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Climate Change Adaptation Planning at the Regional District Scale on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
DownloadSpring 2020
Society is currently faced with the complex and challenging task of responding to global climate change. Contemporary climate impacts include increasing temperatures, melting snow and ice, rising sea levels, and more extreme and variable weather events (IPCC, 2014). Vancouver Island has been...
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Climate change adaptation policy and practice: The role of agents, institutions and systems
Download2021-01-01
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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Coastal communities in the Circumpolar North and the need for sustainable climate adaptation approaches
Download2020-08-15
Bonnett, Nicole, Birchall, Jeff S.
Climate change is one of society’s greatest contemporary challenges. Increasing global temperatures leave coastal locations in particular, vulnerable to impacts that include rising sea levels and more extreme and variable weather events. Stress can be acute for small coastal communities located...
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The influence of governance structure on local resilience: Enabling and constraining factors for climate change adaptation in practice
Download2023-01-01
Birchall, S. Jeff, Bonnett, Nicole, Kehler, Sarah
Across the globe, the need to adapt is urgent. Coastal communities are particularly vulnerable to climate stressors such as rising sea levels and erosion, while more extreme and variable weather events interact to accentuate risk. While local governments are increasingly recognized as a central...
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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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Thinning Sea Ice and Thawing Permafrost: Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Nome, Alaska
Download2019-07-02
Birchall, Jeff S., Bonnett, Nicole
Climate change is among the most critical challenges facing local government decision-makers in the north. Yet while risk is clear, with climate impacts occurring there more rapidly than many regions on Earth, integrated policy and planning for climate adaptation often remains a low priority for...
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2019
Bonnett, Nicole, Birchall, S. Jeff
Recently, humanity has been faced with the complex task of responding to global climate change. Scholars and researchers stress the urgency of climate change mitigation and adaptation, warning decision-makers of the consequences of taking no action. Climate change mitigation is currently grounded...