Deconstructing vulnerability and adaptation in a coastal river basin ecosystem: a participatory analysis of flood risk in Nadi, Fiji Islands
Autor: | Petros Gaganis, Alvin Chandra |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
Global and Planetary Change
geography geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Flood myth business.industry Geography Planning and Development Environmental resource management Drainage basin Stakeholder Vulnerability Climate change 010501 environmental sciences Development 01 natural sciences Deforestation Small Island Developing States business Tourism 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Climate and Development. 8:256-269 |
ISSN: | 1756-5537 1756-5529 |
Popis: | Despite the growing discussion on vulnerability and adaptation in urban areas, there is limited research on how smaller towns and cities in Small Island Developing States are being affected by and responding to climate change impacts. This study uses fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM), field visits and semi-structured interviews with 40 stakeholders across 6 different stakeholder groups in the Nadi River Basin, Fiji Islands to identify, analyse and deconstruct climate change vulnerability and adaptation options to manage increasing flood risks. The research evidence suggests that vulnerability to floods in the basin is on the rise due to a complex mesh of three intersecting factors. Firstly, non-climatic pressures such as development, drainage, social change, agriculture, tourism growth and deforestation combine, juxtapose and interact in a rather unique way with global climate variability (interdependent systems) to increase the stress on the river and coastal ecosystems. Secondly, the most vulnerable or at-r... |
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