气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Community business resilience: adaptation practice of micro- and small enterprises around the Pearl River Estuary

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DOI	10.1007/s10584-019-02562-y
	Community business resilience: adaptation practice of micro- and small enterprises around the Pearl River Estuary
	Lo A.Y.; Chow A.S.Y.; Liu S.; Cheung L.T.O.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0165-0009
起始页码	565
结束页码	585
卷号	157 期号:2020-03-04
英文摘要	Small community businesses bear the brunt of climate change impacts. Studies of the vulnerability and resilience of such businesses predominantly focus on firm-level characteristics and organizational issues. This paper addresses the lack of individual-level considerations. It explores an analytical approach that draws upon the concepts of social capital and sense of place for understanding community businesses’ resilience to extreme weather. An empirical study was conducted to investigate whether and how the attributes of these concepts are related to adaptation practice. This study is based on a structured questionnaire survey of community businesses at various locations around the Pearl River Estuary that are exposed to storm surges. The findings partially support the hypothesis that action is more likely to be taken when social capital is strong. Community businesses are more likely to adopt adaptation strategies when their owners or operators perceive a higher level of social expectation, but are less likely to do so when they have better relationships with the people around them. This study indicated the potential for moral hazard driven by good social relationships and supported the understanding of small community businesses as firms and social agents in responding to climate change impacts. There is a need for recognizing the social dimensions of small businesses’ rationality in their adaptation and hazard adjustment, and strengthening their engagement with community-based adaptation through social institutions. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.
英文关键词	Adaptation; China; Climate change; Community business; Extreme weather; Social capital
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Behavioral research; Risk management; Surveys; Adaptation; Adaptation strategies; China; Climate change impact; Extreme weather; Organizational issues; Questionnaire surveys; Social capitals; Climate change
来源期刊	Climatic Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/147364
作者单位	New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand; Department of Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; School of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lo A.Y.,Chow A.S.Y.,Liu S.,et al. Community business resilience: adaptation practice of micro- and small enterprises around the Pearl River Estuary[J],2019,157(2020-03-04).
APA	Lo A.Y.,Chow A.S.Y.,Liu S.,&Cheung L.T.O..(2019).Community business resilience: adaptation practice of micro- and small enterprises around the Pearl River Estuary.Climatic Change,157(2020-03-04).
MLA	Lo A.Y.,et al."Community business resilience: adaptation practice of micro- and small enterprises around the Pearl River Estuary".Climatic Change 157.2020-03-04(2019).