TY - JOUR
T1 - Integral adaptation to climate change in coastal zones
T2 - 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, SDP 2017
AU - Cabrera-Sánchez, Bertha Nelly
AU - Audefroy, Joel F.
AU - Montejano-Castillo, Milton
AU - Manuelgalván-Alcocer, Héctor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 WIT Press.
PY - 2017/6/27
Y1 - 2017/6/27
N2 - Climate change on the planet is irreversibly affecting all continents to a greater or lesser extent. Consequently, populations settled in rural, urban and coastal areas must undergo an inevitable adaptation process due to the risks and vulnerabilities that prevail in each region. However, adaptation opportunities in coastal zones are shaped by social, economic and environmental problems that influence local adaptation capacity. In this research, the analyzed case study comprises the communities located along the Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, in Yucatán, México, where habitability conditions have been seriously threatened by climate change affecting local dwellings, the natural landscape, urban equipment and infrastructure, among others. As a result of this research, the effects of such threats were identified and sustainable development indicators are suggested as part of a more integral approach for policy makers to promote adaptation and reinforce the habitability conditions of coastal, rural and urban areas. The incorporation of strategies for optimizing resources to make local livelihoods more efficient and sustainable should be part of such policy agenda.
AB - Climate change on the planet is irreversibly affecting all continents to a greater or lesser extent. Consequently, populations settled in rural, urban and coastal areas must undergo an inevitable adaptation process due to the risks and vulnerabilities that prevail in each region. However, adaptation opportunities in coastal zones are shaped by social, economic and environmental problems that influence local adaptation capacity. In this research, the analyzed case study comprises the communities located along the Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, in Yucatán, México, where habitability conditions have been seriously threatened by climate change affecting local dwellings, the natural landscape, urban equipment and infrastructure, among others. As a result of this research, the effects of such threats were identified and sustainable development indicators are suggested as part of a more integral approach for policy makers to promote adaptation and reinforce the habitability conditions of coastal, rural and urban areas. The incorporation of strategies for optimizing resources to make local livelihoods more efficient and sustainable should be part of such policy agenda.
KW - Habitability
KW - Integral adaptation
KW - Risk
KW - Sustainable development indicators
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047955713&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2495/SDP170671
DO - 10.2495/SDP170671
M3 - Artículo de la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85047955713
SN - 1746-448X
VL - 226
SP - 773
EP - 782
JO - WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
JF - WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
IS - 1
Y2 - 27 June 2017 through 29 June 2017
ER -