Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
ARNET-Aquatic Research Network/MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 12;19(24):16687. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416687.
Coastal areas are home to more than 2 billion people around the globe and, as such, are especially vulnerable to climate change consequences. Climate change adaptation has proven to be more effective on a local scale, contributing to a bottom-up approach to the problems related to the changing climate. Portugal has approximately 2000 km of coastline, with 75% of the population living along the coast. Therefore, this research had the main objective of understanding adaptation processes at a local scale, using Portuguese coastal municipalities as a case study. To achieve this goal, document analysis and a questionnaire to coastal municipalities were applied, and the existence of measures rooted in nature-based solutions, green infrastructures, and community-based adaptation was adopted as a variable. The main conclusion from this research is that 87% of the municipalities that answered the questionnaire have climate change adaptation strategies implemented or in development. Moreover, it was possible to conclude that 90% of the municipalities are familiar with the concept of nature-based solutions and all the municipalities with adaptation strategies include green infrastructure. However, it was also possible to infer that community-based adaptation is a concept that most municipalities do not know about or undervalue.
沿海地区是全球 20 多亿人口的家园，因此特别容易受到气候变化后果的影响。适应气候变化已被证明在地方一级更为有效，有助于采取自下而上的方法解决与气候变化有关的问题。葡萄牙拥有约 2000 公里的海岸线，75%的人口居住在沿海地区。因此，这项研究的主要目的是了解地方一级的适应过程，选择葡萄牙沿海城市作为案例研究。为了实现这一目标，采用了文件分析和对沿海城市的问卷调查，并将基于自然的解决方案、绿色基础设施和基于社区的适应等措施的存在作为一个变量。这项研究的主要结论是，87%回答问卷的城市已经实施或正在制定气候变化适应战略。此外，可以得出结论，90%的城市熟悉基于自然的解决方案的概念，所有有适应战略的城市都包括绿色基础设施。然而，也可以推断出，基于社区的适应是大多数城市不了解或低估的一个概念。
