Who should do what? Public perceptions on responsibility for sea-level rise adaptation

Elissa Waters, Jon Barnett

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Abstract

In Australia at present, responsibilities for coastal and sea-level rise planning reflect a complex mix of formal and informal management arrangements that are often shared and duplicated across levels of government, organisations and the public and private sectors. This chapter reports some key findings of a project that investigated community preferences for the distribution of responsibility for adaptation to sea-level rise. It presents some data from 80 hour-long interviews with coastal residents in two coastal communities. The research project focused on two local government areas in Australia: Eurobodalla Shire in New South Wales and Mornington Peninsula Shire in Victoria. The project investigates community preferences for responsibility for adaptation to sea-level rise. The federal government is viewed as the most appropriate entity to take responsibility for information provision on the risks of sea-level rise and to bear the costs of adaptation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Studies in Climate Adaptation
EditorsJean P. Palutikof, Sarah L. Boulter, Jon Barnett, David Rissik
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
Pages216-224
Number of pages9
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781118845028
ISBN (Print)9781118845011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Australian government
  • Eurobodalla Shire
  • Mornington Peninsula Shire
  • Sea-level rise

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