Opportunities for mutual implementation of nature conservation and climate change policies: A multilevel case study based on local stakeholder perceptions
2018 (English)In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, Vol. 183, p. 898-907Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
Hållbar utveckling
Abstract [en]
This paper assesses EU nature conservation and EU climate protection policies within the context of their local implementation in Vienna/Austria in order to gain insights into the decision-making process as well as to show the extent of achievements and experienced difficulties. In this connection, this paper also investigates based on published knowledge and the perceptions of stakeholders the awareness of nature conservation measures as climate-change adaptation and possibly ways of improvement. In order to address these issues, additionally to an in-depth literature review, 16 experts working in Vienna in the field of either nature conservation or climate protection were interviewed. The transcriptions of these interviews were then used in a qualitative content analysis. The findings show that the vast majority of the interviewed stakeholders see EU climate policy and nature conservation policy separately. Furthermore, the implementation of EU climate and nature conservation policy in Vienna is indicated as a “learning by doing” process. There the currently limited cooperation between stakeholders can be improved. Our study also finds that the awareness of different stakeholder groups of the possibility to use nature conservation as a measure against climate change is limited.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier Ltd , 2018. Vol. 183, p. 898-907
Keywords [en]
Climate change measure, Climate protection, Nature conservation, Qualitative research, Stakeholder views, Urban city Vienna, Coastal zones, Conservation, Decision making, Climate change adaptation, Climate change policies, Decision making process, Stakeholder perception, Urban cities, Climate change
National Category
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-37983DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.210Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85043598503OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-37983DiVA, id: diva2:1377767
2019-12-122019-12-122025-02-07Bibliographically approved