Adjustment or transformation? Disaster risk intervention examples from Austria, Indonesia, Kiribati and South Africa

• Fekete, Alexander ^[3] ; Fuchs, Sven ^[4] ; Garschagen, Matthias ^[5] ; Hutter, Gérard ^[1] ; Klepp, Silja ^[2] ; Lüder, Catharina ^[6] ; Neise, Thomas ^[7] ; Sett, Dominic ^[8] ; von Elverfeldt, Kirsten ^[9] ; Wannewitz, Mia ^[5]
  1. [1] Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development

     Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development

     Kreisfreie Stadt Dresden, Alemania

     
  2. [2] Kiel University

     Kiel University

     Kreisfreie Stadt Kiel, Alemania

     
  3. [3] Institute of Rescue Engineering and Civil Protection, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Betzdorferstr. 2, 50679 Cologne, Germany
  4. [4] Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria
  5. [5] Department of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
  6. [6] Institute for European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
  7. [7] Institute of Geography, University Osnabrück, Neuer Graben 29, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany
  8. [8] United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Platz d. Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany
  9. [9] Klagenfurt University, Department of Geography and Regional Studies, Universitätsstraße 65–67, 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria

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• Localización: Land use policy: The International Journal Covering All Aspects of Land Use, ISSN 0264-8377, ISSN-e 1873-5754, Nº. 120, 2022
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  • Change triggered by natural hazards such as pluvial and coastal floods, sea-level rise as well as risks resulting from water scarcity are highly dynamic and related to the effects of ongoing climate change. Whether and how societies adapt, adjust, change, or transform because of climate change and related risks, is a currently debated topic. This question demands revisiting and comprehensively addressing existing theoretical foundations of transformations in risk management strategies and in risk governance to find effective ways to deal with climate change effects and their social consequences. Hence, the paper discusses current developments in transformation research and exemplifies this discussion with four interdisciplinary cases, which the co-authors reported in previous publications. Findings from Austria include a governance change within flood risk management related to zonation. Relocation in Indonesia and Kiribati showcases its cultural, behavioural as well as economic implications. Water scarcity in South Africa underlines the importance of behavioural change to enable the structural storage of rainwater. This paper analyses aspects of adjustment or transformation in these four examples. This may inform risk managers, decision-makers, practitioners, and planners dealing with natural hazards related to climate change how to conceptualise their (re-)actions.