Resilience Gentrification: Environmental Privilege in an Age of Coastal Climate Disasters

Climate change is exacerbating storms at the same time that humans are increasingly settling in areas most affected by such storms. In theory, post-disaster recovery offers opportunities to rebuild for sustainable development. However, in reality, responses to climate events often result in greater inequality through a process we term resilience gentrification. Three possible resolutions to the coastal resilience dialectic are managed retreat, denial, and structural mitigation. Structural mitigation has become the most popular response in the Anthropocene. This response raises the cost of coastal redevelopment, giving capital greater access and control over development decisions. These changes make coastal areas more expensive and more exclusive. We illustrate this process in the post-disaster recovery of two very different communities: Gowanus, Brooklyn and the Caribbean island of Barbuda. In both cases, attempts to build it back “green”—using selective aspects of “sustainable development” as a guide—come at the cost of exacerbating existing housing inequality. In this way, “resilience” gets equated with wealth, thus reinforcing a cycle of climate injustice. To achieve a “just sustainability,” government responses must consider and address the equity impacts of climate change resilience policies. Managed retreat and degrowth strategies for climate resilience offer greater potential for a just sustainability in the Anthropocene.

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Global Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan: A Critical Bibliometric Analysis and Review

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13010029 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 29

Author(s):

Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak ◽

Yi-Ya Hsu ◽

Li-San Hung ◽

Huei-Min Tsai ◽

tibusungu ‘e vayayana

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Global Climate Change ◽

Disaster Recovery ◽

Global Climate ◽

Ecological Knowledge ◽

Typhoon Morakot ◽

Post Disaster

In recent years, the subject of Indigenous peoples and global climate change adaptation has become a rapidly growing area of international study. Despite this trend, Taiwan, home to many Indigenous communities, has received relatively little attention. To date, no comprehensive review of the literature on Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples and global climate change has been conducted. Therefore, this article presents a bibliometric analysis and literature review of both domestic and international studies on Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples in relation to resilience, climate change, and climate shocks in the 10-year period after Typhoon Morakot (2009). We identified 111 domestic and international peer-reviewed articles and analyzed their presentation of the current state of knowledge, geographical and temporal characteristics, and Indigenous representation. Most studies were discovered to focus on post-disaster recovery, particularly within the context of Typhoon Morakot, as well as Indigenous cultures, ecological wisdom, and community development. This study also discovered relatively few studies investigating how traditional ecological knowledge systems can be integrated into climate change adaptation. Most studies also adopted a somewhat narrow focus on Indigenous resilience. Large-scale quantitative and longitudinal studies are found to be in their infancy. We observed a geographical skewness among the studies in favor of southern Taiwan and relatively limited engagement with contemporary studies on Indigenous peoples and climate change. We furthermore determined a large overlap between the destruction path of Morakot and study sites in the articles. Indigenous scholars have managed to find a voice among domestic and international outlets, and an increasing number of scholars have argued for more culturally sensitive approaches to post-disaster recovery and disaster management in Taiwan.

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LINKING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS FOR RICE PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA (KETERKAITAN OPSI-OPSI ADAPTASI PERUBAHAN IKLIM UNTUK PRODUKSI BERAS NASIONAL DAN PEMBANGUAN BERKELANJUTAN DI INDONESIA)

Agromet ◽

10.29244/j.agromet.22.2.94-108 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 94 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

P. Perdinan ◽

R. Boer ◽

Kiki Kartikasari

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Development Strategies ◽

Rice Production ◽

Cropping Pattern ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Climate Events ◽

Planting Season ◽

Adaptation Options

Climate change is expected to significantly influence Indonesian rice production as this phenomenon will exacerbate extreme climate events such as El Nino and La Nina which have caused serious loss in rice production. This paper is attempted to propose plausible climate change adaptations for rice production by examining the formal documents on climate change studies in Indonesia and rice development strategies and to investigate their linkage with the Sustainable Development in Indonesia. The result shows that climate change adaptations will support Indonesian rice development strategies through options of “change cropping pattern/modified planting season” which has not been addressed by the development strategies. The proposed adaptations which are directed through two major programs for increasing rice production called as Extensification and Intensification, have also already addressed the four pillars of Indonesian sustainable development, namely: pro-job, pro-poor, pro-growth and pro-environment.

