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Stakeholder awareness of climate adaptation in the commercial seaport sector:Acasestudy from Ireland

Seaports ascriticalshore-basedinfrastructureareparticularlyvulnerabletoimpactssuchassealevelriseand increasingincidentsofsevereweatherevents.Inexcessofninetypercentofglobaltradebyvolumis transportedbysea.InIreland,seaportsareofstrategicimportancetothenationaleconomy.Asanisland nation,ninetyeightpercentoftradebyvolumecomesthroughitsseaports.ClimateissuesfacingIrish portsincludeincreasingstorminess,suchastheAtlanticstormsexperiencedinthewinterof2014. Ireland providesaparticularlyvaluablecasestudyasthescaleofIrishportsizes,analysedinthisre-search, rangefrom500,000to30millionthroughputtonnage.Thistonnagerange,ismoretypicalofportsizes globally,andaddsrelevancetothestudy.Thespecific objectivesofthispaperaretoestablishthereadiness oftheseaportsectorinIrelandtobuildadaptivecapacitytorespondtoclimatechangeandto assess lessonsfromandforIrelandinthecontextofinternationalbestpractice.Theresearchidentified a lack ofawarenessandunderstandingofclimatechangeamongstthesamplepopulationofseventysenior managers (comprisingofnationalregulatorsandlocalauthorities;commercialportharbourcompanies; and indigenousandmultinationalindustrieslocatedintheporthinterland),asrepresentativesofthe maritime sectorinIreland.Evidenceofaknowledgegapwasidentified fromin-depthsemi-structured interviewsconductedoveratwelvemonthperiod.Manyindustrystakeholderswereactuallyim- plementing adaptationmeasureswithintheirorganisationalstrategies,unawareoftheexplicitlinkswith climate adaptation

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IPC Corporate University Library ATC PO FFE s C.1
ATC1602728
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Judul Seri
Marine Policy
No. Panggil
ATC PO FFE s
Penerbit
Ireland : Elsevier.,
Deskripsi Fisik
10 p.
Bahasa
English
ISBN/ISSN
0308-5970
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PO
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Tipe Media
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Tipe Pembawa
online resource
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Subjek
Maritime Industry
Stakeholder
Port sector
Adaptivecapacity
Climate adaptation
Environmentalmanagement
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