(Re)conceptualising maladaptation in policy and practice : towards an evaluative framework

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2015-06

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Pathways to Resilience in semi-arid Economies (PRISE)

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Building on this conceptuatlisation of maladaptation, we present the groundwork for a framework that can lend itself to qualitative assessment of adaptation strategies and clarify the differences between four distinct types of adaptation outcomes - ranging from optimal adaptation to maladaptation, In our framework, maladaptation is categorised by determining the impact strategies have on climate risk and wellbeing. The framework also assesses the implications for each category through a distributional and temporal lens.

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This work was carried out under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), with financial suport from the UK Government's Department for International Development and the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

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CARIAA, SEMI-ARID REGIONS, CONCEPTUALISATION OF MALADAPTATION, QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, CLARIFICATION OF FOUR DISTINCTIVE TYPES OF ADAPTATION OUTCOMES, CLIMATE RISK AND WELLBEING

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57507

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (CARIAA) / Résultats de recherches (IRCAAA)