Fila Dennis, Fünfgeld Hartmut, Dahlmann Heindriken
Institute for Environmental Social Sciences and Geography, University of Freiburg, Schreiberstraße 20, 79098 Freiburg, Germany.
Environ Dev Sustain. 2023 Feb 9:1-21. doi: 10.1007/s10668-023-02999-3.
Administrations in small- and medium-sized municipalities (SMM) are confronted with the impacts of climate change while having inadequate resources to adapt. In order to establish the current state of research on climate change adaptation in SMM, a systematic literature review was conducted. Using reported SMM adaptation in the peer-reviewed literature as our data base, we documented 115 adaptation initiatives between 2015 and 2021 matching our criteria, with substantial geographical and thematic differences. The qualitative analysis of highly relevant articles has shown that the specific understanding about the challenges and barriers of climate change adaptation in SMM remains limited. We highlight recent key trends and challenges and conclude by offering a refined research agenda for addressing identified knowledge gaps as well as key barriers in relation to SMM adaptation.
中小型城市（SMM）的行政管理部门在面临气候变化影响的同时，用于适应的资源却不足。为了确定中小型城市气候变化适应的研究现状，我们进行了一次系统的文献综述。以同行评审文献中报道的中小型城市适应情况为数据库，我们记录了2015年至2021年间符合我们标准的115项适应举措，这些举措在地理和主题上存在很大差异。对高度相关文章的定性分析表明，对中小型城市气候变化适应挑战和障碍的具体理解仍然有限。我们突出了近期的关键趋势和挑战，并通过提出一个完善的研究议程来结束本文，该议程旨在解决已确定的知识空白以及与中小型城市适应相关的关键障碍。
