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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.09.015
	American adaptation: Social factors affecting new developments to address climate change
	Carlson K.; McCormick S.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	35
英文摘要	Climate change and extreme weather events are expected to increase in frequency and intensity in the United States. The social factors that drive cities to adapt to and/or prepare for these impacts are largely unknown. Sixty-five qualitative interviews were conducted with multi-sectoral decision-makers to assess factors driving adaptation in six cities across the United States: Tucson, Arizona; Tampa, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; Boston, Massachusetts; Portland, Oregon; and Los Angeles, California. We find that there are three type of factors that affect adaptation: (1) swing-characteristics of or events within localities that can lead toward or away from action; (2) inhibitors-ways of thinking and framing climate change available to decision-makers that slow, but do not necessarily stop change; and (3) resource catalysts-types of information and moral grounding that provide a rationale for change. These factors often intersect such that swing factors are only influential in cities with some political acceptance of climate change. In cities where public acceptance of climate change is slowly shifting, resource catalysts are more influential. This is the first qualitative study of climate change adaptation in American cities. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Adaptation; Climate change; Social factors; Urban
学科领域	adaptation; climate change; decision making; extreme event; nature-society relations; new record; qualitative analysis; questionnaire survey; social change; urban climate; Arizona; Boston; California; Florida [United States]; Los Angeles [California]; Massachusetts; North Carolina; Oregon; Portland [Oregon]; Raleigh; Tampa; Tucson; United States
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adaptation; climate change; decision making; extreme event; nature-society relations; new record; qualitative analysis; questionnaire survey; social change; urban climate; Arizona; Boston; California; Florida [United States]; Los Angeles [California]; Massachusetts; North Carolina; Oregon; Portland [Oregon]; Raleigh; Tampa; Tucson; United States
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117443
作者单位	George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, 950 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20052, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Carlson K.,McCormick S.. American adaptation: Social factors affecting new developments to address climate change[J],2015,35.
APA	Carlson K.,&McCormick S..(2015).American adaptation: Social factors affecting new developments to address climate change.Global Environmental Change,35.
MLA	Carlson K.,et al."American adaptation: Social factors affecting new developments to address climate change".Global Environmental Change 35(2015).