RESEARCH TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRODUCTIVIST PARADIGM IN AN ERA OF CLIMATIC RISK

Douglas K. Bardsley (1)

1 School of Social Sciences

The paper describes research approaches applied to support alternative viewpoints and practices regarding risk management and resilience within agro-ecosystems. A regional social learning approach was undertaken to guide adaptation to climate change in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia. It involved working closely with stakeholders to critically examine management systems according to future climate change risk. An integrated analysis of the vulnerability of natural resource management sectors to projected climate change was undertaken. Subsequently, a series of case studies applied approaches that could be used to develop context specific adaptation responses. The research also involved an examination of perceptions of climate change and associated impacts on regional systems. The potential scope of regional responses to new risks facing farmers and their agro-ecosystems is constrained by the dominant neoliberal approach to agricultural development.

Mots clés: climate change; risk; adaptation; agriculture; land use planning; South Australia

Domaines: Agriculture, économie et politique

Douglas K. Bardsley. RESEARCH TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRODUCTIVIST PARADIGM IN AN ERA OF CLIMATIC RISK. ISDA 2010, Jun 2010, Montpellier, France. 12 p. ⟨hal-00539651⟩