Flexible and comprehensive criteria for evaluating climate change adaptation success for biodiversity and natural resource conservation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12666303 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guillaume Peterson St‐Laurent (0000-0002-1329-0954, University of British Columbia, corresponding author), Lauren E Oakes (0000-0002-0049-1925, Wildlife Conservation Society), Molly S Cross (0000-0002-4238-9208, Wildlife Conservation Society), Molly Cross, Shannon Hagerman (0000-0002-1830-6126, University of British Columbia) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Pages | 87-97 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Science & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1462-9011 • E-ISSN: 1873-6416 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.019 |
| OpenAlex | W3208654838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 36 |
Assessing the success of climate change adaptation initiatives and expenditures requires consideration of multiple complex dimensions that interact across time and space—a task that is difficult and sometimes controversial. These challenges are exacerbated in conservation contexts where there are no clear and accepted definitions, goals, strategies, and evaluation criteria for adaptation. Using a Delphi expert elicitation (n = 18) involving successive semi-structured interview and survey phases, we address this gap by developing a concise yet comprehensive set of criteria to evaluate the success of adaptation projects. Through this process we identified 16 evaluation criteria organized into four categories: (1) use of information, (2) project management, (3) ecological and social outcomes, and (4) advancing the field of adaptation. We then trialed these criteria using an online survey of adaptation practitioners (n = 47), including to assess the relative importance of the various criteria for evaluating climate adaptation projects as compared with the views of experts involved in the Delphi survey. Results highlight a potential disconnect between what is considered important in theory (as perceived by experts) and in practice (as perceived by practitioners). Finally, we discuss potential use of the evaluation criteria
Adaptation (eye · Business · Climate change · Climate change adaptation · Delphi · Delphi method · Environmental resource management · Knowledge management · Management science · Natural resource · Political science · Process (computing · Process management · Resource (disambiguation · Set (abstract data type · Task (project management · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Science · Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Ecology
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The qualitative content analysis process
Creative (Climate) Communications
Current validity of the Delphi method in social sciences
Evaluation that counts
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Communicating adaptation to climate change
Core principles for successfully implementing and upscaling Nature-based Solutions
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The Politics of the Anthropocene
Qualitative inquiry and research design
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |