Towards Successful Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise along Europe's Coasts
Towards Successful Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise along Europe's Coasts
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成功适应欧洲沿海海平面上升
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2008
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R. Nicholls
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R. Tol;Richard J. T. Klein;R. Nicholls
适应被定义为系统对其环境变化的计划或计划外、反应性或预见性、成功或不成功的反应。本文考察了欧洲沿海地区对海平面上升和气候变化的适应现状。适应可以大大减少海平面上升（和其他沿海变化）的影响，尽管它需要根据不断变化的环境调整沿海管理政策。因此，适应是一个社会、政治和经济的过程，而不是像人们经常设想的那样仅仅是一项技术工作。“海平面上升脆弱性综合与升级评估研究”项目表明，欧洲各国对海平面上升的适应能力存在很大差异。粗略地说，确定了四组国家：那些不担心海平面加速上升的国家，不应该担心，因为他们的海岸不容易受到影响；那些不担心，因为他们有更紧迫的问题；那些不担心，但可能应该担心的；那些担心并开始适应的国家在欧盟一级，虽然沿海管理是一个重点，但这项努力主要针对今天的问题。因此，这篇论文建议需要协调一致的努力来解决整个欧洲沿海地区的适应问题。各国之间分享经验将促进这一进程。
Abstract Adaptation is defined as the planned or unplanned, reactive or anticipatory, successful or unsuccessful response of a system to a change in its environment. This paper examines the current status of adaptation to sea-level rise and climate change in the context of European coasts. Adaptation can greatly reduce the impact of sea-level rise (and other coastal changes), although it requires adjustment of coastal management policies to changing circumstances. Consequently, adaptation is a social, political, and economic process, rather than just a technical exercise, as it is often conceived. The Synthesis and Upscaling of sea-level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Studies project has shown that adaptation to sea-level rise is widely divergent among European countries. Crudely, four groups of countries were identified: Those that do not worry about accelerated sea-level rise and should not as their coasts are not susceptible Those that do not worry as they have more urgent problems Those that do not worry but probably should Those that do worry and have started to adapt At the European Union level, while coastal management is a focus, this effort is mainly targeted at today's problems. Hence, this paper suggests the need for a concerted effort to address adaptation in coastal zones across Europe. Sharing of experience among countries would facilitate this process.