Social capital, individual responses to heat waves and climate change adaptation: An empirical study of two UK cities

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Wolf ◽  
W. Neil Adger ◽  
Irene Lorenzoni ◽  
Vanessa Abrahamson ◽  
Rosalind Raine
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Heat Waves

Weathering The Storm: Developing a Climate Change Adaptation Policy for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Leighty ◽  
Ellen Simon ◽  
Kyung-Ok Yi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Adaptation Policy ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Weather Damage ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation Policy

For many Americans the impacts of climate change are either hypothetical futures or far-off problems. However, climate change is already impacting millions of Americans as they commute to work each day. In the Nation’s capital the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has already suffered as heat waves and severe weather damage equipment and reduce service. The transportation authority must take a comprehensive look at its infrastructure and adapt policies to mitigate the current and future risks to transportation services.

scholarly journals TRUST AND NETWORKS IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRETEGIES: EXPERIENCE OF ACEH AND YOGYAKARTA IN EARTHQUAKE INTERVENTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ulil Absor
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
High Participation

AbstractIndonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries where 1,782 disasters occurred between 2002 and 2007. The devastating impacts of the disasters, particularly the earthquake in Aceh and Yogyakarta, attracted public participation from various institutions.  The high participation of the institutions to some extent caused program ineffectiveness as many of those institutions have overlapping roles and fight over funding and beneficiaries. This paper will critically examine why networking is important in climate change adaptation based on the lessons learnt of disaster response in Aceh and Yogyakarta earthquake. This paper argues that the participation of stakeholders needs an effective networking. Networks are certainly becoming necessary in disaster intervention to avoid overlapping roles and conflict of interest between institutions involved in disaster response. Networks in community levels also become social capital that increases community’s resilience upon disaster. Keywords: disaster, intervention, social capital

scholarly journals Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture: The Case of Small Southern Mediterranean Country

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abderrazek Ben Maatoug ◽  
triki bilel ◽  
donia aloui
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Crop Insurance ◽  
Mediterranean Country ◽  
Southern Mediterranean ◽  
Rcp 8.5 ◽  
Potential Losses

Abstract In this study, we examined the effect of climate change on the incomes of farmers in a southern Mediterranean country. We proposed that crop insurance could be potentially used as a means to adapt to climate change. Using panel data for Tunisian regions, we were able to highlight the important effects of climate change on crops yields by considering two scenarios of the Representative Concentration Pathways, namely RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. In the long term (i.e., in 2050 and 2100), we expect increasingly frequent heat waves to occur, leading to a rise in droughts for all regions of Tunisia. We therefore recommend that farmers seek to insure themselves against the risks of drought and flood to their crops, because we feel this may be an attractive device for compensating them for any potential losses of income.

Awareness of Climate Change Adaptations Among Dutch Housing Associations

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Martin Roders ◽  
Ad Straub ◽  
Henk Visscher
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Housing Associations ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Dutch Housing ◽  
The Impact

Climate change: the question is not anymore if it happens, but what the impact is of its effects such as drought, heat waves and increased precipitation on the quality of our lives in cities, offices and houses. A significant share of the Northern European housing stock is owned and maintained by large stock owners, such as housing associations. It is their responsibility to be aware of changes and risks that might challenge the quality of life of their tenants. Moreover, in order to provide housing with a good market value in the future, adaptation to climate change can no longer be overlooked. With the aim to discover the level of awareness of climate change adaptation among Dutch housing associations, a content analysis was undertaken on the policy plans and the annual reports of the 25 largest housing associations. Subsequently they were classified according to their level of awareness. The analysis returned no topics that directly referred to climate change adaptation, which implies that all housing associations are categorised as being ‘unaware’. Therefore, in order to reach higher levels of awareness and to incentivize the implementation of adaptation measures, appropriate governance strategies need to be developed. Future research will define the characteristics of these strategies in relation to the level of awareness of the housing associations. Adoption of the measures could be easier if adaptation measures are combined with maintenance activities, as this has been the case with mitigation measures.

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