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The Role of Anticipatory Governance in Local Climate Adaptation: Observations from Australia

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  • Silvia Serrao-Neumann
  • Ben P. Harman
  • Darryl Low Choy

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Anticipatory governance is emerging in the literature and practice as a form of decision-making which attempts to deal with climate change complexities and uncertainties. Underpinning the anticipatory governance approach to decision-making is a three-step process which includes future analysis, flexibility of strategies and monitoring and action. This paper adopts the anticipatory governance and its three-step approach as a framework to investigate two Australian local government adaptation initiatives. It discusses the challenges local governments face in taking the lead through anticipatory governance to address climate change adaptation in their planning efforts. The paper aims to contribute analytical insights into adaptation planning at the local scale through anticipatory governance.

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  • Silvia Serrao-Neumann & Ben P. Harman & Darryl Low Choy, 2013. "The Role of Anticipatory Governance in Local Climate Adaptation: Observations from Australia," Planning Practice & Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(4), pages 440-463, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cpprxx:v:28:y:2013:i:4:p:440-463
    DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2013.795788
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    1. Karlijn Muiderman & Aarti Gupta & Joost Vervoort & Frank Biermann, 2020. "Four approaches to anticipatory climate governance: Different conceptions of the future and implications for the present," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(6), November.

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