatives

Eckersley, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-8529, Haupt, W, Wiegleb, V, Niewind, J and Otto, A, 2023. Intentionality and visibility in state- and society-led climate approaches: towards a more comprehensive understanding of local adaptation initiatives. Geographica Helvetica, 78 (3), pp. 369-380. ISSN 0016-7312

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Abstract

Research into local climate adaptation has often focused on highly visible, intentional public policies that seek to improve resilience to climate threats, or how societal actors have reacted to changing climatic conditions. We argue that these approaches neglect a range of unintentional and/or hidden initiatives, which deliver implicit and/or hitherto under-appreciated adaptation benefits. We present an analytical framework to organise studies of these under-explored initiatives, which advances social scientific conceptualisations of what local climate adaptation consists of and provides a heuristic for selecting appropriate methods of enquiry to examine it. Drawing on empirical research into the adaptation activities of municipalities and small businesses in Germany, we apply this framework to expand our knowledge of how communities are building climate resilience, gain a better understanding of the full range of adaptation activities within individual localities, and pose questions about the role of state and societal actors in addressing common problems.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Geographica Helvetica
Creators:	Eckersley, P., Haupt, W., Wiegleb, V., Niewind, J. and Otto, A.
Publisher:	Copernicus Publications
Date:	3 August 2023
Volume:	78
Number:	3
ISSN:	0016-7312
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.5194/gh-78-369-2023 DOI 1778928 Other
Rights:	© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	06 Jul 2023 13:51
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2023 10:08
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49330

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