Abstract
Climate-driven disturbances threaten the sustainability of coastal communities in the Great Lakes Basin. Because such disturbances are unpredictable, their magnitude, number and intensity are changing, and they occur at varying temporal and spatial scales. Consequently, communities struggle to respond in effective ways. The expected intensification of climate-driven disturbances will require that community capacity and governance structures match the spatial and temporal scales of these disturbances, as the most sustainable social and economic systems will be those that can respond at similar frequencies to key natural system drivers. The Climate Governance Variability in the Great Lakes Research Coordination Network (CGVG-RCN) was recently established to address questions about the relationship between climate-driven disturbances and community response. The objective of this short communication is to introduce the ideas behind the CGVG-RCN, outline its goals, and facilitate engagements and collaboration with social and natural scientists interested in social-ecological systems in the Great Lakes Basin.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1329-1336 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Great Lakes Research |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Award Number 1940128.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 International Association for Great Lakes Research
Keywords
- Climate change
- Climate Governance Variability in the Great Lakes
- Community capacity
- Governance
- Interdisciplinary research
- Resiliency