A New Paper from One of Our Faculty members: A governance perspective for climate change adaptation: Conceptualizing the policy-community interface in Bangladesh
Professor Hossen as the Lead Author (along with four Co-Authors Corinna Netherton (UBC, Canada), David Benson (UE, UK), Mohammad Rezaur Rahman (BUET, Bangladesh), Mashfiqus Salehin (BUET, Bangladesh), published an article entitled, A Governance Perspective for Climate Change Adaptation: Conceptualizing the Policy-Community Interface in Bangladesh, at Elsevier journal, Environmental Science and Policy (IF 6.424, CiteScore 10). The lead author along with the contributions of co-authors developed a new theoretical perspective, RALA and PATA. The current adaptation activities mainly reflect the Reactive Approach of Limited Action (RALA) perspective rather than the Proactive Approach To Adaptation (PATA). The RALA perspective is characterized by piecemeal and top-down approaches to adaptation which fail to recognize a community conceptualization of climate change, policy perspectives for coping with local concerns, and governance approaches for effective adaptation. In response, the government needs to focus on the PATA in policy, programs, and projects with the governance approach implemented from the bottom-up or, in other words, from the local perspective. Community participation in decision-making processes is characteristic of this bottom-up governance model. Weblink: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1462901122002787?dgcid=author&fbclid=IwAR3bH5F7X0TgHYzXUJ7E6Q3v_gQ4WKdzfs3YsiF9C0RKj3dWlG2Wi_KWrng