scholarly journals The INTERREG Italy-Croatia Joint_SECAP Project: A Collaborative Approach for Adaptation Planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 404
Author(s):  
Timothy Daniel Brownlee ◽  
Chiara Camaioni ◽  
Stefano Magaudda ◽  
Stefano Mugnoz ◽  
Piera Pellegrino
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Adaptation Planning ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
Knowledge Framework ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Implementing Strategies

With regard to the scientific debate which highlights the potential of joint climate planning, there are few concrete experiences in Europe where this approach has been applied. This contribution focuses on critical methodological and application aspects of the processes underlying the development of Joint Plans for Sustainable Energy and Climate in the supra-municipal area as emerged from the direct participation of the authors in the Joint_SECAP project funded by the Interreg Italia-Croatia programme. This paper presents a comparative analysis of nine case studies in Italy and Croatia with a focus on fundamental aspects of the planning process: the governance model, shared knowledge framework, risk and vulnerability assessment, and participatory process. The analysis and comparison of the Joint_SECAP experiences confirm that joint climate planning, developed in the framework of the European Covenant of Mayors (CoM) initiative, is effective for creating synergy between local authorities and for defining and implementing strategies and actions for adaptation to the territorial scale. Finally, the research indicates some recommendations to overcome the barriers that impede the spread and effectiveness of this approach to climate planning. In particular, it highlights the need to enhance collaboration between local authorities, regions, and CoM coordinators.

scholarly journals Early Responses to Climate Change: An Analysis of Seven U.S. State and Local Climate Adaptation Planning Initiatives

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Andrew Poyar ◽  
Nancy Beller-Simms
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Climate Impact ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Adaptation Planning ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Climate Adaptation Planning

Abstract State and local governments in the United States manage a wide array of natural and human resources that are particularly sensitive to climate variability and change. Recent revelations of the extent of the current and potential climate impact in this realm such as with the quality of water, the structure of the coasts, and the potential and witnessed impact on the built infrastructure give these political authorities impetus to minimize their vulnerability and plan for the future. In fact, a growing number of subnational government bodies in the United States have initiated climate adaptation planning efforts; these initiatives emphasize an array of climate impacts, but at different scales, scopes, and levels of sophistication. Meanwhile, the current body of climate adaptation literature has not taken a comprehensive look at these plans nor have they questioned what prompts local adaptation planning, at what scope and scale action is being taken, or what prioritizes certain policy responses over others. This paper presents a case-based analysis of seven urban climate adaptation planning initiatives, drawing from a review of publicly available planning documents and interviews with stakeholders directly involved in the planning process to provide a preliminary understanding of these issues. The paper also offers insight into the state of implementation of adaptation strategies, highlighting the role of low upfront costs and cobenefits with issues already on the local agenda in prompting anticipatory adaptation.

scholarly journals Mapping Heat Stress Vulnerability and Risk Assessment at the Neighborhood Scale to Drive Urban Adaptation Planning

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Maragno ◽  
Michele Dalla Fontana ◽  
Francesco Musco
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Heat Stress ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Adaptation Planning ◽  
Stress Vulnerability ◽  
Neighborhood Scale ◽  
The City

Climate change is one of the most complex issues of the 21st century, and even though there is general consensus about the urgency of taking action at the city level, the planning and implementation of adaptation measures is advancing slowly. The lack of data and information to support the planning process is often mentioned as a factor hampering the adaptation processes in cities. In this paper, we developed and tested a methodology for heat stress vulnerability and risk assessment at the neighborhood scale to support designers, planners, and decision makers in developing and implementing adaptation strategies and measures at the local level. The methodology combines high-resolution spatial information and crowdsourcing geospatial data to develop sensitivity, adaptive capacity, vulnerability, exposure, and risk indicators. The methodology is then tested on the urban fabric of the city of Padova, Italy. Our results show that different vulnerability and risk values correspond to different typologies of urban areas. Furthermore, the possibility of combining high-resolution information provided by the indicators and land use categories is of great importance to support the adaptation planning process. We also argue that the methodology is flexible enough to be applied in different contexts.

