Innovative techniques for local community engagement on climate change adaptation

Riedy, C; Herriman, J; Ross, K; Lederwasch, AJ; Boronyak, LJ

Innovative techniques for local community engagement on climate change adaptation

Riedy, C

Herriman, J Ross, K

Lederwasch, AJ Boronyak, LJ

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Publisher:: Global Cities Research Institute
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: People and the Planet 2013 Conference Proceedings, 2013, pp. 1 - 27
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Riedy, C https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3668-737X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Herriman, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ross, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-6079	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lederwasch, AJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Boronyak, LJ	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	James, P	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Hudson, C	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Carroll-Bell, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Taing, A	en_US
dc.date	2013-07-02	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	People and the Planet 2013 Conference Proceedings, 2013, pp. 1 - 27	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/40668
dc.description.abstract	Abstract: Climate change adaptation requires communities to prepare for both extreme weather events and the more gradual shifts that a changing climate may bring. Our project designed and evaluated several face-to-face activities to engage communities in North East Victoria on climate change adaptation. The objective was ultimately to help vulnerable people in the community become more resilient by connecting them with resources and supportive networks. The workshops tested several innovative community engagement activities, including storytelling, visioning and creative practice. These activities responded to a body of research on best-practice approaches for engaging community elders and leaders as spokespeople and peer educators, as well as research on deliberation and the use of story to locate sustainability experiences in an emotional landscape. The workshops used existing community networks to multiply their potential impact, and took place in communities that had experienced extreme climate events (drought, fire and flood) firsthand. We present a toolkit of ten community engagement activities drawing on the experience of these workshops. We contend that these activities are potentially replicable by local governments and other stakeholders in climate change adaptation. Further, they can bring to life the many and varied materials created by various agencies about preparation for climate change.	en_US
dc.publisher	Global Cities Research Institute	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	People and the Planet 2013 Conference Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	People and the Planet: Transforming the Future	en_US
dc.title	Innovative techniques for local community engagement on climate change adaptation	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia	en_US
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dc.location.activity	RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
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Abstract: Climate change adaptation requires communities to prepare for both extreme weather events and the more gradual shifts that a changing climate may bring. Our project designed and evaluated several face-to-face activities to engage communities in North East Victoria on climate change adaptation. The objective was ultimately to help vulnerable people in the community become more resilient by connecting them with resources and supportive networks. The workshops tested several innovative community engagement activities, including storytelling, visioning and creative practice. These activities responded to a body of research on best-practice approaches for engaging community elders and leaders as spokespeople and peer educators, as well as research on deliberation and the use of story to locate sustainability experiences in an emotional landscape. The workshops used existing community networks to multiply their potential impact, and took place in communities that had experienced extreme climate events (drought, fire and flood) firsthand. We present a toolkit of ten community engagement activities drawing on the experience of these workshops. We contend that these activities are potentially replicable by local governments and other stakeholders in climate change adaptation. Further, they can bring to life the many and varied materials created by various agencies about preparation for climate change.

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