Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations
Adaptation to climate change is often conceptualized as a dichotomy, with responses being either planned (formal and structured) or autonomous (organic and self-organized, often known as “everyday adaptation”). Recent literature on adaptation responses has highlighted the existence and importance of...
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| author | Maskell, Gina Shukla, Roopam Jagannathan, Kripa Browne, Katherine Ulibarri, Nicola Campbell, Donovan Franz, Christopher Grady, Caitlin Joe, Elphin Tom Kirchhoff, Christine Madhavan, Mythili Michaud, Lillian Sharma, Swarnika Singh, Chandni Orlove, Ben Nagle Alverio, Gabriela Ajibade, Idowu Bowen, Kathryn Chauhan, Neha Galappaththi, Eranga Hudson, A.J. Mach, Katharine Musah-Surugu, Justice Petzold, Jan Reckien, Diana Schauberger, Bernhard Segnon, Alcade van Bavel, Bianca Gornott, Christoph |
| author_browse | Ajibade, Idowu Bowen, Kathryn Browne, Katherine Campbell, Donovan Chauhan, Neha Franz, Christopher Galappaththi, Eranga Gornott, Christoph Grady, Caitlin Hudson, A.J. Jagannathan, Kripa Joe, Elphin Tom Kirchhoff, Christine Mach, Katharine Madhavan, Mythili Maskell, Gina Michaud, Lillian Musah-Surugu, Justice Nagle Alverio, Gabriela Orlove, Ben Petzold, Jan Reckien, Diana Schauberger, Bernhard Segnon, Alcade Sharma, Swarnika Shukla, Roopam Singh, Chandni Ulibarri, Nicola van Bavel, Bianca |
| author_facet | Maskell, Gina Shukla, Roopam Jagannathan, Kripa Browne, Katherine Ulibarri, Nicola Campbell, Donovan Franz, Christopher Grady, Caitlin Joe, Elphin Tom Kirchhoff, Christine Madhavan, Mythili Michaud, Lillian Sharma, Swarnika Singh, Chandni Orlove, Ben Nagle Alverio, Gabriela Ajibade, Idowu Bowen, Kathryn Chauhan, Neha Galappaththi, Eranga Hudson, A.J. Mach, Katharine Musah-Surugu, Justice Petzold, Jan Reckien, Diana Schauberger, Bernhard Segnon, Alcade van Bavel, Bianca Gornott, Christoph |
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| description | Adaptation to climate change is often conceptualized as a dichotomy, with responses being either planned (formal and structured) or autonomous (organic and self-organized, often known as “everyday adaptation”). Recent literature on adaptation responses has highlighted the existence and importance of the interplay between autonomous and planned adaptation, but examination of this interaction has been limited to date. We use a global database of 1682 peer-reviewed articles on adaptation responses to systematically examine autonomous and planned adaptations, with an emphasis on how these types of adaptations interact with one another. We propose a third category, mixed adaptation, which demonstrates characteristics of both autonomous and planned types, and which recognizes nuances in how organization, external support, formality, and autonomy manifest in the fuzzy space between the two. We find that more than one-third of articles reporting on adaptation responses fall into this mixed category, with cases across sectors and world regions. We develop a qualitative typology of mixed adaptation that identifies nine ways that autonomous and planned adaptation interact and influence each other both positively and negatively. Based on these findings, we argue for more nuanced examinations of the interplay between autonomous and planned adaptation and for conceptualizing adaptation planning as a continuum between the two rather than a dichotomy. Exploring the patterns of interplay from a large database of adaptation responses offers new insights on the relative roles of both autonomous and planned adaptation for mobilizing adaptation pathways in locally relevant, scalable, effective, and equitable ways. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1734212025-12-08T10:29:22Z Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations Maskell, Gina Shukla, Roopam Jagannathan, Kripa Browne, Katherine Ulibarri, Nicola Campbell, Donovan Franz, Christopher Grady, Caitlin Joe, Elphin Tom Kirchhoff, Christine Madhavan, Mythili Michaud, Lillian Sharma, Swarnika Singh, Chandni Orlove, Ben Nagle Alverio, Gabriela Ajibade, Idowu Bowen, Kathryn Chauhan, Neha Galappaththi, Eranga Hudson, A.J. Mach, Katharine Musah-Surugu, Justice Petzold, Jan Reckien, Diana Schauberger, Bernhard Segnon, Alcade van Bavel, Bianca Gornott, Christoph climate change adaptation governance planning methods Adaptation to climate change is often conceptualized as a dichotomy, with responses being either planned (formal and structured) or autonomous (organic and self-organized, often known as “everyday adaptation”). Recent literature on adaptation responses has highlighted the existence and importance of the interplay between autonomous and planned adaptation, but examination of this interaction has been limited to date. We use a global database of 1682 peer-reviewed articles on adaptation responses to systematically examine autonomous and planned adaptations, with an emphasis on how these types of adaptations interact with one another. We propose a third category, mixed adaptation, which demonstrates characteristics of both autonomous and planned types, and which recognizes nuances in how organization, external support, formality, and autonomy manifest in the fuzzy space between the two. We find that more than one-third of articles reporting on adaptation responses fall into this mixed category, with cases across sectors and world regions. We develop a qualitative typology of mixed adaptation that identifies nine ways that autonomous and planned adaptation interact and influence each other both positively and negatively. Based on these findings, we argue for more nuanced examinations of the interplay between autonomous and planned adaptation and for conceptualizing adaptation planning as a continuum between the two rather than a dichotomy. Exploring the patterns of interplay from a large database of adaptation responses offers new insights on the relative roles of both autonomous and planned adaptation for mobilizing adaptation pathways in locally relevant, scalable, effective, and equitable ways. 2025-02-01 2025-02-27T12:10:30Z 2025-02-27T12:10:30Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173421 en Open Access application/pdf Resilience Alliance, Inc. Maskell, G.; Shukla, R.; Jagannathan, K.; Browne, K.; Ulibarri, N.; Campbell, D.; Franz, C.; Grady, C.; Joe, E.T.; Kirchhoff, C.; Madhavan, M.; Michaud, L.; Sharma, S.; Singh, C.; Orlove, B.; Nagle Alverio, G.; Ajibade, I.; Bowen, K.; Chauhan, N.; Galappaththi, E.; Hudson, A.J.; Mach, K.; Musah-Surugu, J.; Petzold, J.; Reckien, D.; Schauberger, B.; Segnon, A.; van Bavel, B.; Gornott, C. (2025) Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations. Ecology and Society 30(1): 39 p. ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| spellingShingle | climate change adaptation governance planning methods Maskell, Gina Shukla, Roopam Jagannathan, Kripa Browne, Katherine Ulibarri, Nicola Campbell, Donovan Franz, Christopher Grady, Caitlin Joe, Elphin Tom Kirchhoff, Christine Madhavan, Mythili Michaud, Lillian Sharma, Swarnika Singh, Chandni Orlove, Ben Nagle Alverio, Gabriela Ajibade, Idowu Bowen, Kathryn Chauhan, Neha Galappaththi, Eranga Hudson, A.J. Mach, Katharine Musah-Surugu, Justice Petzold, Jan Reckien, Diana Schauberger, Bernhard Segnon, Alcade van Bavel, Bianca Gornott, Christoph Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations |
| title | Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations |
| title_full | Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations |
| title_fullStr | Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations |
| title_short | Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations |
| title_sort | dichotomy or continuum a global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations |
| topic | climate change adaptation governance planning methods |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173421 |
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