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  • The limits to adaptation: a comparative analysis

    Author(s)
    Barnett, Jon
    Palutikof, Jean
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Palutikof, Jean
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    This chapter explores six case studies of climate change impacts in Australia, the scope and opportunity for adaptation, the possibility that limits to adaptation exist and their nature and causes. It reports on a series of six linked research projects which investigated the possibilities of, and limits to, adaptation. The six case studies were selected purposefully. The first key finding is that adaptation goals can best be met through portfolios of adaptation strategies. The second key finding is that some barriers to adaptation are de facto limits. The third key finding is that socio-economic limits to adaptation may arise ...
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    This chapter explores six case studies of climate change impacts in Australia, the scope and opportunity for adaptation, the possibility that limits to adaptation exist and their nature and causes. It reports on a series of six linked research projects which investigated the possibilities of, and limits to, adaptation. The six case studies were selected purposefully. The first key finding is that adaptation goals can best be met through portfolios of adaptation strategies. The second key finding is that some barriers to adaptation are de facto limits. The third key finding is that socio-economic limits to adaptation may arise from processes that are distant in space and time. The fourth key finding is that limits to adaptation can arise through trade-offs in the way resources are allocated and places are managed. The projects each identify goals of adaptation and strategies to achieve them.
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    Book Title
    Applied studies in climate adaptation
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118845028.ch26
    Subject
    Climate change processes
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141685
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