Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in San Francisco Bay: Results from Case Studies

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California Energy Commission (CEC)

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2012

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The research goals of this project were threefold: (1) to systematically identify the adaptation barriers encountered by local government entities; (2) to test empirically the robustness and usefulness of a diagnostic framework; and (3) to draw larger lessons about the adaptation process and the importance of adaptation barriers. To fulfill these goals, an in-depth study of five California case studies in the San Francisco Bay region (Hayward, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Marin Counties, and the regional adaptation efforts) was undertaken. With still very little visible adaptation activity “on the ground,” the study concluded that a big portion of what communities are doing to date is working on overcoming the barriers to adaptation instead.

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