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ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
卷 17, 期 5, 页码 1121-1140出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9594-x
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa
- Claude Leon Foundation
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Santam Insurance Company Limited
Ecosystem-based adaptation can reduce social vulnerability to climate hazards and can be more sustainable in the long term than hard technical solutions to adaptation. Thus, it can provide a strong argument for the conservation of natural ecosystems. As the entities most directly responsible for local-level planning and management, municipalities represent a potentially key site for implementing ecosystem-based climate adaptation. This paper presents the results of a study that investigated the extent of eight local municipalities' knowledge and mainstreaming of ecosystem-based adaptation issues in the Western Cape, South Africa. Most municipalities had little understanding of ecosystem-based adaptation issues and limited implementation of relevant actions. Our findings suggest that ecosystem-based adaptation mainstreaming in local governments will be assisted by increasing learning and networking opportunities for municipalities and by increasing the profile of the concept of ecosystem-based adaptation, as well as by conducting research on barriers and enablers to collaborative governance.
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