英文摘要 |
Climate change poses a major challenge facing humans in the 21st century, Taiwan is known worldwide for its susceptibility to natural hazards, including earthquakes, landslides, and floods.Research on climate impact, vulnerability and adaptation thus is urgently needed.Many scientists and policy makers see adaptation as a powerful means of reducing the negative impacts of climate change.Adaptation to climate change is intended to reduce the risks and damage associated with development under extreme climate events.This work presents an analytical framework for assessing the vulnerability of people and places to climate change and ts adaptation The proposed framework indicates that climate impact vulnerability, and adaptation assessment are interrelated.-Adaptation comprises two types:autonomous and planned(or societal)adaptation.Autonomous adaptation occurs at the level of individuals, both human and species.Meanwhile, planned adaptation denotes societal intervention via policy.Regarding policy intervention, capacity building for adapting climate change must focus on controlling and managing land resources, particularly in the context of agriculture and related activities, forestry and grasslands, water resources, and human settlements.Sustainable land use planning and management is considered the most promising measure of policy intervention for reducing the risks associated with c mate change.To cope wath the cross-sectoral issues of land use plannin g and management, cost-effective adaptation environment.decision-making must consider the bio-physical, social and institutional aspects of the environment. |