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  • Planning for a different kind of sea change: lessons from Australia for sea level rise and coastal flooding

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    Dedekorkut-Howes, Ayşın
    Torabi, Elnaz
    Howes, Michael
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    Dedekorkut Howes, Aysin
    Howes, Michael J.
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    2021
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    Climate change increases hazards for coastal cities where a large proportion of the world’s population lives. Adaptation to its impacts ought to be a key focus for planning and policymaking in highly vulnerable countries like Australia. This responsibility, however, has been largely left to local councils with mixed results. This leaves substantial parts of the population at risk where adaptation plans are lacking. Even worse, since the impacts of climate change do not respect jurisdictional boundaries, there is a spill-over risk where good adaptation planning by one council may be undermined by the lack of action in an ...
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    Climate change increases hazards for coastal cities where a large proportion of the world’s population lives. Adaptation to its impacts ought to be a key focus for planning and policymaking in highly vulnerable countries like Australia. This responsibility, however, has been largely left to local councils with mixed results. This leaves substantial parts of the population at risk where adaptation plans are lacking. Even worse, since the impacts of climate change do not respect jurisdictional boundaries, there is a spill-over risk where good adaptation planning by one council may be undermined by the lack of action in an adjacent council. These risks can be reduced if state and federal governments provide more consistent support and guidance. This paper takes an integrated approach in comparing the relevant legislation, policies, plans, and strategies related to coastal management across the national and state/territory jurisdictions in Australia. The findings indicate that there are major differences, with some states (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and Queensland) having more detailed policies and plans for addressing sea level rise and coastal flooding. The findings have implications beyond Australia, particularly for those countries with more devolved or federal systems of government, and provide key lessons for adaptation to climate change.
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    Journal Title
    Climate Policy
    Volume
    21
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1819766
    Copyright Statement
    This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Climate Policy, Volume 21, 2021 - Issue 2, Pages 152-170, 01 Oct 2020, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1819766
    Subject
    Policy and administration
    Applied economics
    Climate change science
    Climate change impacts and adaptation
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/398104
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