Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change
Advancing Decision-Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty
Seiten
2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-19297-6 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-19297-6 (ISBN)
This book will draw on case studies of three coastal cities situated within very different governance regimes: Rotterdam, Boston and Singapore. It examines how infrastructure managers and other stakeholders are grappling with complex and uncertain climate risks.
Many of the challenges that decision-makers grapple with in relation to climate change are governance related. Planning and decision-making is evolving in ambiguous institutional environments, in which many key issues remain unresolved, including relationships between different actors; funding arrangements; and the sources and procedures for vetting data. These issues are particularly acute at this juncture, as climate adaptation moves from broad planning processes to the management of infrastructure systems. Concrete decisions must be made.
Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change draws on case studies of three coastal cities situated within very different governance regimes: neo-corporatist Rotterdam, neo-pluralist Boston and semi-authoritarian Singapore. The book examines how infrastructure managers and other stakeholders grappling with complex and uncertain climate risks are likely to make project-level decisions in practice, and how more effective decision-making can be supported. The differences across governance regimes are currently unaccounted for in adaptation planning, but are crucial as best practices are devised. These lessons are also applicable to infrastructure planning and decision-making in other contexts.
This book will be of great interest to scholars of climate change and environmental policy and governance, particularly in the context of infrastructure management.
Many of the challenges that decision-makers grapple with in relation to climate change are governance related. Planning and decision-making is evolving in ambiguous institutional environments, in which many key issues remain unresolved, including relationships between different actors; funding arrangements; and the sources and procedures for vetting data. These issues are particularly acute at this juncture, as climate adaptation moves from broad planning processes to the management of infrastructure systems. Concrete decisions must be made.
Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change draws on case studies of three coastal cities situated within very different governance regimes: neo-corporatist Rotterdam, neo-pluralist Boston and semi-authoritarian Singapore. The book examines how infrastructure managers and other stakeholders grappling with complex and uncertain climate risks are likely to make project-level decisions in practice, and how more effective decision-making can be supported. The differences across governance regimes are currently unaccounted for in adaptation planning, but are crucial as best practices are devised. These lessons are also applicable to infrastructure planning and decision-making in other contexts.
This book will be of great interest to scholars of climate change and environmental policy and governance, particularly in the context of infrastructure management.
Todd Schenk is an Assistant Professor in the Urban Affairs and Planning Program of the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech, USA.
Introduction: Adapting infrastructure to climate change
Learning across contrasting governance regimes
Rotterdam: A neo-corporatist approach to adaptation
Singapore: Adapting a strong city-state
Boston: Many hands on deck in the neo-pluralist U.S.
Role-play simulation exercises for social learning and collaborative problem solving
Uncertain decision-making: The use of multiple scenarios
Moving forward: Flexible and collaborative governance
Erscheinungsdatum | 14.01.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research |
Zusatzinfo | 6 Tables, black and white; 16 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-367-19297-7 / 0367192977 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-19297-6 / 9780367192976 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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