Landscape narratives in practice: implications for climate change adaptation
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In: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 183, No. 2, 06.2017, p. 175-186.
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T1 - Landscape narratives in practice
T2 - implications for climate change adaptation
AU - Köpsel, Vera
AU - Walsh, Cormac
AU - Leyshon, Catherine
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Research on the societal dynamics of climate change adaptation has advanced during recent years from merely focusing on technical and economic factors to taking into consideration people's individual perspectives and personal values. Within this context a growing literature on the relationship between people's place attachment and climate change adaptation has emerged. This literature seeks to explain how individuals’ relationships with the places in which they live influence current and potential future responses to climate change at the local scale. Nevertheless, critical limitations are evident in the conceptualisation of place and people–place relationships within this literature. In particular, differences between individual place constructions and their possible implications for landscape management are given insufficient attention. To address these shortcomings, we mobilise research on the societal construction of landscapes to uncover how actors in landscape management perceive ‘their’ places and changes to them. Drawing on qualitative interviews with key actors in landscape management in Cornwall (UK), we present four contrasting narratives about local landscapes and climate change and highlight their potential implications for climate change adaptation.
AB - Research on the societal dynamics of climate change adaptation has advanced during recent years from merely focusing on technical and economic factors to taking into consideration people's individual perspectives and personal values. Within this context a growing literature on the relationship between people's place attachment and climate change adaptation has emerged. This literature seeks to explain how individuals’ relationships with the places in which they live influence current and potential future responses to climate change at the local scale. Nevertheless, critical limitations are evident in the conceptualisation of place and people–place relationships within this literature. In particular, differences between individual place constructions and their possible implications for landscape management are given insufficient attention. To address these shortcomings, we mobilise research on the societal construction of landscapes to uncover how actors in landscape management perceive ‘their’ places and changes to them. Drawing on qualitative interviews with key actors in landscape management in Cornwall (UK), we present four contrasting narratives about local landscapes and climate change and highlight their potential implications for climate change adaptation.
KW - narratives
KW - Cornwall (UK)
KW - climate change adaptation
KW - place attachment
KW - landscape management
KW - landscape perception
KW - Geography
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U2 - 10.1111/geoj.12203
DO - 10.1111/geoj.12203
M3 - Scientific review articles
AN - SCOPUS:85007401695
VL - 183
SP - 175
EP - 186
JO - The Geographical Journal
JF - The Geographical Journal
SN - 0016-7398
IS - 2
ER -