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De Stefano L, Hernández-Mora N, Iglesias A, et al. Defining adaptation measures collaboratively: A participatory approach in the Doñana socio-ecological system, Spain. J Environ Manage. 2016;195:46-55doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.042.
De Stefano, L., Hernández-Mora, N., Iglesias, A., & Sánchez, B. (2017). Defining adaptation measures collaboratively: A participatory approach in the Doñana socio-ecological system, Spain. Journal of environmental management, 19546-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.042
De Stefano, Lucia, et al. "Defining adaptation measures collaboratively: A participatory approach in the Doñana socio-ecological system, Spain." Journal of environmental management vol. 195 (2017): 46-55. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.042
De Stefano L, Hernández-Mora N, Iglesias A, Sánchez B. Defining adaptation measures collaboratively: A participatory approach in the Doñana socio-ecological system, Spain. J Environ Manage. 2017 Jun 15;195:46-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.042. Epub 2016 Nov 09. PMID: 27836564.
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J Environ Manage. 2017 Jun 15;195:46-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.042. Epub 2016 Nov 09.

Defining adaptation measures collaboratively: A participatory approach in the Doñana socio-ecological system, Spain.

Journal of environmental management

Lucia De Stefano, Nuria Hernández-Mora, Ana Iglesias, Berta Sánchez

Affiliations

  1. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, c/ José Antonio Nováis, 12, 28040, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, c/ Doña María de Padilla, s/n, 41004, Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Departamento de Economía y Ciencias Sociales Agrarias, Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
  4. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Departamento de Economía y Ciencias Sociales Agrarias, Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27836564 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.042

Abstract

The uncertainty associated with the definition of strategies for climate change adaptation poses a challenge that cannot be faced by science alone. We present a participatory experience where, instead of having science defining solutions and eliciting stakeholders' feedback, local actors actually drove the process. While principles and methods of the approach are easily adaptable to different local contexts, this paper shows the contribution of participatory dynamics to the design of adaptation measures in the biodiversity-rich socio-ecological region surrounding the Doñana wetlands (Southern Spain). During the process, stakeholders and scientists collaboratively designed a common scenario for the future in which to define and assess a portfolio of potential adaptation measures, and found a safe, informal space for open dialogue and information exchange. Through this dialogue, points of connection among local actors emerged around the need for more integrated, transparent design of adaptation measures; for strengthening local capacity; and for strategies to diversify economic activities in order to increase the resilience of the region.

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Keywords: Adaptation; Climate change; Doñana; Evaluation; Participatory process; Scenario

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