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Title: | Choices: Future Trade-Offs and Plausible Pathways |
Authors: | Lázár, AN Hanson, SE Nicholls, RJ Allan, A Hutton, CW Salehin, M Kebede, AS |
Keywords: | deltas;anthropocene;delta functions;trade-offs;modelling broad-scale processes;policy choices |
Issue Date: | 29-Aug-2019 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Citation: | Lázár, A.N. et al. (2019) 'Choices: Future Trade-Offs and Plausible Pathways', in: Nicholls, R.J. et al. (eds.) Deltas in the Anthropocene. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 223 - 245. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_10. |
Abstract: | Policy development and management of deltas in the Anthropocene involves the consideration of trade-offs and the balancing of positive and negative consequences for delta functions and the societies that rely on them. This assessment outlines policy-driven and spatial trade-offs that dominate the landscape of choice. It highlights examples of such trade-offs using plausible delta futures and the governance choices associated with them. The analysis is based on modelling broad-scale processes and individual adaptive actions. It highlights how policy choices to maximise economic growth can, for example, have unforeseen consequences such as diminished well-being for some populations. Hence the chapter concludes that trade-offs are a crucial governance challenge for future sustainability of deltas. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/20131 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_10 |
ISBN: | 978-3-030-23516-1 (hbk) 978-3-030-23517-8 (ebk) |
Other Identifiers: | 10 ORCiD: Abiy Kebede https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7844-1151 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Papers |
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