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: Received: 16 April 2024 / Approved: 17 April 2024 / Online: 17 April 2024 (15:30:11 CEST)
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Selje, T.; Strikker, P.; Heinz, B. Community-Based Adaptation as a Transdisciplinary Approach and Instrument for a Social-Ecological Transformation. Preprints2024, 2024041188. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1188.v1
Selje, T.; Strikker, P.; Heinz, B. Community-Based Adaptation as a Transdisciplinary Approach and Instrument for a Social-Ecological Transformation. Preprints 2024, 2024041188. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1188.v1
Selje, T.; Strikker, P.; Heinz, B. Community-Based Adaptation as a Transdisciplinary Approach and Instrument for a Social-Ecological Transformation. Preprints2024, 2024041188. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1188.v1
APA Style
Selje, T., Strikker, P., & Heinz, B. (2024). Community-Based Adaptation as a Transdisciplinary Approach and Instrument for a Social-Ecological Transformation. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1188.v1
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Selje, T., Paul Strikker and Boris Heinz. 2024 "Community-Based Adaptation as a Transdisciplinary Approach and Instrument for a Social-Ecological Transformation" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1188.v1
Abstract
Adaptation to the impacts of human induced global heating is inevitable. For a socially just and ecological sustainable adjustment to these new circumstances, we need to draw from diverse knowledge systems while, simultaneously, foster a social-ecological transformation. We approach these concerns through the concept of community-based adaptation (CBA) and discuss remedies. Synergies with feminist knowledge systems and indigenous ways of living show the transdisciplinary essence of CBA. By abstracting from its origin and overlapping disciplines, revealing the social metabolism as a common problem, CBA is prone to achieve more equitable and sustainable adjustments. Transdisciplinarity itself and the current related CBA literature point beyond mere adjustments and call for a redesign of the social metabolism, thereby shifting from adaptation to global heating towards adaptation with nature by focusing on social provisioning. An engagement with transformative adaptation and heterodox economics further shows the potential of CBA to serve as an instrument in support of a social-ecological transformation by addressing root causes of vulnerability and by fostering epistemic justice. Reflecting these points back on the epistemological and ontological assumptions of CBA, the viewpoint proposes critical realism as a guiding philosophy of science to move forward.
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