Considerable barriers can emerge in developing and implementing climate change
adaptation strategies. Understanding the nature of barriers to adaptation is important so as …

With continuing influx of large numbers of people into coastal regions, human stresses on
coastal ecosystems and resources are growing at the same time that climate variability and …

Governance across the land-sea interface is an emerging challenge. The propensity for, and
intensity of social-ecological interactions across this interface (eg, eutrophication …

Despite frequent calls for Integrated Management (IM) of coastal and marine activities, there
is no consensus on the 'recipe'for successful adoption and implementation, and there has …

Abstract Climate governance in Small Island developing States (SIDS) is a pressing priority
to preserve livelihoods, biodiversity and ecosystems for the next generations. Understanding …

This paper analyzes barriers and opportunities for effective adaptation planning in cities. In
particular, we focus on the preparation and adoption of adaptation strategies and action …

Institutions are one of the decisive factors which enable, constrain and shape adaptation to
the impacts of climate change, variability and extreme events. However, current …

Critical barriers to adaptation to climate change include the timely detection and agreed
definition of problems requiring adaptive action. In the context of local scale coastal …

Recent decades have witnessed a steady increase in efforts from a range of actors to
facilitate and support meaningful and effective engagement with coastal communities and …

The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) principles in the Mediterranean represent
a guideline identifying an appropriate way of linking environmental best practices to local …