1st Edition
Action Research for Climate Change Adaptation Developing and applying knowledge for governance
Preface 1. The governance of adaptation to climate change and the need for actionable knowledge: The challenges of climate change adaptation and the promise of action research Arwin van Buuren, Mathijs van Vliet and Catrien Termeer 2. Forms and foundations of action research Patrick Huntjens, Jasper Eshuis, Catrien Termeer and Arwin van Buuren 3. Action research in governance landscapes: Partnering with city guides and gatekeepers Martinus Vunk, Daan Boezeman, Art Dewulf and Catrien Termeer 4. Participation in climate change adaptation in the Lower Vam Co River Basin in Vietnam: Serious games as tools for action research Patrick Huntjens, Bouke Ottow, and Ralph Lasage 5. Understanding institutionalized ways of knowing climate risks: reflections on action research for participatory knowledge production Daan Boezeman, Martinus Vink, and Pieter Leroy 6. Governance of climate adaptation in Australia: design charrettes as a creative tool for participatory action research Rob Roggema, John Martin, and Lisa Vos 7. Adaptive governance in practice: a learning approach based on action research designed for the implementation of climate adaptation measures Gerald Jan Ellen, Corniel van Leeuwen, Wiebren Kuindersma, Bas Breman, and Frank van Lamoen 8. Scaling innovation in climate change planning: serious gaming in Portland and Copenhagen Patrick Driscoll and Martin Lehmann 9. Using role-play simulations to encourage adaptation: serious games as tools for action research Todd Schenk and Lawrence Susskind 10. Adaptive flood risk management for unembanked areas in Rotterdam: co-creating governance arrangements for local adaptation strategies Arwin van Buuren, Mike Duijn, Ellen Tromp, and Peter van Veelen 11. Action research for the governance of adaptation to climate change: conclusions and lessons learnt Mathijs van Vliet, Arwin van Buuren, and Jasper Eshuis
Biography
Arwin van Buuren is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Jasper Eshuis is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Mathijs van Vliet is Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Public Administration and Policy at Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
"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
