Title
Similarities and Differences in Barriers and Opportunities Affecting Climate Change Adaptation Action in Four North American Landscapes
Author(s)
Lonsdale, W.R., Kretser, H.E., Chetkiewicz, C.-L. B. and Cross, M.S. 2017.
Published
2017
Publisher
Environmental Management 60(6):1076-1089
Abstract
Climate change presents a complex set of challenges for natural resource managers across North America. Despite recognition that climate change poses serious threats to species, ecosystems, and human communities, implementation of adaptation measures is not yet happening on a broad scale. Among different regions, a range of climate change trajectories, varying political contexts, and diverse social and ecological systems generate a myriad of factors that can affect progress on climate change adaptation implementation. This study surveyed and interviewed practitioners, decision-makers, and scientists involved in natural resource management in four different North American regions, northern Ontario (Canada), the Adirondack State Park (US), Arctic Alaska (US), and the Transboundary Rocky Mountains (US and Canada) in order to understand the general versus site-specific nature of barriers and opportunities influencing implementation.
Keywords
climate change, landscape
Full Citation
R. Lonsdale, Whitney & E. Kretser, Heidi & B. Chetkiewicz, Cheryl-Lesley & S. Cross, Molly. (2017). Similarities and Differences in Barriers and Opportunities Affecting Climate Change Adaptation Action in Four North American Landscapes. Environmental Management. . 10.1007/s00267-017-0933-1.
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