Impact assessments and policy responses to sea-level rise in three US states: An exploration of human-dimension uncertainties |
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| Authors: | Susanne C Moser |
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| Institution: | Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA |
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| Abstract: | Uncertainties in the human dimensions of global change deeply affect the assessment and responses to climate change impacts such as sea-level rise (SLR). This paper explores the uncertainties in the assessment process and in state-level policy and management responses of three US states to SLR. The findings reveal important political, economic, managerial, and social factors that enable or constrain SLR responses; question disasters as policy windows; and uncover new policy opportunities in the history of state coastal policies. Results suggest that a more realistic, and maybe more useful picture of climate change impacts will emerge if assessments take more seriously the locally embedded realities and constraints that affect individual decision-makers’ and communal responses to climate change. |
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| Keywords: | Climate change Sea-level rise Impact assessments Policy responses Human-dimension uncertainties US |
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