Studying local climate adaptation: A heuristic research framework for comparative policy analysis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada;2. Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada;1. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK;2. EThekwini Municipality, Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department, 166 K.E. Masinga Road, Durban 4001, South Africa;1. Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 182, 3500 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands;3. Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands;1. The Climate Resilience Fund, PO Box 11216, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, United States;2. The University of Michigan, 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States;1. Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP)/Griffith Institute for Tourism (GIFT), Gold Coast Campus G01, 2.25, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia;2. Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Building 2040, Room E239, MS-6301, PO Box 2008, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6253, USA;3. Climate Change Science Institute and Geographic Information Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Building 5800, Room I214, MS-6017, PO Box 2008, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6253, USA;1. Climate & Energy Policy Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;2. Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Santa Cruz, CA, USA;3. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Climate change poses a significant risk for communities, and local governments around the world have begun responding by developing climate adaptation policies. Scholarship on local adaptation policy has proliferated in recent years, but insufficient attention has been paid to operationalization of the unit of analysis, and methods employed are typically inadequate to draw inferences about variation across cases. This article seeks to contribute to the conceptual and methodological foundations of a research agenda for comparative analysis of local adaptation policies and policy-making. Synthesizing insights from policy studies literature and existing adaptation research, the article identifies and operationalizes two aspects of public policy—policy content and policy process—which are salient objects of comparative analysis that typically vary from one community to another. The article also addresses research design, outlining a comparative case study methodology that incorporates various qualitative analytical techniques as the vehicle to examine these policy elements in empirical settings. |
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| Keywords: | Adaptation Climate change Comparative analysis Local government Public policy |
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