Regional Environmental Change - Topical Collection: Storylines, place attachment and narratives in regard to climate-related hazards in small remote communities in the Nordic countries
The main objective of this Topical Collection is to collect internal and external papers based on the concept of the CliCNord (this opens in a new tab) project.
Climate change is also affecting the Nordic countries, and there are vulnerable geographical areas that will be particularly affected by an increasing number of devastating natural events.
The Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries project (CliCNord) will examine how the small remote communities in the selected areas understand their own situation, how they handle adverse events and build capacity, and under what circumstances they need help from the established system and civil society organizations. Against this background, a framework will be developed that can be disseminated to other vulnerable communities and authorities with responsibility for ensuring safety and adequate capacity for climate change resilience. The framework will enable both the small communities and the authorities to work together on tasks concerning prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery – all phases needed to secure communities against hazardous events.
CliCNord will include several very different hazards affecting local communities across the Nordic countries. The hazards, which are regarded as a direct consequence of climate change, are coastal flooding due to storm surges, cloudbursts, wildfires, temperature extremes, landslides, slush avalanches, flash floods, and storms. There are in total eight cases in five countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands). The project takes its point of departure in disaster cycle management, and the methodologies are predominantly qualitative and inspired by social science.
Guest Editors:
Dr. Rico Kongsager
Emergency and Risk Management
University College Copenhagen
Humletorvet 3
1799 Copenhagen, Denmark
e-mail: rico@kp.dk
Dr. Matthias Kokorsch
University Centre of the Westfjords
400 Ísafjörður, Iceland
e-mail: matthias@uw.is
Dr. Kerstin Eriksson
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Lund, Sweden
e-mail: kerstin.eriksson@ri.se
Dr. Sara Heidenreich
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture
7049 Trondheim, Norway
e-mail: sara.heidenreich@ntnu.no
Dr. Nina Baron
University College Copenhagen
Department of Management and Administration
Humletorvet 3
1799 Copenhagen, Denmark
e-mail: niba@kp.dk