Barriers and Drivers of Planning for Climate Change Adaptation across Three Levels of Government in Canada

Greg Oulahen, Yaheli Klein, Linda Mortsch, Erin O’Connell and Deborah Harford

Planning Theory & Practice, 2018, vol. 19, issue 3, 405-421

Abstract: This study investigates the factors that constrain and enable adaptation planning for increasing flood risk in Canada. It uses a multiple-methods, multi-scalar approach to identify interconnected barriers and drivers that operate across municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government in Vancouver and Surrey, British Columbia. Through a policy content analysis (n = 54) and in-depth interviews with planners and other practitioners (n = 31), the study finds five major barriers to the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation: inadequate collaboration, absence of senior level political leadership, lack of public awareness, insufficient financial and staff capacity, and misalignment of policies within and between levels of government.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2018.1481993

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