DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1252-7
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84926637335
论文题名: What do we know about UK household adaptation to climate change? A systematic review
作者: Porter J.J. ; Dessai S. ; Tompkins E.L.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2014
卷: 127, 期: 2 起始页码: 371
结束页码: 379
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Climate models
; Adaptation to climate changes
; Adaptive capacity
; Behavioural changes
; Developed countries
; Empirical research
; Government supports
; Systematic literature review
; Systematic Review
; Climate change
; adaptation
; climate change
; decision making
; empirical analysis
; flood
; governance approach
; household structure
; literature review
; public service
; public-private partnership
; risk assessment
; United Kingdom
英文摘要: The UK Government’s first National Adaptation Programme seeks to create a ‘climate-ready society’ capable of making well-informed and far-sighted decisions to address risks and opportunities posed by a changing climate, where individual households are expected to adapt when it is in their interest to do so. How, and to what extent, households are able to do this remains unclear. Like other developed countries, research on UK adaptation has focused predominately on public and private organisations. To fill that gap, a systematic literature review was conducted to understand what actions UK households have taken in response to, or in anticipation of, a changing climate; what drives or impedes these actions; and whether households will act autonomously. We found that UK households struggle to build long-term adaptive capacity and are reliant upon traditional reactive coping responses. Of concern is that these coping responses are less effective for some climate risks (e.g. flooding); cost more over the long-term; and fail to create household capacity to adapt to other stresses. While low-cost, low-skill coping responses were already being implemented, the adoption of more permanent physical measures, behavioural changes, and acceptance of new responsibilities are unlikely to happen autonomously without further financial or government support. If public policy on household adaptation to climate change is to be better informed than more high-quality empirical research is urgently needed. © 2014, The Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84701
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Sustainability Research Institute and ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Geography & Environment, University of Southampton, (Highfield Campus), Southampton, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Porter J.J.,Dessai S.,Tompkins E.L.. What do we know about UK household adaptation to climate change? A systematic review[J]. Climatic Change,2014-01-01,127(2)