Comparing apples and oranges: The dependent variable problem in comparing and evaluating climate change adaptation policies

J Dupuis, R Biesbroek - Global Environmental Change, 2013 - Elsevier
… meaningful comparisons and policy evaluations, transnational learning, and policy transfer.
… dependent variable problem in comparative studies on climate change adaptation policy by …

The adaptation policy paradox: the implementation deficit of policies framed as climate change adaptation

J Dupuis, P Knoepfel - Ecology and Society, 2013 - JSTOR
… of adaptation policy processes, we argue that some issues remain. First, the concept of …
cases matched control variables; this allowed us to assess the impact of adaptation framings on …

Data, concepts and methods for large‐n comparative climate change adaptation policy research: A systematic literature review

R Biesbroek, L Berrang‐Ford, JD Ford… - … : Climate Change, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… the “dependent variable problem”: how to define adaptation. … studies on climate change
adaptation policy have increased from … This parallels trends found for adaptation research more …

Modeling the structure of adaptation in climate change impact assessment

A Ortiz-Bobea, RE Just - American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013 - JSTOR
… critical foundation for adaptation policy analysis. Preliminary … the relevant weather variables
for our problem based on … underpinning to capture adaptation given those mechanisms. …

Climate adaptation as a control problem: Review and perspectives on dynamic water resources planning under uncertainty

JD Herman, JD Quinn, S Steinschneider… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… This paper reviews studies of dynamic water resources planning under climate change, …
observed and projected information as indicator variables for the adaptation policy; only a few of …

Can farmers' adaptation to climate change be explained by socio-economic household-level variables?

TB Below, KD Mutabazi, D Kirschke, C Franke… - … environmental change, 2012 - Elsevier
adaptation practices as indicating variables of adaptation our … -based adaptation index
(AAI) avoids weighting problemsstrategies using socio-economic variables and then explain …

Factors influencing the use of adaptation strategies to climate change in paddy lands of Kamfiruz, Iran

M Esfandiari, HRM Khalilabad, HM Boshrabadi… - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
change. The present study mainly aimed to determine the variables influencing farmers’
decisions on adaptation … Among these essential issues, adaptation strategies and the variables

Policy implementation styles and local governments: the case of climate change adaptation

A Lesnikowski, R Biesbroek, JD Ford… - Environmental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… local instrument mixes we adopt a proxy variable for local governing capacity that we …
signals political acknowledgement that climate change is an important local issue, and we expect …

Climate change adaptation policy options

JB Smith, SS Lenhart - Climate research, 1996 - int-res.com
… , fragmentation could become an even greater problem as species need to migrate to cooler
… An inventory may focus on actual social and economic decisions in light of variable climatic

Climate change adaptation strategies and food productivity in Nepal: a counterfactual analysis

U Khanal, C Wilson, BL Lee, VN Hoang - Climatic change, 2018 - Springer
… We include a number of variables based on the review of empirical literature on the … activities
in rural areas of Nepal which can enhance farmers’ awareness of climate change issues. …