Regional challenges of climate change adaptation in Finland: examining the ability to adapt in the absence of national level steering

References

• Adger , N. W. , Arnell , N. W. and Tompkins , E. L. 2005 . Successful adaptation to climate change across scales . Global Environmental Change , 15 ( 2 ) : 77 – 86 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anttonen , K. 2010 . Tampereen kaupunkiseudun ilmastostrategia , Tampere : City of Tampere .
   Google Scholar
• Biesbroek , G. R. 2010 . Europe adapts to climate change: comparing national adaptation strategies . Global Environmental Change , 20 ( 3 ) : 440 – 450 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bulkeley , H. 2005 . Reconfiguring environmental governance: towards a politics of scales and networks . Political Geography , 24 ( 8 ) : 875 – 902 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bulkeley, H. and Betsill, M.M., 2003. Cities and climate change: urban sustainability and global environmental governance. London: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Bulkeley , H. and Newell , P. 2010 . Governing climate change. Global institutions , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Commission of the European Communities . 2009 . WHITE PAPER. Adapting to climate change: towards a European framework for action , Brussels : Commission of the European Communities .
   Google Scholar
• Engle , N. L. and Lemos , M. C. 2010 . Unpacking governance: building adaptive capacity to climate change of river basins in Brazil . Global Environmental Change , 20 ( 1 ) : 4 – 13 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gagnon-Lebrun , F. and Agarwala , S. 2007 . Implementing adaptation in developed countries: an analysis of progress and trends . Climate Policy , 7 ( 5 ) : 392 – 408 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haanpää , S. , Tuusa , R. and Peltonen , L. 2009 . Ilmastonmuutoksen alueelliset sopeutumisstrategiat. READNET-hankkeen loppuraportti , Espoo : Teknillinen korkeakoulu .
   Google Scholar
• Handmer , J. W. , Dovers , S. and Downing , T. E. 1999 . Societal vulnerability to climate change and variability . Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change , 4 ( 3–4 ) : 267 – 281 .
   Google Scholar
• Hilpert , K. , Mannke , F. and Schmitdt-Thome , P. 2007 . Towards climate change adaptation in the Baltic Sea region , Espoo : Geological Survery of Finland .
   Google Scholar
• Houni , M. , Nupponen , M. and Pakarinen , K. 2002 . Kuntien strategiatyön avaimet , Helsinki : Kuntaliitto .
   Google Scholar
• HSY . 2010 . Pääkaupunkiseudun ilmasto muuttuu. Sopeutumisstrategian taustaselvityksiä , Helsinki : HSY Helsingin seudun ympäristöpalvelut .
   Google Scholar
• IPCC . 2007 . Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Jauhiainen , J. S. and Niemenmaa , V. 2006 . Alueellinen suunnittelu , Tampere : Vastapaino .
   Google Scholar
• Juhola, S., 2009. Climate change policy and adaptation policy in Finland. Umeå: Department of Social and Economic Geography, Umeå University, Research Report.
   Google Scholar
• Juhola , S. 2010 . “ Mainstreaming climate change adaptation: the case of multilevel governance in Finland ” . In Development of adaptation policy and practice in Europe: multi-level governance of climate change , Edited by: Keskitalo , E. C.H. Dortrecht : Verlag Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Keskitalo , E. C.H. 2010a . “ Adapting to climate change in Sweden: national policy development and adaptation measures in Västra Götaland ” . In Developing adaptation policy and practice in Europe: multi-level governance of climate change , Edited by: Keskitalo , E. C.H. 189 – 232 . Dortrecht : Verlag Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Keskitalo , E. C.H. 2010b . The development of adaptation policy and practice in Europe: multi-level governance of climate change , Edited by: Keskitalo , E. C.H. Dortrecht : Springer Verlag .
   Google Scholar
• KUUMA . 2007 . Keski-Uudenmaan Ilmastostrategia ja toimintaohjelma , Kerava : KUUMA-kunnat .
   Google Scholar
• Lijphart , A. 1999 . Patterns of democracy: government forms & performance in thirty-six countries , New Haven , CT : Yale University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Marttila , V. 2005 . Finland's national strategy for adaptation to climate change , Helsinki : Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry .
   Google Scholar
• Mickwitz , P. 2009 . Climate policy intergration, coherence and governance , Helsinki : Partnership for European Environmental Research .
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry . 2009 . Ilmastonmuutoksen kansallisen sopeutumisstrategian toimeenpanon arviointi , Helsinki : Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry .
   Google Scholar
• Næss , L. O. 2005 . Institutional adaptation to climate change: flood responses at the municipal level in Norway . Global Environmental Change Part A , 15 ( 2 ) : 125 – 138 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Niemi-Iilahti , A. 2001 . “ Finland. In search of new implementation patterns ” . In Sustainable communities in Europe , Edited by: Lafferty , W. M. London : Earthscan Publications Ltd, 40–53 .
   Google Scholar
• O'Brien , K. 2006 . Questioning complacency: climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation in Norway . AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment , 35 ( 2 ) : 50 – 56 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Posey , J. 2009 . The determinants of vulnerability and adaptive capacity at the municipal level: evidence from floodplain management programs in the United States . Global Environmental Change , 19 ( 4 ) : 482 – 493 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ribeiro , M. 2009 . Design of guidelines for the elaboration of regional climate change adaptation strategies , Vienna : Ecologic Institute .
   Google Scholar
• Schroeder , H. and Bulkeley , H. 2009 . Global cities and the governance of climate change: what is the role of law in cities? . Fordham Urban Law Journal , XXXVI ( 2 ) : 313 – 359 .
   Google Scholar
• Smit , B. and Wandel , J. 2006 . Adaptation, adaptive capacity and vulnerability . Global Environmental Change , 16 ( 3 ) : 282 – 292 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Soini , S. 2007 . Ilmastonmuutos ja siihen varautuminen Espoossa , Espoo : City of Espoo .
   Google Scholar
• Storbjörk , S. 2007 . Governing climate adaptation in the local arena: challenges of risk management and planning in Sweden . Local Environment , 12 ( 5 ) : 457 – 469 .
   Google Scholar
• Swart , R. 2009 . Europe adapts to climate change. Comparing national adaptation strategies , Sastamala : Vammalan Kirjapaino Oy .
   Google Scholar
• Ympäristöministeriön työryhmä . 2008 . Ilmastonmuutokseen sopeutuminen ympäristöhallinnon toimiallalla , Helsinki : Ympäristöministeriö .
   Google Scholar
• Yohe , G. and Tol , R. S.J. 2002 . Indicators for social and economic coping capacity – moving toward a working definition of adaptive capacity . Global Environmental Change , 12 ( 1 ) : 25 – 40 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar