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Resilience and Adaptation: An Activity Systems Approach. / Marsden, Greg; Shires, Jeremy; Ferreira, Antonio et al.
2014. Paper presented at University Transport Study Group 2014, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

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Marsden, G, Shires, J, Ferreira, A, Phillips, I & Cass, NF 2014, 'Resilience and Adaptation: An Activity Systems Approach', Paper presented at University Transport Study Group 2014, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 6/01/14 - 8/01/14. <http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/78997/>

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Marsden, G., Shires, J., Ferreira, A., Phillips, I., & Cass, N. F. (2014). Resilience and Adaptation: An Activity Systems Approach. Paper presented at University Transport Study Group 2014, Newcastle, United Kingdom. http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/78997/

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Marsden G, Shires J, Ferreira A, Phillips I, Cass NF. Resilience and Adaptation: An Activity Systems Approach. 2014. Paper presented at University Transport Study Group 2014, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

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Marsden, Greg ; Shires, Jeremy ; Ferreira, Antonio et al. / Resilience and Adaptation : An Activity Systems Approach. Paper presented at University Transport Study Group 2014, Newcastle, United Kingdom.14 p.

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title = "Resilience and Adaptation: An Activity Systems Approach",
abstract = "Climate change will create new stresses for populations across the globe. Whatever mitigation pathways are adopted the question is about how much, not whether, climatic change will impact on society. In particular, we can expect more extreme rainfall events, flooding and variations in temperature which our infrastructures were not designed to cope with. This paper poses fundamental questions about how societies should respond to this. In particular, through the use of existing frameworks of resilience and adaptive capacity the paper presents a comparative analysis of two potential response strategies. The first is a transport systems approach which focuses on the availability of infrastructures and transport services. The second is an activity systems approach which focuses on ability of society to conduct activities. The differences are explored conceptually and through a series of innovative data sets collected during periods of significant weather related disruption as part of the RCUK funded Disruption project. The paper concludes that a transport systems approach sits comfortably within existing institutional structures and accountability processes. Each element of the system seeks to minimize the extent to which it is a source of failure under climatic events. This results in an ultimately flawed investment strategy underpinned by a paradigm of perceived stability. Such an approach also marginalizes user preferences for other strategies. The activity systems approach by contrast broadens the toolbox of responses beyond the transport system and integrates personal and group action and capacities. The activity systems approach incorporates the transport system but does not privilege it. Adopting such an approach could radically alter the transport planning paradigm and is not restricted to planning for extreme climate scenarios. ",
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RIS

TY - CONF

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T2 - University Transport Study Group 2014

AU - Marsden, Greg

AU - Shires, Jeremy

AU - Ferreira, Antonio

AU - Phillips, Ian

AU - Cass, Noel Flay

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Y1 - 2014

N2 - Climate change will create new stresses for populations across the globe. Whatever mitigation pathways are adopted the question is about how much, not whether, climatic change will impact on society. In particular, we can expect more extreme rainfall events, flooding and variations in temperature which our infrastructures were not designed to cope with. This paper poses fundamental questions about how societies should respond to this. In particular, through the use of existing frameworks of resilience and adaptive capacity the paper presents a comparative analysis of two potential response strategies. The first is a transport systems approach which focuses on the availability of infrastructures and transport services. The second is an activity systems approach which focuses on ability of society to conduct activities. The differences are explored conceptually and through a series of innovative data sets collected during periods of significant weather related disruption as part of the RCUK funded Disruption project. The paper concludes that a transport systems approach sits comfortably within existing institutional structures and accountability processes. Each element of the system seeks to minimize the extent to which it is a source of failure under climatic events. This results in an ultimately flawed investment strategy underpinned by a paradigm of perceived stability. Such an approach also marginalizes user preferences for other strategies. The activity systems approach by contrast broadens the toolbox of responses beyond the transport system and integrates personal and group action and capacities. The activity systems approach incorporates the transport system but does not privilege it. Adopting such an approach could radically alter the transport planning paradigm and is not restricted to planning for extreme climate scenarios.

AB - Climate change will create new stresses for populations across the globe. Whatever mitigation pathways are adopted the question is about how much, not whether, climatic change will impact on society. In particular, we can expect more extreme rainfall events, flooding and variations in temperature which our infrastructures were not designed to cope with. This paper poses fundamental questions about how societies should respond to this. In particular, through the use of existing frameworks of resilience and adaptive capacity the paper presents a comparative analysis of two potential response strategies. The first is a transport systems approach which focuses on the availability of infrastructures and transport services. The second is an activity systems approach which focuses on ability of society to conduct activities. The differences are explored conceptually and through a series of innovative data sets collected during periods of significant weather related disruption as part of the RCUK funded Disruption project. The paper concludes that a transport systems approach sits comfortably within existing institutional structures and accountability processes. Each element of the system seeks to minimize the extent to which it is a source of failure under climatic events. This results in an ultimately flawed investment strategy underpinned by a paradigm of perceived stability. Such an approach also marginalizes user preferences for other strategies. The activity systems approach by contrast broadens the toolbox of responses beyond the transport system and integrates personal and group action and capacities. The activity systems approach incorporates the transport system but does not privilege it. Adopting such an approach could radically alter the transport planning paradigm and is not restricted to planning for extreme climate scenarios.

M3 - Conference paper

Y2 - 6 January 2014 through 8 January 2014

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