Towards a Characterisation of Adaptive Capacity: A Framework for Analysing Adaptive Capacity at the Local Level
Towards a Characterisation of Adaptive Capacity: A Framework for Analysing Adaptive Capacity at the Local Level
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适应能力的表征：地方一级适应能力分析框架
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2010
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S. Levine
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Lindsey Jones;E. Ludi;S. Levine
人们对支持弱势群体和社区适应气候变化的影响越来越感兴趣，人们普遍假设，发展与适应之间存在密切联系。然而，我们对发展干预措施对地方一级适应能力的影响的了解仍然有限。大多数发展干预措施在设计时并没有贴上气候变化“适应”的标签，但它们很可能影响社区适应不断变化的冲击和趋势的能力----无论是气候变化还是与发展有关的其他压力造成的（见Jones等人，2010年）。需要有一个了解和评估地方一级适应能力的框架，以便开始了解如何通过地方和国家两级更广泛的发展进程来支持这种能力。这样一个框架最终可以作为一个平台，监测进展情况，确定需要，分配发展资源，以提高系统适应变化的能力。
Interest is growing in supporting vulnerable people and communities to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, and there is a general assumption that there are close links between development and adaptation. Yet our understanding of the impacts that development interventions have on adaptive capacity at the local level remains limited. Most development interventions are not designed with a climate change ‘adaptation’ label, but it is likely that they influence communities’ capacity to adapt to changing shocks and trends – whether as a result of climate change or other pressures associated with development (see Jones et al., 2010). A framework for understanding and assessing adaptive capacity at the local level is needed to begin to understand how it can be supported through wider development processes at both local and national levels. Such a framework may in time serve as a platform to monitor progress, identify needs and allocate development resources to enhance a system’s ability to adapt to change.