Barriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorSimões, Eliane
dc.contributor.authorde Sousa Junior, Wilson C.
dc.contributor.authorde Freitas, Débora M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMills, Morena
dc.contributor.authorIwama, Allan Y.
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorOlivato, Débora
dc.contributor.authorFidelman, Pedro
dc.contributor.institutionAeronautics Institute of Technology
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionImperial College London
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of the Sunshine Coast
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T16:46:23Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T16:46:23Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines barriers and opportunities for climate change adaptation in an urban coastal setting where adaptation is in its infancy. It draws on a diagnostic framework as a foundation for identifying and organising barriers and opportunities in terms of three broad phases of the adaptation process, i.e. (1) understanding the problem, (2) planning adaptation options and (3) managing implementation of such options. Data come from the analysis of documents (e.g. policy, plans and reports) and a survey of 49 representatives from 42 organisations (e.g. government, environmental non-governmental organisations, businesses and local industry and professional associations). Nineteen barriers and/or opportunities pertaining to the different phases of the adaptation process were identified. Three of those barriers (i.e. competing priorities, existing management context and existing ecological context) are our additions to the initial list of common barriers proposed in the diagnostic framework. Barriers pertaining to the understanding phase were the most frequently noted by respondents. The understanding phase was also one which most of the barriers were nevertheless considered as opportunities. Emerging critical barriers and/or opportunities for climate change adaptation included perception of signal, availability and accessibility of information, existing management context and leadership. We propose that addressing these barriers and opportunities would involve improving perception about climate change and availability and accessibility of information, fostering anticipatory planned adaptation through the existing management context and developing leadership for adaptation. Findings from this study may prove useful to other jurisdictions, particularly those where climate adaptation is at its early stages of development.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Water Resources and Environment Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Pça. Mal. Eduardo Gomes, 50 CTA/IEI
dc.description.affiliationBiosciences Institute São Paulo State University-UNESP, Coastal Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique s/n, P.O. Box 73601
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Life Sciences Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road
dc.description.affiliationSustainability Research Centre University of the Sunshine Coast
dc.description.affiliationUnespBiosciences Institute São Paulo State University-UNESP, Coastal Campus, Praça Infante Dom Henrique s/n, P.O. Box 73601
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCAPES: 417/2010
dc.format.extent1739-1750
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1133-5
dc.identifier.citationRegional Environmental Change, v. 17, n. 6, p. 1739-1750, 2017.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10113-017-1133-5
dc.identifier.file2-s2.0-85015184430.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1436-378X
dc.identifier.issn1436-3798
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85015184430
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/169543
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofRegional Environmental Change
dc.relation.ispartofsjr1,218
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAdaptation
dc.subjectBarriers and opportunities
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.titleBarriers and opportunities for adapting to climate change on the North Coast of São Paulo, Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo

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