Assessing the local perception of climate change in a small island: a case study
| Autor: | Artur Gil, Sandra Hervías-Parejo, José Benedicto Royuela, Barbara Ambros, Azucena de la Cruz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Local impacts of climate change
Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Adaptation policy-support Island-scale mitigation media_common.quotation_subject Perspective (graphical) Climate change Global change Small island Management Monitoring Policy and Law Geography Order (exchange) Effects of global warming Public participation Perception OERs Local perception of climate change Outermost European regions Environmental planning Overseas countries and territories media_common |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC)-FCT-Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 1758-2091 1758-2083 |
| Popis: | The effects of climate change are global, but small islands are among the most vulnerable places. Local populations on small islands might have a ground-based perspective of the impacts that threaten them. This study was undertaken on Corvo (Azores), where 34% of the residents of both genders and different education levels were surveyed. Here, their understanding of climate change and their perception of its local impacts, the sense of risk, the local areas at risk, the willingness to propose mitigation and adaptation strategies, and the knowledge of regional procedures was analysed. Education played a crucial role in local understanding. The general perception was that the regional policies were insufficient to address climate change issues at the local level. This fact points out that the efforts to mitigate climate change impacts, and the public participation procedures for supporting policy-making, must be significantly increased and improved, in order to reach a real impact on local island communities. Overtourism in Spanish Coastal Destinations, Tourism Degrowth Strategies project (RTI2018094844-B-C31); 'Agencia Canaria de Investigacion, Innovacion y Sociedad de la Informacion' (ACIISI) (IPI2017010110) info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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