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标题：Regional Development and Climate Change Adaptation: A Study of the Role of Legitimacy
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作者：Erik Thorstensen ; Ellen-Marie Forsberg ; Anders Underthun 等
期刊名称：European Countryside
印刷版ISSN：1803-8417
电子版ISSN：1803-8417
出版年度：2016
卷号：8
期号：3
页码：207-226
DOI：10.1515/euco-2016-0016
语种：English
出版社：Walter de Gruyter GmbH
摘要：This paper presents results from a study of Czech Local Action Groups (LAGs), focusing on gaining knowledge about their internally perceived legitimacy and their potential role in local adaptation to climate change. Former studies on the role of governance networks in climate change adaptation have suggested that these networks’ legitimacy are crucial for their success. In this article we provide an analytical framework that can be used to address different aspects of local governance networks which are important for their legitimacy and the way they are apt as instruments for climate change adaptation actions. We also present a survey among LAG members that provide empirical data that we discuss in the article. The framework and the data are discussed with reference to existing contributions in the intersection of legitimacy, governance networks and climate change adaptation. A specific aim is to provide research based recommendations for further improving LAGs as an adaptation instrument. In addition, knowledge is generated that will be interesting for further studies of similar local governance initiatives in the climate change adaptation context.
关键词：Local Action Groups ; The Czech Republic ; Legitimacy ; Adaptation to climate change