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Insights on Urban and Periurban Adaptation Strategies Based on Stakeholders’ Perceptions on Hard and Soft Responses to Climate Change

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  • Pablo Martinez-Juarez

    (Department of Economics, Universidad de Alcalá (UAH), Plaza de la Victoria 2, 28802 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
    Departament of Economic Analysis: Economic Theory and Economic History Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain)

  • Aline Chiabai

    (Basque Centre for Climate Change, BC3, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain)

  • Cristina Suárez

    (Department of Economics, Universidad de Alcalá (UAH), Plaza de la Victoria 2, 28802 Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

  • Sonia Quiroga

    (Department of Economics, Universidad de Alcalá (UAH), Plaza de la Victoria 2, 28802 Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

Abstract

Adapting to expected impacts of climate change is a task shared by multiple institutions and individuals, but much of this work falls over local and regional authorities, which has made them experts over the issue. At the same time, adaptation to climate change has been a research interest in different academic fields; while private companies provide research and development efforts on the issue. Views from perspectives may contain common ground and discrepancies, but benefits from the discussion may differ among these three sectors. This study shows the application of collaborative approaches to analyze impacts and adaptation measures at a local level. A stakeholder workshop was held in the city of Bilbao to discuss impacts of climate change and adaptation in the local context of the Basque Country. The contributions were proposed on three axes: impacts from climate change, good practices proposed or already in action, and costs and benefits derived from those strategies. Participants were asked to rank a series of measures and practices extracted from their previous inputs. These measures were analyzed after applying bootstrapping techniques, according to the perceived costs and benefits assigned to each of the grouped measures and practices. Participants estimated that groups containing green adaptation measures and those that had potentially positive impacts over climate change mitigation were the most efficient measures, as reduced costs combined with high benefits could lead to win–win adaptation strategies, while grey infrastructures were seen as providing high benefits at high costs.

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  • Pablo Martinez-Juarez & Aline Chiabai & Cristina Suárez & Sonia Quiroga, 2019. "Insights on Urban and Periurban Adaptation Strategies Based on Stakeholders’ Perceptions on Hard and Soft Responses to Climate Change," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-15, January.
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