Understanding how justice is considered in climate adaptation approaches: a qualitative review of climate adaptation plans

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dc.contributor.authorBrousseau, Jennifer J.en
dc.contributor.authorStern, Marc J.en
dc.contributor.authorPownall, Maliaen
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Lara J.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-13T13:56:52Zen
dc.date.available2025-02-13T13:56:52Zen
dc.date.issued2024-08-04en
dc.description.abstractDespite a growing focus on climate justice, prior research has revealed scant details about how marginalised groups have been engaged in local climate adaptation processes. This study aims to understand how justice is considered in these processes through a qualitative review of climate adaptation plans and related documents from US municipalities. We reviewed 101 plans published between 2010 and 2021 using the three-dimensional framework of recognitional, distributional, and procedural justice. Overall, our findings revealed a stronger focus on recognitional and distributional justice than procedural. Recognitional justice mainly focused on who is most vulnerable to climate change and how, with most plans adopting a similar understanding of vulnerability. Plans less frequently acknowledged how historical injustices contribute to vulnerability. Distributional justice was addressed through adaptation strategies across six areas (e.g. health and safety, buildings, green infrastructure, professional development, food, and transit), focusing greater attention on expanding existing programmes than new initiatives. Little attention was given to the potential negative impacts of proposed strategies. Procedural justice was mainly considered through one-off opportunities, rather than more extensive engagement in decision-making. Most plans lacked implementation considerations, for justice or otherwise, but when included, details mainly focused on who would be involved and not how strategies would be implemented. These findings provide an array of approaches to incorporate justice in adaptation planning and support several considerations for developing future plans.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 1644-1663en
dc.format.extent20 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2024.2386964en
dc.identifier.eissn1469-6711en
dc.identifier.issn1354-9839en
dc.identifier.issue12en
dc.identifier.orcidStern, Marc [0000-0002-0294-8941]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/124573en
dc.identifier.volume29en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectSocial justiceen
dc.subjectclimate changeen
dc.subjectmarginalised communitiesen
dc.subjectclimate adaptation plansen
dc.subjectimplementationen
dc.titleUnderstanding how justice is considered in climate adaptation approaches: a qualitative review of climate adaptation plansen
dc.title.serialLocal Environmenten
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dc.type.otherJournalen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Techen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environmenten
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment/Forest Resources and Environmental Conservationen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment/CNRE T&R Facultyen

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