Increasing the Adaptation Pathways Capacity of Land Use Planning – Insights from New South Wales, Australia

ABSTRACT

Australian local governments are expected to be the frontline of climate change adaptation implementation, but existing institutional arrangements are inadequate. Institutional changes that make adaptation pathways part of land use planning policy are needed and how this might happen is assessed using New South Wales (NSW), Australia, as a case study. The most effective implementation mechanism is identified as an independent adaptation statute integrated with land use planning. The institutional assessment approach employed is potentially useful for identifying adaptation policy implications in planning systems and is of relevance to ogoing research into local level adaptation.

摘要

预计澳大利亚地方政府将是实施气候变化适应行动的前线，但现有的制度安排不足. 需要进行制度变革，使适应途径成为土地利用规划政策的一部分，并以澳大利亚新南威尔士州（新南威尔士州）为案例研究，对如何实现这一目标进行了评估. 最有效的执行机制是与土地利用规划相结合的独立适应法规. 所采用的机构评估方法可能有助于确定规划系统中的适应政策影响，并与地方一级适应研究的开展有关.

KEYWORDS:

• Adaptation pathways
• Australia
• climate change adaptation
• institutional change
• land use planning
• New South Wales

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Paul Burton and Johanna Nalau for their ongoing assistance, and to the reviewers for their helpful comments on the draft.

Declarations of Interest

All work has been undertaken as part of Higher Degree Research at Griffith University.