Action Research for Climate Change Adaptation

Arwin van Buuren is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Jasper Eshuis is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Mathijs van Vliet is Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Public Administration and Policy at Wageningen University, the Netherlands.

• Preface 1. The governance of adaptation to climate change and the need for actionable knowledge: The challenges of climate change adaptation and the promise of action research 2. Forms and foundations of action research 3. Action research in governance landscapes: Partnering with city guides and gatekeepers 4. Participation in climate change adaptation in the Lower Vam Co River Basin in Vietnam: Serious games as tools for action research 5. Understanding institutionalized ways of knowing climate risks: reflections on action research for participatory knowledge production 6. Governance of climate adaptation in Australia: design charrettes as a creative tool for participatory action research 7. Adaptive governance in practice: a learning approach based on action research designed for the implementation of climate adaptation measures 8. Scaling innovation in climate change planning: serious gaming in Portland and Copenhagen 9. Using role-play simulations to encourage adaptation: serious games as tools for action research 10. Adaptive flood risk management for unembanked areas in Rotterdam: co-creating governance arrangements for local adaptation strategies 11. Action research for the governance of adaptation to climate change: conclusions and lessons learnt

"This book manages both to advance the academic understanding of emerging phenomena of governance of climate adaptation as well as to significantly enrich and develop the debate about action-research. By providing practical experiences from a highly innovative Dutch research programme and contrasting them with case studies from other countries, the volume helps not only academics, but also societal decision makers to address the manifold challenges of climate adaptation more effectively."Bernd Siebenhuber, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany"Given the failure of collective action on global carbon emissions reductions, collective action to manage the consequences of climate change becomes one of the great challenges of the future. This book is an important contribution to understanding key problems in governing climate adaptation, drawing on over ten years of Dutch and international research."Frans Berkhout, King's College London and Future Earth, UK