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Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities

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Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities. / Cinner, Joshua E.; Adger, W. Neil; Allison, Edward H. et al.
In: Nature Climate Change, Vol. 8, No. 2, 29.01.2018, p. 117-123.

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Cinner, JE, Adger, WN, Allison, EH, Barnes, ML, Brown, K, Cohen, PJ, Gelcich, S, Hicks, CC, Hughes, TP, Lau, J, Marshall, NA & Morrison, TH 2018, 'Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities', Nature Climate Change, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 117-123. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0065-x

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Cinner, J. E., Adger, W. N., Allison, E. H., Barnes, M. L., Brown, K., Cohen, P. J., Gelcich, S., Hicks, C. C., Hughes, T. P., Lau, J., Marshall, N. A., & Morrison, T. H. (2018). Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities. Nature Climate Change, 8(2), 117-123. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0065-x

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Cinner JE, Adger WN, Allison EH, Barnes ML, Brown K, Cohen PJ et al. Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities. Nature Climate Change. 2018 Jan 29;8(2):117-123. doi: 10.1038/s41558-017-0065-x

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Cinner, Joshua E. ; Adger, W. Neil ; Allison, Edward H. et al. / Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities. In: Nature Climate Change. 2018 ; Vol. 8, No. 2. pp. 117-123.

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title = "Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities",
abstract = "To minimize the impacts of climate change on human wellbeing, governments, development agencies, and civil society organizations have made substantial investments in improving people's capacity to adapt to change. Yet to date, these investments have tended to focus on a very narrow understanding of adaptive capacity. Here, we propose an approach to build adaptive capacity across five domains: the assets that people can draw upon in times of need; the flexibility to change strategies; the ability to organize and act collectively; learning to recognize and respond to change; and the agency to determine whether to change or not.",
keywords = "SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CHANGE ADAPTATION, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, REEF FISHERIES, HUMAN AGENCY, VULNERABILITY, RESILIENCE, GOVERNANCE, PHILIPPINES, POVERTY",
author = "Cinner, {Joshua E.} and Adger, {W. Neil} and Allison, {Edward H.} and Barnes, {Michele L.} and Katrina Brown and Cohen, {Philippa J.} and Stefan Gelcich and Hicks, {Christina C.} and Hughes, {Terry P.} and Jacqueline Lau and Marshall, {Nadine A.} and Morrison, {Tiffany H.}",
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AU - Cinner, Joshua E.

AU - Adger, W. Neil

AU - Allison, Edward H.

AU - Barnes, Michele L.

AU - Brown, Katrina

AU - Cohen, Philippa J.

AU - Gelcich, Stefan

AU - Hicks, Christina C.

AU - Hughes, Terry P.

AU - Lau, Jacqueline

AU - Marshall, Nadine A.

AU - Morrison, Tiffany H.

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N2 - To minimize the impacts of climate change on human wellbeing, governments, development agencies, and civil society organizations have made substantial investments in improving people's capacity to adapt to change. Yet to date, these investments have tended to focus on a very narrow understanding of adaptive capacity. Here, we propose an approach to build adaptive capacity across five domains: the assets that people can draw upon in times of need; the flexibility to change strategies; the ability to organize and act collectively; learning to recognize and respond to change; and the agency to determine whether to change or not.

AB - To minimize the impacts of climate change on human wellbeing, governments, development agencies, and civil society organizations have made substantial investments in improving people's capacity to adapt to change. Yet to date, these investments have tended to focus on a very narrow understanding of adaptive capacity. Here, we propose an approach to build adaptive capacity across five domains: the assets that people can draw upon in times of need; the flexibility to change strategies; the ability to organize and act collectively; learning to recognize and respond to change; and the agency to determine whether to change or not.

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KW - CHANGE ADAPTATION

KW - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

KW - REEF FISHERIES

KW - HUMAN AGENCY

KW - VULNERABILITY

KW - RESILIENCE

KW - GOVERNANCE

KW - PHILIPPINES

KW - POVERTY

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