eprintid: 1458284
rev_number: 28
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datestamp: 2014-12-12 19:42:59
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creators_name: Vasileiadou, E
creators_name: Hisschemöller, M
creators_name: Petersen, AC
creators_name: Hazeleger, W
creators_name: Betgen, C
creators_name: de Hoog, I
creators_name: Min, E
title: Adaptation to extreme weather: identifying different societal perspectives in the Netherlands
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: J39
keywords: Extreme weather, Perspectives, Adaptation, Repertory grid, The Netherlands
note: Copyright © The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com.
abstract: The intensity and occurrence of extreme weather events are expected to change with climate change. This change necessitates adaptive responses to extreme events, which need to take into account different societal perspectives, in order to be robust. In this paper, we explore the perspectives of different social actors in the Netherlands with respect to extreme weather events and ways to adapt to these events. The paper reports on a set of 41 interviews, using the repertory grid technique. The results were analyzed, to identify (a) the perspectives that stakeholders hold as most important for adaptation to extreme weather events; (b) the determinants of differences in perspectives. We find six different perspectives, all of which prioritize different adaptive actions. Producing robust adaptive responses which include different perspectives is therefore not a straightforward matter and is likely to result in win–lose situations. Further, differences in perspectives were not closely related to different sectors the interviewees belonged to. Thus, the traditional approach of involving different sectors to discuss and produce adaptation measures may be too limiting and needs to be supplemented to involving actors with different perspectives. The level of concern and level of information influenced the ways interviewees perceive adaptation priorities for extreme weather events. Participation in information events does not always result in perceived need to prepare for extreme events, something that adaptation communication needs to take into account.
date: 2014-02
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-013-0460-4
vfaculties: VENG
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: crossref
elements_id: 999093
doi: 10.1007/s10113-013-0460-4
lyricists_name: Petersen, Arthur
lyricists_id: APETE53
full_text_status: public
publication: Regional Environmental Change
volume: 14
number: 1
pagerange: 91-101
issn: 1436-378X
citation:        Vasileiadou, E;    Hisschemöller, M;    Petersen, AC;    Hazeleger, W;    Betgen, C;    de Hoog, I;    Min, E;      (2014)    Adaptation to extreme weather: identifying different societal perspectives in the Netherlands.                   Regional Environmental Change , 14  (1)   pp. 91-101.    10.1007/s10113-013-0460-4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-013-0460-4>.       Green open access   
 
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