scholarly journals Transformational Adaptation in Least Developed Countries: Does Expanded Stakeholder Participation Make a Difference?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Holler ◽  
Quinn Bernier ◽  
J. Timmons Roberts ◽  
Stacy-ann Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Adaptation Planning ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Stakeholder Influence ◽  
Climate Vulnerability ◽  
Key Aspects

Did the novel planning arrangements in the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) enable stakeholders to substantively influence adaptation planning? If so, does the observed influence have potential for more transformational adaptation? We inform these questions by reviewing and coding the first 50 NAPAs, prepared by the world’s poorest nations with support from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We then apply categorical statistics and qualitative comparative analysis to test for stakeholder influence on the planning process and outcomes. We find little evidence that the composition of stakeholder participation influenced climate vulnerability analysis or adaptation planning in the NAPAs. Although the NAPAs were designed to be participatory and country-driven, they were constrained by limited budgets, prescribed guidelines from the UNFCCC, and the challenges of cultivating effective stakeholder participation. Key aspects of NAPAs even worked against generating transformational adaptation. Chief amongst these, risk exposure and sensitivity were emphasized over adaptive capacity in assessing vulnerability, and cost- effectiveness and synergies with existing development and environmental policies were priorities for selecting adaptation actions. These barriers to effective stakeholder engagement and transformational adaptation are timely reminders for those countries currently in the process of preparing their National Adaptation Plans to the UNFCCC.

scholarly journals Converting Community Knowledge into Catchment Nutrient Limits: A Constructivist Analysis of a New Zealand Collaborative Approach to Water Management

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronlyn Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Island Region ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Knowledge Governance ◽  
Management Case Study

The question posed in this article is how shifts in governance ushered in by the sustainability paradigm are reshaping knowledge governance. Drawing on constructivist theories of knowledge, I examine the tension between the sustainability mandate to open up knowledge making to local knowledge, and conventional science policy practice that would see it excluded. I present a water management case study from New Zealand's South Island region of Canterbury, where communities are involved in establishing catchment nutrient limits to manage land use and water quality. It is concluded that although local knowledge was embraced within the knowledge-making process, the pursuit of epistemic authority led to its recalibration, aggregation, and standardization. As such, it was stripped of its complexity. This research highlights the role of politics in anchoring the linear knowledge governance model in place and the challenge for supplanting it.

scholarly journals Collaborative approach for coastal and marine spatial planning in Bangka Belitung Island Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 926 (1) ◽  
pp. 012006
Author(s):  
B Murtasidin ◽  
S Sujadmi
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Stakeholder Collaboration ◽  
The Government

Abstract Amendments to Law no. 27 of 2007 became Law no. 1 of 2014 concerning the Management of Coastal Areas and Small Islands has an impact on the coastal and marine spatial planning process in every region, including Bangka Belitung. This planning process requires stakeholder collaboration to carry out broader cross-sectoral coordination. Apart from being composed of more than 80% of the water area, the struggle for access and conflicts over the use of marine space also take place in a vertical and horizontal level. The dilemma of authority between levels of government and law enforcement authorities, as well as between local governments, communities, and state corporations, is a form of hierarchical conflict. Conflicts between governments at the street bureaucracy (Village) level and their citizens, or friction between pro and contra groups against marine mining are examples of horizontal conflicts. The complexity of this problem has demanded the government to be presented in a more powerful and most decisive position in the management of the coastal and marine areas of Bangka Belitung so that it does not drag on. Therefore, the government needs to formulate comprehensive resource optimization options in the coastal and marine zones. This study aims to map how a collaborative approach in coastal and marine spatial planning through Regional Regulation (Perda) Number 3 of 2020 concerning the Zoning Plan for Coastal Areas and Small Islands of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province. At least 3 dominant actors are involved and collaborate, namely the government, fishermen, and investors.

scholarly journals Planning for the Return of Separated Children Seeking Asylum: An Inter-Country Social Service Perspective

Refuge ◽  
2002 ◽  
pp. 68-72
Author(s):  
Sarah Crowe
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
International Community ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Family Home ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Service Perspective ◽  
International Social

A variety of circumstances contribute to an increasingly large number of minors who leave family, home, and country to seek asylum on foreign soil. They present special challenges to state and local authorities, to relevant non-governmental agencies, and to the international community. This paper considers the planning needs for these minors for whom asylum is denied and for whom return to country of origin needs to be arranged. The paper highlights the need for a social service perspective, such as provided by International Social Service, to be included in the planning process.

