Description:
This book presents a diverse range of case studies in action-research methods used to support the governance of climate adaptation, examining the reasons for using action research in this particular policy domain, its main pitfalls and problems, as well as the advantages and results.
Review Quotes:
"This book manages both to advance the academic understanding of emerging phenomena of governance of climate adaptation as well as to significantly enrich and develop the debate about action-research. By providing practical experiences from a highly innovative Dutch research programme and contrasting them with case studies from other countries, the volume helps not only academics, but also societal decision makers to address the manifold challenges of climate adaptation more effectively."
Bernd Siebenhuber, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
"Given the failure of collective action on global carbon emissions reductions, collective action to manage the consequences of climate change becomes one of the great challenges of the future. This book is an important contribution to understanding key problems in governing climate adaptation, drawing on over ten years of Dutch and international research."
Frans Berkhout, King's College London and Future Earth, UK