Sustainable adaptation: An oxymoron?
Sustainable adaptation: An oxymoron?
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DOI：
10.3763/cdev.2010.0062
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发表时间：
2011-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
K. Brown
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作者：
K. Brown
本文对可持续适应的概念进行了批判性反思。它讨论了这一概念如何与关于可持续发展的辩论产生共鸣，以及文献中提出的可持续适应的关键要素如何与可持续发展相关联。它讨论了在促进和实施可持续适应及实现其目标方面的三大挑战。第一，目前的许多适应办法远远不能持续。第二，减贫与适应气候变化之间的关系十分复杂，且因具体情况而异。第三，可持续的适应可能被用来支持一切照旧的发展，而不是以社会正义、公平和环境可持续性为核心的更激进的选择。
This article provides critical reflection on the notion of sustainable adaptation. It discusses how the concept resonates with debates on sustainable development, and how the key elements of sustainable adaptation presented in the literature relate to sustainable development. It discusses three major challenges to the promotion and implementation of sustainable adaptation and achievement of its objectives. First, many current approaches to adaptation are far from sustainable. Second, the relationships between poverty reduction and adaptation to climate change are complex and highly context specific. Third, sustainable adaptation may be co-opted to support development-as-usual rather than more radical options which put social justice, equity and environmental sustainability at the core.