Climate change and human security in coastal regions

Climate change has been recognised as a major concern in coastal hotspots exposed to multiple climate hazards under regionally specific characteristics of vulnerability. We review the emerging research and current trends in the academic literature on coastal climate risk and adaptation from a human...

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Main Authors: Jan Petzold, Jürgen Scheffran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2024-01-01
Series:Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2754720524000027/type/journal_article
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description Climate change has been recognised as a major concern in coastal hotspots exposed to multiple climate hazards under regionally specific characteristics of vulnerability. We review the emerging research and current trends in the academic literature on coastal climate risk and adaptation from a human security perspective. The ecological and socioeconomic developments are analysed for key risk areas, including coastal infrastructure; water, food and fisheries; health; human mobility; and conflict, taking the different geographical contexts of coastal areas in islands, megacities and deltas into consideration. Compounding and cascading interactions require integrative research and policy approaches to address the growing complexity. Governance mechanisms focus on coastal management and adaptation, nature-based solutions and community-based adaptation, considering their synergies and trade-offs. This perspective allows for a holistic view on climate risks to human security and vicious circles of societal instability in coastal systems and the interconnectedness of different risk dimensions and systems necessary for sustainable and transformative adaptation solutions for the most affected coastal hotspots.
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spelling doaj.art-8f262c4bff2944b6aeb0e339c7ab66962024-03-06T07:18:35ZengCambridge University PressCambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures2754-72052024-01-01210.1017/cft.2024.2Climate change and human security in coastal regionsJan Petzold0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-3362Jürgen Scheffran1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-3062Department of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, GermanyResearch Group Climate Change and Security, Institute of Geography, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyClimate change has been recognised as a major concern in coastal hotspots exposed to multiple climate hazards under regionally specific characteristics of vulnerability. We review the emerging research and current trends in the academic literature on coastal climate risk and adaptation from a human security perspective. The ecological and socioeconomic developments are analysed for key risk areas, including coastal infrastructure; water, food and fisheries; health; human mobility; and conflict, taking the different geographical contexts of coastal areas in islands, megacities and deltas into consideration. Compounding and cascading interactions require integrative research and policy approaches to address the growing complexity. Governance mechanisms focus on coastal management and adaptation, nature-based solutions and community-based adaptation, considering their synergies and trade-offs. This perspective allows for a holistic view on climate risks to human security and vicious circles of societal instability in coastal systems and the interconnectedness of different risk dimensions and systems necessary for sustainable and transformative adaptation solutions for the most affected coastal hotspots.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2754720524000027/type/journal_articleclimate change adaptationcoastal vulnerabilitycoastal protectionhuman securitysea level rise
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coastal vulnerability
coastal protection
human security
sea level rise
title Climate change and human security in coastal regions
title_full Climate change and human security in coastal regions
title_fullStr Climate change and human security in coastal regions
title_full_unstemmed Climate change and human security in coastal regions
title_short Climate change and human security in coastal regions
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coastal vulnerability
coastal protection
human security
sea level rise
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