[Coastal municipality strategy] for adaption to climate change in Latvia: interdisciplinary audit and action guidelines | Piekrastes pašvaldības stratēģija klimata pārmaiņu adaptācijai Latvijā: interdisciplinārais audits un rīcības vadlīnijas
2010
Ernsteins, R., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Management. Dept. of Environmental Management | Kudrenickis, I., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Management. Dept. of Environmental Management | Urtans, A.V., North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve, Salacgriva (Latvia) | Antons, V., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Management. Dept. of Environmental Management | Kusinska, S., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Management. Dept. of Environmental Management | Kaulins, J., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Management. Dept. of Environmental Management
The Department of Environmental Management of the University of Latvia in partnership with Salacgriva County Municipality and the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve has been performed collaboration research project in the Spring 2010. Project was developed applying case study research methodology based and thanks to the teamwork of DoEM professors and master program student group (VIPA-17) with the aim of performing an interdisciplinary situation audit on the local climate change adaptation policy existing practice conditions and development possibilities, as well as, to draft, as a result, relevant policy planning guidelines. Collaboration project concluded with the elaboration of the climate change adaptation policy planning guidelines for Salacgriva coastal county. The main work directions identified for local municipality conditions in Latvia should be excerpted from research results and prioritized as following in the each of four sectors: nature environment sector - biodiversity; water resources and also waste management; coastal protection and development; economic environment sector - energy management and industry development; agriculture, forestry, fishery management and tourism development as well as, transport and infrastructure; social environment sector - inhabitant's life quality (incl. risk management and communication); human resource adaptive capacity; municipal governance and communication sector - governance system and process adaptation (incl. participatory governance development); environmental and climate change adaptation communication development. In August 2010 the Council of the Salacgriva municipality has been approved the Declaration of the Green Region - nationwide first guideline manifest for target groups' and, particularly, individual inhabitants involvement towards environmentally and climate change friendly municipal governance and management.
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