Framework for crisis preparedness planning: Four required areas for developing a learning process

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 519
Author(s):  
Kerstin Eriksson, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Crisis Preparedness ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Preparedness Planning ◽  
Study Setting ◽  
Management Work

Objective: To outline a framework for preparedness planning at the organizational level.Design: The study is based on a content analysis of research literature as well as an analysis of interviews with six preparedness planners working in Swedish local authorities.Setting: The study setting included Swedish local authorities of different sizes.Subjects, participants: The participants are preparedness planners responsible for coordinating crisis management work in Swedish local authorities. The study includes preparedness planners with different backgrounds, education, experiences, and gender.Interventions: A presentation of 19 factors of preparedness planning identified in the literature and a discussion around how preparedness planners perceive those factors.Main outcome measure(s): The main outcome measures are knowledge about how both researcher and practitioner understand and argue around different factors of preparedness planning.Results: The result of this study is a framework for preparedness planning. As preparedness planning ought to be a learning process, the presented framework builds on four areas connected to learning: prerequisites for preparedness planning, who should be involved, what is to be learned, and how should the work be shaped.Conclusions: The analysis of factors identified in the literature and also in the interviews with preparedness planners illustrates that the four areas connected to learning are required for developing a preparedness planning process.

scholarly journals Creating a Novel Multi-Layered Integrative Climate Change Adaptation Planning Approach Using a Systematic Literature Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Hafezi ◽  
Oz Sahin ◽  
Rodney Stewart ◽  
Brendan Mackey
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Adaptation Planning ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Planning Approach

Climate change adaptation planning requires the integration of disciplines, stakeholders, different modelling approaches, treatment options, and scales of analysis. An integrated stepwise planning approach is a critical requirement for effective climate change adaptation in the context of small island developing states and coastal communities. To address this need, this paper reports on a systematic review of 116 research papers from an initial set of around 650 academic peer-reviewed papers. These papers were assessed and categorised based on their planning framework or the approach utilised, measured climate change impacts, employed methods and tools, and recommended adaptation strategies or options. This study identified three important dimensions of a fully integrated climate change adaptation planning process, namely, integration in assessment, integration in modelling, and integration in adaptive responses. Moreover, it resulted in the formulation of a novel multi-layered integrative climate change adaptation planning approach. Adopting this holistic and integrative approach is more likely to yield better climate change adaptation in planning outcomes over the long term.

Integrated urban water planning: big picture planning is good for the wallet and the environment

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Anderson ◽  
R. Iyaduri
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
River Management ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Planning ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Management Objectives ◽  
South Wales

The demands on governments and local authorities are changing in response to community expectations for environmentally sustainable outcomes. To reverse declining water quality in rivers and ensure sustainable use in the 21st century, the State Government in New South Wales has introduced a package of Water Reforms. The introduction of integrated water, sewerage and drainage planning is one of the Water Reform initiatives. Traditionally, government and local authorities have managed their water supply, sewerage and stormwater drainage systems as separate entities. Integrated urban water planning is a structured planning process to evaluate concurrently the opportunities to improve the management of water, sewerage and drainage services within an urban area in ways which are consistent with broader catchment and river management objectives. The New South Wales Department of Land & Water Conservation (DLWC) has developed an integrated urban water planning process through a number of recent pilot studies. The process links urban water management objectives to overall catchment and river management objectives. DLWC is currently developing a set of guidelines for integrated urban water plans. DLWC has developed the Integrated Urban Water Planning methodology through three pilot studies in the New South Wales towns of Finley, Goulburn and Bombala. The pilot studies have shown that an integrated approach to water, sewerage and stormwater planning can identify opportunities that are not apparent when separate strategies are developed for each service. The result is better-integrated, more sustainable solutions, and substantial cost savings for local communities.

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