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Multilevel Climate Governance, Anticipatory Adaptation, and the Vulnerability‐Readiness Nexus
Author(s) -
Kim Hyun,
Marcouiller David W.,
Woosnam Kyle Maurice
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/ropr.12417
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , climate change , multi level governance , vulnerability (computing) , corporate governance , adaptation (eye) , multilevel model , coping (psychology) , climate change adaptation , context (archaeology) , environmental resource management , environmental planning , political science , business , geography , psychology , economics , computer science , ecology , computer security , biology , embedded system , finance , neuroscience , machine learning , psychiatry , archaeology
Adapting to the social, economic, environmental, and health threats resulting from climate change requires successful multilevel governance and improved decision‐making processes. In this study, we evaluate explanatory relationships that support climate change adaptation. Based on the existing literature, we develop and apply a mixed‐methods approach to examine refined drivers of the vulnerability‐readiness nexus. This study examines the context of multilevel governance and the role of anticipatory adaptation in coping with climate risks at the county level in the U.S. Mississippi River Basin between 1990 and 2010. Our focus is on adaptation to climate change within the context of multilevel governance. Our results suggest that anticipatory adaptation and higher levels of regional capacities are particularly effective in adapting to climate change.