Exploring the capacity to adapt to climate change in the fire management sector of Victoria, Australia

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Community Safety
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Community safety and engagement
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The capacity for adaptive governance (as a climate change adaptation strategy) in the Victorian fire management sector, taking its perspective from the sector's bureaucrats
TitleExploring the capacity to adapt to climate change in the fire management sector of Victoria, Australia
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Conference2012
AuthorsBosomworth, K, Handmer, J, Dovers, S
Conference NameIAWF 3rd Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference, Seattle, WA, 17-19 April 2012
Pagination138
PublisherIAWF
AbstractLike most policy sectors, climate change adaptation in wildland fire management will involve more than a tweaking of existing planning and management approaches. It requires a learning capacity to enable adaptation and possibly transformation of policies, programs, and governance. Such adaptive governance requires reflection upon underlying policy frames and informal institutions that structure a sector’s governance, policies and programs, and therefore its adaptive capacity. This paper discussed research that explored underlying frames and informal institutions of the fire management sector
URLhttp://www.iawfonline.org/pdf/3rd%20Human%20Dimensions%20Conference%20Proceedings%20-%20FINAL.pdf
Refereed DesignationRefereed