Adaptation policy and community discourse: risk, vulnerability, and just transformation

Figures & data

Figure 1. Top eight word counts for regional councils CCAP in Tasmania.

Figure 2. Top eight word counts for community group discourse in Tasmania.

Figure 3. Top eight word counts for regional councils CCAP in Western Australia.

Figure 4. Top eight words counts for community group discourse in Western Australia.

Figure 5. Top eight word counts for coastal councils CCAP documents in Sydney.

Figure 6. Top eight words counts for community group discourse in Sydney.

Figure 7. Top eight word counts for Melbourne CCAP.

Figure 8. Top eight word counts for community group discourse in Melbourne.

Figure 9. Pre-event discourse map.

Figure 10. Post-event discourse map.

Table

	CCAPs	Community discourse
Tasmania	2012–2017 Southern Tasmania Regional Councils Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (Graham et al.)	Climate Tasmania, Environment Tasmania, Labor Environmental Action Network, Wilderness Society, Sustainable Living Tasmania, West Hobart Environment Network, South Hobart Sustainable Community, and Climate Action Hobart
Western Australia	Climate Change Risk Management and Adaptation Action Plan for the Southern Metropolitan Councils (GHD 2009)	Camp for Climate Action Australia (Bayswater), Australian Youth Climate Coalition University of WA, Freo Green Guide, The Conservation Council of Western Australia, and Climate Movement
Sydney, NSW	Coastal Councils and Planning for Climate Change (Sydney Coastal Councils Group & NSW Environmental Defenders Office 2008) Demonstrating Climate Change Adaptation of Interconnected Water Infrastructure (Sydney Coastal Councils Group et al., 2012) Case Studies of Adaptive Capacity (Smith et al. 2008)	Sydney Sustainable Markets, Sustainability News Sydney, Sydney University Youth Climate Society, The Climate Institute, Sydney Water (Tap™), UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures, Green Villages, Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability, and GreenUps
Melbourne, Victoria	Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (City of Melbourne 2009)	Melbourne Sustainable Living, Sustainable Melbourne, Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research, Sustainable Living Festival, Australian Youth Climate Coalition – RMIT, and Melbourne Sustainability Jam

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City of Melbourne, 2009. Melbourne climate change adaptation strategy. Melbourne, Australia. ​

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