Between adaptive capacity and action: new insights into climate change adaptation at the household scale
dc.contributor.author | Mortreux, C | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Neill, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Barnett, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-29T14:39:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-07-02 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-06-29T08:54:27Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Research on social vulnerability and adaptation to climate change assumes that increasing amounts of adaptive capacity increase the likelihood of actions to adapt to climate change. We test this assumption as it applies at the scale of households, through a study of the relationship between adaptive capacity and household actions to adapt to wildfire risk in Mount Dandenong, Australia. Here we show a weak relationship exists between adaptive capacity and adaptation, such that high adaptive capacity does not clearly result in a correspondingly high level of adaptation. Three factors appear to mediate the relationship between household adaptive capacity and adaptation: their attitude to risk, their experience of risk, and their expectations of authorities. The findings suggest that to understand the adaptation practices of households, greater attention needs to be paid to socio-psychological factors that trigger people to apply their available capacities. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Australian Research Council (ARC) | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 074035- | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 15(7), article 074035 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7834 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | FT120100208 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/130093 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Open access. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. | en_GB |
dc.subject | adaptation | en_GB |
dc.subject | capacity | en_GB |
dc.subject | vulnerability | en_GB |
dc.subject | behaviour | en_GB |
dc.subject | fire | en_GB |
dc.title | Between adaptive capacity and action: new insights into climate change adaptation at the household scale | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-29T14:39:34Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1748-9318 | |
exeter.article-number | ARTN 074035 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from IOP Publishing via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1748-9326 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Environmental Research Letters | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Environmental Research Letters, 15(7) | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-02-19 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-07-02 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-06-29T14:35:57Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-06-29T14:39:38Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2020-07-02 |
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