Understanding adaptation: What can social capital offer assessments of adaptive capacity? |
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Authors: | Mark Pelling Chris High |
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Institution: | Department of Geography, King's College, University of London, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK |
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Abstract: | The burgeoning interest in social capital within the climate change community represents a welcome move towards a concern for the behavioural elements of adaptive action and capacity. In this paper the case is put forward for a critical engagement with social capital. There is need for an open debate on the conceptual and analytical traps and opportunities that social capital presents. The paper contrasts three schools of thought on social capital and uses a social capital lens to map out current and future areas for research on adaptation to climate change. It identifies opportunities for using social capital to research adaptive capacity and action within communities of place and communities of practice. |
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Keywords: | Social capital Community Adaptive capacity Social organisation |
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