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Revitalization of Trust in Local Government after Wenchuan Earthquake: Constraints and Strategies

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10114030 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 4030 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zhichao Li ◽

Xihan Tan

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Policy Implementation ◽

Disaster Recovery ◽

Negative Effects ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Dense Networks ◽

Reconstruction Efficiency ◽

The Cost ◽

Post Disaster

Government trust is an important manifestation of the legitimacy of government, which can reduce the cost of recovery policy implementation and improve the efficiency of reconstruction after natural hazards. Local government is the main force of post-disaster reconstruction in China. The villagers’ trust in local government plays an important role in post-disaster reconstruction. Therefore, enhancing the villagers’ trust in local government will greatly benefit the resilience of post-disaster reconstruction and the sustainable development of the disaster area. Through analyzing the data collected from a three-year (2009–2012) follow-up survey in Wenchuan after it was struck by an earthquake, we found that villagers’ trust toward the local government witnessed a significant decline. Low fairness in policy implementation, dense networks, and particularistic trust were the constraints that hindered the revitalization of trust in the local government. However, the economic improvement had no impact on the “trust in local government”. These results suggest that post-disaster recovery should involve more than the reconstruction of the economic performance, such as the fairness of policy implementation and the relief of negative effects of villagers’ social networks. Only when considering all of these factors will the sustainability of trust in local government be promoted and the reconstruction efficiency be enhanced in the process of disaster recovery.

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The Gender Dimension in Urban Air Quality

Advances in Public Policy and Administration - Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Government and Society ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7661-7.ch009 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 97-108

Author(s):

Theodora Slini ◽

Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Warming ◽

Policy Making ◽

Decision Makers ◽

European Countries ◽

Urban Air ◽

Starting Point ◽

And Control ◽

Global And Local

In the frame of existing differences between genders regarding the access and control of resources, women and men have different vulnerability, capacities, and reactions to climate change and global warming issues and policies. Women are increasingly recognized as potentially critical actors of successful climate change policies. Thus, gender dimensions and perspectives need to be addressed by both global and local stakeholders and decision makers. The current chapter explores and highlights this gap. It identifies the current situation and indicates ways for authorities to integrate the gender dimension of climate change in the various stages of policy making. The focus is on European countries and Greece. The chapter stands as a starting point that introduces gender-sensitive aspects of climate change to decision makers and experts and promotes the development of efficient environmental and women-friendly technologies for sustainable development.

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Sustainable Business Development by Responding to Climate Change

Strategic Management of Sustainable Manufacturing Operations - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0350-7.ch009 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 176-191

Author(s):

Sujata Mukherjee ◽

Arunavo Mukerjee

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Warming ◽

Action Plan ◽

Business Development ◽

Sustainable Business ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Global Companies ◽

The Cost

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report (2007) concluded that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of the sources of global warming. The Stern Report (2007) corroborates this statement and states that anthropogenic CO2 influences the climate and stresses that the cost of mitigating against climate change is significantly lower than the cost of climate change. The Tata group companies have been actively seeking out experiences of other global companies to develop an effective action plan against climate change. The present paper seeks to review the role of the Tata group in addressing and abating the climate change. It further looks at the various Tata group companies like Tata Chemicals Limited, Tata Steel Europe, Tata Communications and Tata Motors and their ways to stay the course towards sustainable development

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Sustainable Business Development by Responding to Climate Change

Natural Resources Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0803-8.ch021 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 416-431 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sujata Mukherjee ◽

Arunavo Mukerjee

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Warming ◽

Action Plan ◽

Business Development ◽

Sustainable Business ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Global Companies ◽

The Cost

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Mindsponge culture: the culture of progress

10.31219/osf.io/hw52f ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Minh-Hoang Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Biodiversity Loss ◽

Creative Performance ◽

Individual Level ◽

Organization Level ◽

Thinking Processes ◽

The Individual ◽

The Cost ◽

Business Sectors

The Mindsponge culture can be defined as a set of thinking processes, beliefs, and behaviors that is result- or target-driven. It is an entrepreneurship culture that urges me to overcome hardship with a transparent mind about my target. Adopting this culture is a tough process, but its fruitful results are worth the cost. Especially in the next decades, humanities have to acquire two crucial targets for sustainable development: curbing climate change and reducing biodiversity loss. To accomplish these targets, shifting the eco-deficit mindset to the eco-surplus mindset at the individual level and building eco-surplus culture at the organization level (e.g., business sectors) are required. Obtaining the Mindsponge culture can help us progress and actualize these objectives through creative performance.

