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dc.contributor.authorMorrison, Clare
dc.contributor.authorPickering, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-31T12:30:41Z
dc.date.available2017-10-31T12:30:41Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-08-28T22:15:50Z
dc.identifier.issn1745-5863
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1745-5871.2012.00758.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/46748
dc.description.abstractClimate change is occurring and not being mitigated, motivating adaptation but adaptation strategies can have biophysical, economic, technological, and social limits. We review publicly available documents to assess how successful current and proposed adaptation strategies may be for the Australian Alps, including likely limits and potential collaborations and conflicts among stakeholders. Conservation managers, the tourism industry, and local communities have implemented or are proposing a range of adaptation strategies in the region. Some stakeholder strategies complement each other (e.g. invasive species control, fire management), while others are potential sources of conflict (water and electricity for snowmaking, year-round tourism). Economic costs and biophysical constraints are the most important limits to these adaptation strategies. These types of limits and conflicts between different stakeholders on adaptation strategies are likely to occur in other regions and demonstrate that adaptation may only provide partial and short term solutions to the challenges of climate change.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom11
dc.relation.ispartofpageto25
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalGeographical Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume51
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410102
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350803
dc.titleLimits to Climate Change Adaptation: Case Study of the Australian Alps
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 Blackwell Publishing. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
gro.date.issued2013
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gro.griffith.authorPickering, Catherine M.
gro.griffith.authorMorrison, Clare C.


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