气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Enabling incremental adaptation in disadvantaged communities: polycentric governance with a focus on non-financial capital

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DOI	10.1080/14693062.2020.1833824
	Enabling incremental adaptation in disadvantaged communities: polycentric governance with a focus on non-financial capital
	Moftakhari H.; Shao W.; Moradkhani H.; AghaKouchak A.; Sanders B.; Matthew R.; Jones S.; Orbinski J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	14693062
英文摘要	Floods increasingly threaten disadvantaged communities around the globe. When limited financial resources are available, nature-based and community-based incremental adaptation that codifies existing actions and behaviours can help protect people and assets through risk reduction management. These adaptation measures mainly rely on non-financial capital that can be appropriate alternatives when financial resources are limited, especially within the context of disadvantaged communities. There are, however, challenges in implementing such adaptation measures, including differential power relationships that might lead to misallocation of benefits. We propose a polycentric governance framework that can enhance stakeholder engagement and mobilize various forms of non-financial capital to trigger a web of incremental adaptation measures through four support mechanisms: technological investment, institutional enhancement, knowledge production, and environmental protection. We further discuss how various facilitating factors, including (i) communication and transportation infrastructure, (ii) flexible laws/regulations, (iii) risk communication, and (iv) environmental restoration, can increase the likelihood of success in application of the framework. A successful application of the proposed framework also necessitates development of a research agenda around suitable non-financial metrics for monitoring and evaluating the performance of the proposed strategies. In addition, learning from new developments in general societal protection and resilience in communities with relatively large financial capital and experiences of practicing polycentric governance in disadvantaged communities may facilitate the implementation of polycentric governance-based disaster risk reduction globally. Key policy insights: In communities with limited financial resources, nature-based and community-based incremental adaptation (IA) can help protect people and assets through risk reduction management. The proposed polycentric governance framework can enhance stakeholder engagement and mobilize various forms of non-financial capital to trigger a web of IA measures. Technological investment, institutional enhancement, knowledge production, and environmental protection are the foundational support mechanisms for a successful IA. Communication and transportation infrastructure, flexible legal and regulatory frameworks, risk communication, and environmental restoration are the four principal facilitating factors embedded in our proposed approach to enable IA. © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
英文关键词	disadvantaged communities; floods; incremental adaptation; Polycentric governance
语种	英语
来源期刊	Climate Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153335
作者单位	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States; University of California, Irvine, CA, United States; Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia; York University, Toronto, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moftakhari H.,Shao W.,Moradkhani H.,et al. Enabling incremental adaptation in disadvantaged communities: polycentric governance with a focus on non-financial capital[J],2020.
APA	Moftakhari H..,Shao W..,Moradkhani H..,AghaKouchak A..,Sanders B..,...&Orbinski J..(2020).Enabling incremental adaptation in disadvantaged communities: polycentric governance with a focus on non-financial capital.Climate Policy.
MLA	Moftakhari H.,et al."Enabling incremental adaptation in disadvantaged communities: polycentric governance with a focus on non-financial capital".Climate Policy (2020).