Schipper: Protective adaptation structures often shift hazard exposure to other groups
Dr. Lisa Schipper · Why ‘maladaptation’ is getting so much attention · Mar 22, 2022 · at 7:56
IPCC author Dr. Lisa Schipper explains the structural mechanisms behind climate maladaptation and unintended consequences of seawalls and elevated infrastructure.
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“So you kind of create these structures that protect certain groups, but then Other groups become more exposed as a consequence of the way that the structures are designed.”
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