{"title":"“You talk of threat, but we think of comfort”: the role of place attachment in small remote communities in Iceland that experience avalanche threat","authors":"Matthias Kokorsch, Jóhanna Gísladóttir","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02144-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02144-w","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, climate change may increase the likelihood, intensity, and frequency of some natural hazards in the country, such as avalanches. It is therefore essential to increase preparedness for climate change–related effects. Until recently, social and community aspects of climate change–related hazards have not received much attention in Iceland. The aim of this study was to explore the role of place attachment in small remote communities in Iceland and how residents experience the threat of avalanches. Through a narrative approach, we conducted interviews with residents and focus groups in two communities in the Westfjords. Our findings suggest that both communities show a high level of place attachment, in particular with regard to the natural and social dimension. A positive impact of place attachment translates into willingness for volunteering and local engagement, which can increase preparedness and enhance capacity building. While we found negative tendencies of place attachment in both places, for example in that residents do not consider their communities vulnerable despite the risk, they seem to be less prominent than the positive aspects. Residents exhibit traditional local knowledge, but there is a need to better integrate newcomers and foreigners in the communities into emergency planning.","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"37 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135774381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ira J Sutherland, Josh Van Vianen, Dominic Rowland, Ignacio Palomo, Unai Pascual, Amanda Mathys, Sari Narulita, Terry Sunderland
{"title":"Use, value, and desire: ecosystem services under agricultural intensification in a changing landscape in West Kalimantan (Indonesia)","authors":"Ira J Sutherland, Josh Van Vianen, Dominic Rowland, Ignacio Palomo, Unai Pascual, Amanda Mathys, Sari Narulita, Terry Sunderland","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02134-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02134-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"72 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135868032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hannah Lehmann, Stephan Bose-O’Reilly, Julia Schoierer, Matthias Garschagen
{"title":"Climate change-related health hazards in daycare centers in Munich, Germany: risk perception and adaptation measures","authors":"Hannah Lehmann, Stephan Bose-O’Reilly, Julia Schoierer, Matthias Garschagen","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02136-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02136-w","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Due to their vulnerability, children need special protection from health effects of climate change, which are already noticeable today. Since a large proportion of children in Germany are in non-parental care during the day, the pedagogical staff in daycare centers play a crucial role in protecting children’s health. For this reason, a quantitative online survey was conducted among pedagogical staff ( n = 181) in daycare centers of one provider in Munich, where children aged nine weeks to 10 years are cared for. It was examined how the pedagogical staff assesses the risk of climate change-related health hazards on children’s health and on its own health at work today and in the next 10 years. Additionally, it was surveyed whether or which measures for (health-related) adaptation to climate change and long-term climate change mitigation in the form of education for sustainable development (ESD) are implemented in the daycare centers. The results were statistically analyzed both descriptively and with multiple linear regression analyses to test the assumed associations. The results show that despite the strong perception of climate change-related health risks, their implementation in corresponding protection and adaptation measures is insufficient in most of the daycare centers surveyed. The informedness of the pedagogical staff proved to be a decisive influencing factor in the implementation of measures. Therefore, in addition to stronger implementation of structural adaptation measures in daycare centers, target group-specific knowledge and instructions for action should also be increasingly conveyed in the training curricula and further education of pedagogical staff.","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"27 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135935840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David J. Hanslow, Martin G. Fitzhenry, Michael G. Hughes, Michael A. Kinsela, Hannah E. Power
{"title":"Sea level rise and the increasing frequency of inundation in Australia’s most exposed estuary","authors":"David J. Hanslow, Martin G. Fitzhenry, Michael G. Hughes, Michael A. Kinsela, Hannah E. Power","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02138-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02138-8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The large tidal lake systems along the Southeast Australian coast are amongst the most vulnerable estuaries in Australia to the effects of sea level rise. In these lakes, reduced tide ranges compared with the ocean, in combination with modest flood extremes, have allowed development to occur in close vertical proximity to the current mean sea level. In this study, we examine water levels within Lake Macquarie, Australia’s most exposed estuary to sea level rise. We analyse water level data from the entrance channel and the lake to investigate recent changes to the frequency and duration of inundation or flooding of low-lying streets and examine the potential impacts of future rises in sea level. Our analysis shows that the numbers of days each year when water levels exceed those of low-lying streets, while subject to some variability, have increased significantly over recent decades. The increasing frequency of inundation is attributed to both mean sea level rise and an increase in tide range over the period of available data, which is thought to be associated with scour processes related to ongoing morphological adjustment to entrance training works undertaken over a century ago. Comparison of the projected behaviour of lake and open coast water levels under sea level rise shows the lake has significantly greater sensitivity to sea level rise. Projected inundation frequency for a given amount of sea level rise within the lake is double that of open coast sites, exposing infrastructure in the estuary to increasing risk of damage.","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"269 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tackling limitations in biodiversity offsetting? A comparison of the Peruvian and French approaches","authors":"Katherine Salès, Pascal Marty, Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02143-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02143-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"268 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Mario Torralba, María García-Martín, Tobias Plieninger