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Quantitative Coastal Resilience Assessment Framework under Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

10.20944/preprints202104.0740.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tao Wu

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Planning Process ◽

Coastal Hazards ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Assessment Framework ◽

Coastal Resilience ◽

Resilience Assessment

Accompanied by increasing population growth and urban sprawl, most coastal cities are unprecedentedly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts, such as sea level rise, increasing extreme storm events, and coastal flooding. Coastal resilience and sustainable development are antidotes to vulnerability; they aim to enhance the adaptive capability of absorbing disturbances and resisting uncertainty. This study explores building a quantitative assessment framework to measure resilience and provide an objective and comparable method to understand the strengths and weaknesses in a given region. The proposed 25 resilience indicators incorporate the aspects of essential livelihood protection, infrastructure and natural resource maintenance, emergency facilities and institutions, floodplain management regulations, and adaptive planning process. Each indicator is assigned the resilience quality that includes robustness, resourcefulness, redundancy, and rapidity. The aggregated resilience quality scoring reflects the systematic performance of the city to cope with the coastal hazards. The innovative part of this framework is combining hazard mitigation measures, climate adaptation strategies, and sustainable development goals together to achieve a comprehensive assessment method. In the case of New Haven, the resilience assessment is taken as a practical monitoring tool and decision-making support.

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Towards climate resilient urban energy systems: a review

National Science Review ◽

10.1093/nsr/nwaa134 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Vahid M Nik ◽

A T D Perera ◽

Deliang Chen

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Extreme Events ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Energy Systems ◽

The State ◽

Extreme Climate Events ◽

Extreme Climate ◽

Climate Resilience ◽

Urban Energy ◽

Climate Events

Abstract Climate change and increased urban population are two major concerns for society. Moving towards more sustainable energy solutions in the urban context by integrating renewable energy technologies supports decarbonizing the energy sector and climate change mitigation. A successful transition also needs adequate consideration of climate change including extreme events to ensure the reliable performance of energy systems in the long run. This review provides an overview of and insight into the progress achieved in the energy sector to adapt to climate change, focusing on the climate resilience of urban energy systems. The state-of-the-art methodology to assess impacts of climate change including extreme events and uncertainties on the design and performance of energy systems is described and discussed. Climate resilience is an emerging concept that is increasingly used to represent the durability and stable performance of energy systems against extreme climate events. However, it has not yet been adequately explored and widely used, as its definition has not been clearly articulated and assessment is mostly based on qualitative aspects. This study reveals that a major limitation in the state-of-the-art is the inadequacy of climate change adaptation approaches in designing and preparing urban energy systems to satisfactorily address plausible extreme climate events. Furthermore, the complexity of the climate and energy models and the mismatch between their temporal and spatial resolutions are the major limitations in linking these models. Therefore, few studies have focused on the design and operation of urban energy infrastructure in terms of climate resilience. Considering the occurrence of extreme climate events and increasing demand for implementing climate adaptation strategies, the study highlights the importance of improving energy system models to consider future climate variations including extreme events to identify climate resilient energy transition pathways.

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Enhancing the climate resilience of coffee production.

10.31220/agrirxiv.2021.00106 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Phoebe Bracken ◽

Paul J. Burgess ◽

Nicholas T. Girkin

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Management Practices ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Coffee Production ◽

Pests And Diseases ◽

Climate Resilience ◽

The Tropics ◽

Climate Events ◽

Reduction In Area ◽

Policy Mechanisms

Abstract Climate change is adversely affecting coffee production, impacting both yields and quality. Coffee production is dominated by the cultivation of Arabica and Robusta coffee, species that represent 99% of production, but both species will be affected by climate change. Sustainable management practices that can enhance the resilience of production are urgently needed, as coffee production supports the livelihoods of over 25 million people across the world, the majority of whom are smallholder farmers located in the coffee belt spanning the tropics. We conducted a systematic review, identifying 78 studies that describe agro-ecological practices that have potential to enhance climate resilience. Adverse environmental impacts include a reduction in area suitable for production, lower yields, increased intensity and frequency of extreme climate events, and greater incidence of pests and diseases. Potential environmental solutions include altitudinal shifts, the introduction of new, more resilient cultivars, altering agrochemical inputs, and integrating agroforestry. However, financial, environmental and technical constraints limit the availability of many of these approaches to farmers, particularly smallholder producers. There is therefore an urgent need to address these barriers through appropriate policy mechanisms in order to continue meeting growing demand for coffee.

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