Integrating regional perceptions into climate change adaptation: a transdisciplinary case study from Germany's North Sea Coast

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Integrating regional perceptions into climate change adaptation: a transdisciplinary case study from Germany's North Sea Coast. / Schmidt, Anke; Striegnitz, Meinfried; Kuhn, Katina.
in: Regional Environmental Change, Jahrgang 14, Nr. 6, 12.2014, S. 2105-2114.

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title = "Integrating regional perceptions into climate change adaptation: a transdisciplinary case study from Germany's North Sea Coast",
abstract = "Coastal protection strategies increasingly have to take into account the effects of climate change. At present, engineering and natural science models that assess the impact of global climatic transformations on regional coastal zones and their protection structures remain rather detached from the knowledge and insights of regional practitioners. The main thesis of this contribution, using a case study from the North Sea Coast of Germany, is that innovative coastal protection requires not only interdisciplinary research but transdisciplinary collaboration in order to develop a viable adaptation strategy. The investigation of the social dimension of climate change and coastal protection strategies, using qualitative interviews with organized regional stakeholders, climate researchers and coastal engineers, as well as a representative public survey, contributes to a comprehensive understanding of regional perceptions with respect to climate change and coastal protection.",
keywords = "Sustainability sciences, Communication, Adaptation strategies, Climate change, Coastal zone, Transdisciplinarity, Adaptation strategies, climate change, Coastal zone, PERCEPTION, transdisciplinarity",
author = "Anke Schmidt and Meinfried Striegnitz and Katina Kuhn",
year = "2014",
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language = "English",
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journal = "Regional Environmental Change",
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