Sanderson, H, Hildén, M, Russel, D et al. (1 more author) (2016) Database support for adaptation to climate change: An assessment of web-based portals across scales. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 12 (4). pp. 627-631. ISSN 1551-3777
Abstract
The widely recognized increase in greenhouse gas emissions is necessitating adaptation to a changing climate, and policies are being developed and implemented worldwide, across sectors, and between government scales globally. The aim of this article is to reflect on one of the major challenges: facilitating and sharing information on the next adaptation practices. Web portals (i.e., web sites) for disseminating information are important tools in meeting this challenge, and therefore, we assessed the characteristics of select major portals across multiple scales. We found that there is a rather limited number of case studies available in the portals—between 900 and 1000 in total—with 95 that include cost information and 195 that include the participation of stakeholders globally. Portals are rarely cited by researchers, suggesting a suboptimal connection between the practical, policy-related, and scientific development of adaptation. The government portals often lack links on search results between US and European Union (EU) web sites, for example. With significant investments and policy development emerging in both the United States and the European Union, there is great potential to share information via portals. Moreover, there is the possibility of better connecting the practical adaptation experience from bottom-up projects to the science of adaptation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 SETAC. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sanderson, H, Hildén, M, Russel, D and Dessai, S (2016) Database support systems for adaptation to climate change: An assessment of web-based portals across scales. Integrated environmental assessment and management. ISSN 1551-3777, which will subsequently be published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.1755. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Climate change; Adaptation; Portals; Case studies |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2016 11:06 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2017 10:17 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.1755 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/ieam.1755 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94142 |