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Coastal urban and peri-urban indigenous people’s adaptive capacity to climate change

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posted on 2024-06-13, 16:46 authored by D Low Choy, P Clarke, S Serrao-Neumann, R Hales, O Koshade, DS Jones
This chapter discusses the adaptive capacity of coastal urban and peri-urban Indigenous People’s to climate change. It is based on the findings of a National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) funded project that utilised a series of case studies that engaged key representatives from Indigenous organisations in five coastal locations in three states of south-eastern Australia (Low Choy D, Clarke P, Jones D, Serrao-Neumann S, Hales R, Koschade O et al., Aboriginal reconnections: understanding coastal urban and peri-urban Indigenous people’s vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, 139 pp, 2013). The study has highlighted the social, economic and environmental impacts on urban and peri-urban Indigenous communities inhabiting coastal areas throughout south-eastern Australia. These impacts include a loss of community and environmental assets, such as cultural heritage sites, with significant impacts on their quality of life and the establishment of potential favourable conditions for the spread of plant diseases, weeds and pests. The study also found that opportunities did not readily exist for engagement with climate change adaptation policy and initiatives and this was further exacerbated by acute shortages of qualified/experienced Indigenous members that could represent their communities’ interests in climate change adaptation forums. The evidence emerging from this research clearly demonstrates that Aboriginal people’s consideration of the future, even with the overlay of climate change and the requirements for serious considerations of adaptation, are significantly influenced and dominated by economic aspirations which are seen as fundamental survival strategies for their communities.

History

Volume

72

Chapter number

27

Pagination

441-461

ISSN

0921-092X

ISBN-13

9783319281124

ISBN-10

3319281100

Indigenous content

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Language

eng

Publication classification

B Book chapter, B1 Book chapter

Copyright notice

2016, The Authors

Extent

35

Editor/Contributor(s)

Maheshwari B, Singh VP, Thoradeniya B

Publisher

Springer

Place of publication

Cham, Switzerland

Title of book

Balanced urban development : options and strategies for liveable cities

Series

Water science and technology library