Journal Articles (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
Items in this Collection
- 19Birchall, S. Jeff
- 3Murphy, Maya
- 2Bonnett, Nicole
- 2MacDonald, Seghan
- 1Bara, Nicklas N.
- 1Bonnett, Nicole
- 5New Zealand
- 4Carbon management
- 4Urban planning
- 3Climate Change
- 3Climate change policy
- 2Climate change
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2022-04-01
Bonnett, Nicole, Birchall, S. Jeff
This study examines extent and quality of climate adaptation integration within strategic plans of local governments in British Columbia, Canada. Strategic plans (n=39) were assessed using plan content analysis in order to understand whether regional planning leads to adaptation action by...
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An assessment of systems, agents, and institutions in building community resilience to climate change: A case study of Charlottetown, Canada
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Birchall, S. Jeff, MacDonald, Seghan, Bara, Nicklas N.
While climate change manifests itself as a global phenomenon, impacts are experienced most acutely at the local scale. As a result, the onus of responding to climate change impacts through planning policies and practice falls on local government decision-makers. This qualitative study, based in...
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2021-05-01
Birchall, S. Jeff, MacDonald, Seghan, Slater, Tara
As climate change progresses, local governments are being forced to find ways to adapt to worsening environmental, economic, and infrastructure impacts. The city of Fredericton, New Brunswick has a long history of river and overland flooding; however, more recent changes in local weather patterns...
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Wildfire risk and response in Jasper National Park, Alberta: Application of an adaptation readiness framework
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Halabut, Rechelle, Birchall, S. Jeff
Environmental change associated with warmer temperatures is creating unprecedented conditions in natural regions and ecosystems. In Jasper National Park, Alberta, climate change, historical fire management practices, and the mountain pine beetle infestation are combining to increase the risk of a...
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Social vulnerability and climate change adaptation: The critical importance of moving beyond technocratic policy approaches
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Kehler, Sarah, Birchall, S. Jeff
Planning policy can play a key role in effective, equitable climate change adaptation; however, its capacity remains undermined by technocratic approaches reliant on hard measures, discounting significant research on addressing sources of social vulnerability for successful adaptation policy. Not...
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Climate change adaptation policy and practice: The role of agents, institutions and systems
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Birchall, S. Jeff, Bonnett, Nicole
Surrey, British Columbia, stands out in its efforts to go beyond the provincial mandate on climate change mitigation and incorporate adaptation into strategic planning. The community is not currently overwhelmed by climate change impacts, and has local agents and institutions in place to...
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The Built Environment in a Winter Climate: Improving University Campus Design for Student Wellbeing
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McDonald-Yale, Eden, Birchall, S. Jeff
Like urban environments, the campus built environment can influence general wellbeing of students. At the same time, campuses are their own unique form and need to be analyzed in their own way. This study identifies elements of the campus built environment that contribute to student wellbeing,...
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2019
Birchall, S. Jeff, Bonnett, Nicole
Northern communities are experiencing greater climate variability, with extreme climate impacts occurring more frequently and with more intensity; with the need for adaptation to reduce the risk becoming more immediate. Specific stressors and decision dynamics surrounding the nature of local...
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2018
French, Emily L., Birchall, S. Jeff, Landman, Karen, Brown, Robert D.
In the wake of major earthquakes public open spaces become hubs for both short-term disaster response efforts and support longer-term recovery needs. At present, few open spaces are actually designed to support these intermittent but critical uses. Currently, there is no consolidated body of...
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2017
Birchall, S. Jeff, Murphy, Maya, Milne, Markus
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a relatively mature field where institutions have become firmly established. This empirical paper explores findings obtained from interviewing key actors within the VCM in New Zealand, at a time when the organizational field was beginning to emerge...