Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Reports |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/130616 |
| Document | publication document |
| Title (Primary) | A public choice framework for climate adaptation – barriers to efficient adaptation and lessons learned from German flood disasters |
| Author | Gawel, E.
; Lehmann, P.; Strunz, S.; Heuson, C. |
| Source Titel | UFZ Discussion Papers |
| Year | 2016 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Volume | 3/2016 |
| Page To | 25 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Adaptation; barriers; climate change; climate policy; efficiency; public choice |
| Abstract | In this paper, we propose a comprehensive Public Choice framework to identify and cate-gorize barriers to efficient public climate adaptation. Specifically, we distinguish three dimensions of public adaptation: extent, structure (form and timing) and organisation (vertical and horizontal). Within each of these dimensions, we investigate how the self-interest of voters, pressure groups, bureaucrats and politicians may bias adaptation decisions. Thus, we indicate specific barriers to effi-cient public adaptation. Based on this framework, we illustrate how Germany’s response to major flood disasters reflects the incentive structure of concerned stakeholders and their political interac-tion. The ad-hoc character of some public adaptation measures implies a clear bias from the efficient benchmark. In conclusion, we argue that the propositions of Public Choice theory shed some light on how empirical public adaptation processes unfold. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=17289 |
| Gawel, E., Lehmann, P., Strunz, S., Heuson, C. (2016): A public choice framework for climate adaptation – barriers to efficient adaptation and lessons learned from German flood disasters UFZ Discussion Papers 3/2016 Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 25 pp. |
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