Feenstra, Jouke (2021) Conditions for community-based adaptation to climate change: Multiple case study in the Netherlands about conditions that support community resilience through co-creation. Master thesis.
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Climate change is to some degree inevitable, causing an increased focus in adapting to climate change impacts. Because communities are vulnerable to the consequences of climate change, it is important to research how communities can effectively adapt to these changes. Co-creation between local governments and communities could be part of the solution to effective community-based adaptation projects. This thesis therefore focused on how community-based adaptation and co-creation can help communities in the Netherlands adapting to climate changes. This research aimed to create an overview of which conditions contribute to effective use of community-based adaptation and co-creation in the Netherlands, and how these conditions could be applied in other adaptation projects. This was researched by answering the research question: “How can community-based adaptation and co-creation support communities in the Netherlands to become more resilient to climate change?”. The theory showed that forms of capital (social, political, financial) can be used through co-creation processes between local governments and initiatives. Participation, learning, and the use of knowledge (local, expert, creative) in these processes could lead to effective community-based adaptation approaches. These approaches could help with building absorptive, adaptive and transformative capacity. By the use of three case studies in the Netherlands and semi-structured interviews, supporting conditions were tested in practice. It was identified that the size and capacity of local governments influenced both capital and the distribution of roles in the co-creation process. Furthermore, social entrepreneurs are needed for the creation of value. These conditions, together with the conditions derived from the theory, form a basis for capacity building. However, a presence of these conditions does not necessarily mean that communities are resilient because trends in national governments, a communities' perception of urgency, and a compatible role distribution influence the process of resilience creation as well. Recommendations for further research are that more research should be conducted on transformative capacity and how it can be gathered in practice by studying cases which focus on transformative capacity building.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Horlings, L.G. |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2021 08:10 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2021 08:10 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3455 |
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