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Comparing Climate Impact Assessments for Rural Adaptation Planning in Germany and the Netherlands

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ID22018016
AuthorsJuliane Wright (TU Dortmund University), Johannes Flacke (0000-0001-8906-7719, University of Twente), Jörg Peter Schmitt (TU Dortmund University), Jürgen Schultze (0000-0003-2038-0381, TU Dortmund University), Stefan Greiving (0000-0002-6245-752X, TU Dortmund University)
Year2021
Volume6
Issue3
Pages306-320
Publication date2021-08-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
PublisherCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v6i3.4269
OpenAlexW3194473179
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

The consensus nowadays is that there is a need to adapt to increasingly occurring climate impacts by means of adaptation plans. However, only a minority of European cities has an approved climate adaptation plan by now. To support stakeholder dialogue and decision-making processes in climate adaptation planning, a detailed spatial information and evidence base in terms of a climate impact assessment is needed. This article aims to compare the climate impact assessment done in the context of two regional climate change adaptation planning processes in a Dutch and a German region. To do so, a comparison of guidelines and handbooks, methodological approaches, available data, and resulting maps and products is conducted. Similarities and differences between the two approaches with a particular focus on the input and output of such analysis are identified and both processes are assessed using a set of previously defined quality criteria. Both studies apply a similar conceptualisation of climate impacts and focus strongly on issues concerning their visualisation and communication. At the same time, the methods of how climate impacts are calculated and mapped are quite different. The discussion and conclusion section highlights the need to systematically consider climatic and socio-economic changes when carrying out a climate impact assessment, to focus on a strong visualisation of results for different stakeholder groups, and to link the results to planning processes and especially funding opportunities

Climate change · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · German · Impact assessment · Political science · Spatial planning · Stakeholder · Climate change impacts on agriculture · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Environmental Science · Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,4
Citation span2021 - 2025 (5)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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