Journal
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 657-669Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.12.002
Keywords
Climate change; Water resources; Adaptation; Subjective adaptive capacity; Perceptions; Small islands
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- Environmental Change Institute
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In many Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as in Kiribati, formal national adaptation programmes are currently being operationalised or are in the pipeline. A key focus is on motivating householders to adapt in anticipation of climate change through pilot community projects. In this paper, we argue that the water sector must pay equal attention to how communities cognitively perceive the process of adaptation if interventions are to be effective. Adopting a cognitive model to gain such insights we conclude that individual's belief in their own abilities to manage water stress play a crucial role in driving intentions to adapt and therefore greater attention needs to be placed on understanding the underling drivers shaping such beliefs. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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