Integrating regional perceptions into climate change adaptation: a transdisciplinary case study from Germany's North Sea Coast
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In: Regional Environmental Change, Vol. 14, No. 6, 12.2014, p. 2105-2114.
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T1 - Integrating regional perceptions into climate change adaptation
T2 - a transdisciplinary case study from Germany's North Sea Coast
AU - Schmidt, Anke
AU - Striegnitz, Meinfried
AU - Kuhn, Katina
PY - 2014/12
Y1 - 2014/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
KW - Adaptation strategies
KW - Climate change
KW - Coastal zone
KW - Transdisciplinarity
KW - Adaptation strategies
KW - climate change
KW - Coastal zone
KW - PERCEPTION
KW - transdisciplinarity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027941973&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10113-012-0338-x
DO - 10.1007/s10113-012-0338-x
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 14
SP - 2105
EP - 2114
JO - Regional Environmental Change
JF - Regional Environmental Change
SN - 1436-3798
IS - 6
ER -