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Taking it to the extremes : new frontiers in resilience and adaptation to severe heat and cold health risks
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Nunes, A. R., Lorenzoni, Irene, Lake, Iain, Hulme, Mike and Adger, Neil (2013) Taking it to the extremes : new frontiers in resilience and adaptation to severe heat and cold health risks. In: RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2013 , London, 27-30 Aug 2013
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Abstract
Climate-related health risks are likely to increase in the near future, posing many challenges and opportunities to society on how to adapt and increase resilience. This paper focuses on research that seeks to understand what resources help shape individual resilience in adapting to extreme temperatures. It is based on combining holistic and social ecological approaches, integrating different social determinants of health to understand the multiple and diverse dimensions of resilience resources.
This enables us to identify and explore the connections and relationships between different dimensions of resilience and adaptation to extreme temperatures. Using Lisbon, Portugal as a case study, we explore these dimensions in relation to older people, whom represent a particularly vulnerable group in society. Here we present the findings from inter-seasonal (summer, winter) semi-structured interviews.
Participants highlight engaging in common sense behaviours and state that are unable to act beyond these. Health and social inequalities, the need to maintain independence, housing characteristics and energy costs for cooling/heating illustrate some emerging themes. Our respondents refer to an array of adaptive behaviours, and barriers to adaptation and resilience. This paper also considers these findings in light of innovative policy and practice recommendations to assist and support individuals in developing resources needed for resilience and adaptation.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Statistics and Epidemiology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Publisher: | Royal Geographical Society | ||||
Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2013 | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | London | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 27-30 Aug 2013 | ||||
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