European patterns of local adaptation planning - a regional analysis

Buzási, A, Simoes, SG, Salvia, M, Eckersley, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-8529, Geneletti, D, Pietrapertosa, F, Olazabal, M, Weis, A, de Gregorio Hurtado, S, Spyridaki, N-A, Csete, MS, Torres, EF, Riznar, K, Heidrich, O, Grafakos, S and Reckien, D, 2024. European patterns of local adaptation planning - a regional analysis. Regional Environmental Change, 24: 59. ISSN 1436-3798

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Abstract

While European regions face a range of different climate hazards, little is known about how these differences affect local climate adaptation planning. We present an analytical framework for evaluating local climate adaptation plans (LCAPs) and apply it to 327 cities in 28 countries across different European regions. To do this, we use statistical methods to identify regional clusters based on overall plan quality, impacts, vulnerable population groups, and sectors addressed by LCAPs. By comparing both geographic and statistical clusters, we found (1) significant spatial heterogeneity across European cities but (2) higher average plan quality scores and more consistent strategies across cities in Central and Eastern Europe. Notably, we found no regional differences regarding (a) the climate impacts and vulnerable communities identified in plans: (b) the most commonly-addressed impacts, which were urban temperature and changing precipitation patterns; and (c) the residents that cities identified as most vulnerable, namely older people, women, infants, and the sick. Our study provides a spatial analysis of European LCAPs to uncover regional policy perspectives on local climate adaptation issues. Such approaches can effectively inform broader EU, national and regional strategies that aim to support local adaptation planning in a context of multilevel governance.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Regional Environmental Change
Creators:	Buzási, A., Simoes, S.G., Salvia, M., Eckersley, P., Geneletti, D., Pietrapertosa, F., Olazabal, M., Weis, A., de Gregorio Hurtado, S., Spyridaki, N.-A., Csete, M.S., Torres, E.F., Riznar, K., Heidrich, O., Grafakos, S. and Reckien, D.
Publisher:	Springer (part of Springer Nature)
Date:	11 April 2024
Volume:	24
ISSN:	1436-3798
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s10113-024-02211-w DOI 1866479 Other
Rights:	This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	27 Feb 2024 11:58
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2024 10:13
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50961

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