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Planning for social justice, anticipating sea level rise: the case of Lake Macquarie, Australia.
- Source :
- Australian Geographer; Jun2021, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p171-190, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Climate change will affect communities in diverse and differentiated ways, so adaptation approaches must strive to address social justice in order to reduce inequality. This paper applies a social justice framework to examine planning for sea level rise in a densely populated coastal settlement in eastern Australia. The Lake Macquarie area is highly vulnerable to sea level rise with local adaptation planning already underway. An in-depth case study is presented that draws upon 19 interviews with key informants and householders and a structured document and media analysis from 12 newspapers. This qualitative data was analysed to identify: the range of understandings of what is just in planning for sea level rise; and key factors that influence perceptions of justice in planned retreat scenarios. The study concludes that there is a need for guiding principles in decision-making that explicitly address social justice in order to realise more equitable outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL justice
SOCIAL planning
LAKES
CLIMATE change
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00049182
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Geographer
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150512537
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2021.1917327