Climax thinking on the coast: a focus group priming experiment with coastal property owners about climate adaptation.

ABSTRACT: Coastal communities face increasingly difficult decisions about responses to climate change. Armoring and defending the coast are being revealed as ineffective in terms of outcomes and cost, particularly in rural areas. Nature-based options include approaches that make space for coastal dynamism (e.g., through managed retreat) or leverage ecosystem services such as erosion control (e.g., by restoring coastal wetlands). Resistance can be strong to these alternatives to hard infrastructure. Nova Scotia, off Canada's Atlantic coast, is a vulnerable coastal jurisdiction facing such decisions. The emerging climax thinking framework was used to design 14 experimental online focus groups. These focus groups explored how three priming treatments influenced discussions about adaptation options and

SUBMITTER: Sherren K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9381476 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature