Climate adaptation has emerged as a mainstream risk management strategy for assisting in maintaining socio … introduce the concept of an “adaptation frontier”, which is defined as a socio-ecological system’s transitional adaptive … of systems on the frontier. These include path dependence, adaptation/development deficits, values conflicts and …

the city level emerged in 1996 and has long had a focus on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. City planners’ “adaptation … turn” is recent and still ongoing. This paper presents a meta-evaluation of Swedish municipal adaptation approaches, and … being put into the identification of barriers to adaptation planning, in contrast, there is little assessment or …

Tropical highland regions are experiencing rapid climate change. In these regions the adaptation challenge is … enhanced climate resilience and adaptation to climate change. To support development of locally appropriate climate resilience … appropriate unit for defining adaptation strategies in these primarily subsistence agriculture communities. To this end, we …

product. Within this context we explore the viability of proposed adaptation pathways in Soc Trang province, Vietnam — an area … provides an integrated and systemic focus for coastal adaptation strategies. Emphasizing sustainable livelihoods is less likely … production) at the expense of developing a diverse suite of adaptation strategies, which may lead to path dependencies and an …

focus on ecosystems and their interaction with people is essential for climate change adaptation. Increasingly, ecosystem …-based adaptation (EbA) approaches are being highlighted as an approach to address climate change impacts. Specifically, EbA encourages … the use of local and external knowledge about ecosystems to identify climate change adaptation approaches. This paper …