{"title":"Narratives of land abandonment in a biocultural landscape of Spain","authors":"Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Mario Torralba, María García-Martín, Tobias Plieninger","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02125-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02125-z","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Rural abandonment is a significant process in the Mediterranean region, posing sustainability challenges for rural and urban areas. Although there is an increase in studies focusing on the ecological implications and impacts of land abandonment and the role of rewilding, there is a knowledge gap in the study of the socio-cultural dimension of abandonment from the local perspective, even though it is crucial for land management decision. This study focuses on a case study in Western Spain, where a social survey was used to assess the perceptions of local communities regarding land abandonment and their implication on nature’s contributions to people and quality of life. A survey campaign was administered in the case study region during the summer of 2020, collecting 205 face-to-face surveys. The results show that local communities overall have a negative reaction toward rural abandonment. In addition, local respondents recognize how traditional agriculture is the main source for maintaining nature’s contributions to human well-being. Additionally, four groups of narratives toward rural abandonment were identified representing clusters of respondents with different motivations and interpretations of rural abandonment. This paper calls for understanding better the perceptions, values, and motivations toward rural abandonment and how their outcomes can be used as input for landscape management. Our results indicate that the local population perceives that the loss of rural livelihoods may entail serious environmental and societal problems, as locals are forced to abandon their rural-associated ways of life and migrate to urban areas.","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135872446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate change and its impacts on glaciers and glacial lakes in Nepal Himalayas","authors":"Nitesh Khadka, Xiaoqing Chen, Shankar Sharma, Bhaskar Shrestha","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02142-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02142-y","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Nepal, a Himalayan country, is often chosen by global scientists to study climate change and its impact on the Himalayan environment. The changes in temperature, precipitation, glaciers, and glacial lakes over Nepal are comprehensively reviewed based on published literature and compared with regional studies. Furthermore, the published glacier datasets were used to calculate and analyze the changes in area, equilibrium line of altitude (ELA) and ice reserves to show the response of glaciers to climate change. We find that the warming trend (0.02 to 0.16 °C yr −1 ) is being more pronounced over Nepal, and heterogeneous changes in precipitation amount, pattern, and frequency are observed with no significant trend. Concurrently, the glaciers are found to be responding with heterogeneous shrinkage in area (− 1 to − 5 km 2 yr −1 ), possessing negative mass balance (− 0.3 to − 0.8 m w.e. yr −1 ), decrease in ice volume (− 4.29 km 3 yr −1 ) and upward shift of the ELA (~ 20.66 m decade −1 ). The total decrease in ice reserve (− 128.84 km 3 ) of Nepal has resulted in ~ 0.32 mm of sea level rise in past 30 years. Moreover, the formation and surface area expansion (0.83 % yr −1 ) of glacial lakes over Nepal have been accelerated. Additionally, we note that Nepal is highly susceptible to glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) events and document a total of 45 reliable reported and unreported historical GLOF events from 39 glacial lakes across Nepal. This review will facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the current state of climate change and the identification of existing knowledge gaps in Nepal.","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136160027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shifts in the pelagic fishery dynamics in response to regional sea warming and fishing in the Northeastern Mediterranean","authors":"Nazli Demirel, Ekin Akoglu, Taner Yıldız","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02139-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02139-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"195 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136159428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Luis Cruz Maceín, Ignacio Gonzalez-Fernandez, Alba Barrutieta, Victoria Bermejo-Bermejo, José Pablo Zamorano Rodríguez
{"title":"Adaptation strategies for dealing with global atmospheric change in Mediterranean agriculture: a triple helix approach to the Spanish case study","authors":"José Luis Cruz Maceín, Ignacio Gonzalez-Fernandez, Alba Barrutieta, Victoria Bermejo-Bermejo, José Pablo Zamorano Rodríguez","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02131-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02131-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"3 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136161066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davide Bonaldo, Debora Bellafiore, Christian Ferrarin, Rossella Ferretti, Antonio Ricchi, Lorenzo Sangelantoni, Maria Letizia Vitelletti
{"title":"Correction to: The summer 2022 drought: a taste of future climate for the Po valley (Italy)?","authors":"Davide Bonaldo, Debora Bellafiore, Christian Ferrarin, Rossella Ferretti, Antonio Ricchi, Lorenzo Sangelantoni, Maria Letizia Vitelletti","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02149-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02149-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"5 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136262374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}