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Getting adaptation right – challenges and ethical issues facing planners adapting to sea level ...

Published Apr 23, 2021

New article: Anna Wedin (2021): Getting adaptation right – challenges and ethical issues facing planners adapting to sea level rise in southern Sweden, Local Environment, The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2021.1901267

This article addresses ethical issues in local adaptation to sea level rise. Departing from an interview study with planners working with adaptation to sea level rise in Southern Sweden, a typology of ethical issues is presented. It is shown that planners have to deal with input-oriented, process-oriented, and outcome oriented ethical issues, and that knowledge of these can contribute to an ethical adaptation policy. 

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