Building national governance for climate change adaptation decision-making in  European countries : the Italian case

dc.contributor.advisor	Castellari, Sergio
dc.contributor.author	Venturini, Sara <1982>	it_IT
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-15T09:52:00Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-15T09:52:00Z
dc.date.issued	2014-01-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10579/3965
dc.description.abstract	This doctoral dissertation explores how European governments deal with three challenges of adaptation governance: enhancing cross-sectoral coordination of policies (horizontal integration), improving multi-level responses (vertical integration), and engaging society in the adaptation planning process (stakeholder involvement). First, it provides an updated review of the adaptation policy landscape in Europe, emphasising the crucial dimensions of existing strategies. Secondly, it measures the influence of political systems on the institutional capacity to tackle horizontal and vertical challenges within national adaptation strategies. Thirdly, it assesses the Italian situation with regard to climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation responses in view of a future comprehensive strategy. Finally, it analyzes the challenge of participation of non-governmental stakeholders in the ongoing development of the Italian national adaptation strategy. As a conclusion, the dissertation provides policy-relevant recommendations for the continuation of the adaptation planning process in Italy.	it_IT
dc.description.abstract	La tesi esplora le modalità in cui i governi europei affrontano le sfide principali dell’architettura amministrativa per l’adattamento: rafforzare il coordinamento intersettoriale delle politiche (integrazione orizzontale), migliorare la risposta multi-livello (integrazione verticale), e coinvolgere la società nel processo di pianificazione dell'adattamento. In primo luogo, viene presentata una revisione aggiornata delle politiche di adattamento in Europa, sottolineando le dimensioni cruciali delle strategie esistenti. In secondo luogo, viene misurata l'influenza dei sistemi politici sulla capacità istituzionale per affrontare le sfide orizzontali e verticali all'interno delle strategie nazionali di adattamento. In terzo luogo, viene valutata la situazione italiana per quanto riguarda gli impatti dei cambiamenti climatici, le vulnerabilità e le risposte di adattamento, in vista di una futura strategia. Infine, si analizza la partecipazione degli attori non governativi nello sviluppo della strategia nazionale di adattamento italiana. In conclusione, la tesi fornisce raccomandazioni per la continuazione del processo di pianificazione per l’adattamento in Italia.	it_IT
dc.language.iso	eng	it_IT
dc.publisher	Università Ca' Foscari Venezia	it
dc.rights	© Sara Venturini, 2014	it_IT
dc.subject	Europe	it_IT
dc.subject	Italy	it_IT
dc.subject	Climate change adaptation	it_IT
dc.subject	Multi-level governance	it_IT
dc.subject	Institutions	it_IT
dc.subject	National adaptation strategies	it_IT
dc.subject	Stakeholder involvement	it_IT
dc.title	Building national governance for climate change adaptation decision-making in European countries : the Italian case	it_IT
dc.title.alternative	L'elaborazione della struttura organizzativa nazionale a supporto del processo decisionale per l'adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici in Europa : il caso italiano	it_IT
dc.type	Doctoral Thesis	en
dc.degree.name	Scienza e gestione dei cambiamenti climatici	it_IT
dc.degree.level	Dottorato di ricerca	it
dc.degree.grantor	Scuola dottorale interateneo Global change science and policy	it_IT
dc.description.academicyear	2014	it_IT
dc.description.cycle	26	it_IT
dc.degree.coordinator	Barbante, Carlo
dc.location.shelfmark	D001299	it
dc.location	Venezia, Archivio Università Ca' Foscari, Tesi Dottorato	it
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess	it_IT
dc.thesis.matricno	955832	it_IT
dc.format.pagenumber	235 p. : ill.	it_IT
dc.subject.miur	SPS/04 SCIENZA POLITICA	it_IT
dc.subject.miur	SPS/10 SOCIOLOGIA DELL'AMBIENTE E DEL TERRITORIO	it_IT
dc.description.tableofcontent	Acknowledgments i Abstract ii Keywords ii Suggested citation ii CHAPTER 1 - Introduction 1 Rationale 1 Research framework 4 Scope, objectives and outline of the study 5 CHAPTER 2 – A review of climate change challenges and adaptation responses of European countries and the EU 9 Introduction 9 Methodology 13 What Europe needs to adapt to 14 Expected regional challenges 15 Expected sectoral challenges 18 Expected economic challenges 20 National policies for climate change adaptation in European countries 23 Policy framework, overall approach and drivers 29 Participation of society 31 Knowledge generation and integration 34 Adaptation domains and their interface 37 Transnational and international adaptation issues 41 Synergies between adaptation and mitigation 43 Implementation provisions 44 The European framework on adaptation 46 The 2013 EU Adaptation Strategy 49 Monitoring and review 51 EU guidance on developing national adaptation policies 51 Conclusions 52 CHAPTER 3 – Differences and similarities in institutional settings that support national adaptation strategies across Europe 55 Introduction 55 Operational definitions 59 Method 62 Results 67 Screening of national adaptation strategies across Europe 67 Overview of political systems in place 75 Institutional settings in support of national adaptation strategies: horizontal and vertical governance 80 Outcomes of the analysis 86 Discussion of results 94 Conclusions 101 CHAPTER 4 – Climate change impacts and vulnerabilities in Italy: what are the adaptation responses? 107 Introduction 107 Overview of expected climate change impacts and vulnerabilities in Italy 108 Water and hydro-geological system 110 Biodiversity and ecosystems 112 Coastal zones 115 Fisheries and aquaculture 116 Soils 117 Agriculture and food production 119 Forests and forestry 120 Human health 121 Tourism 122 Urban areas 122 Energy 123 Infrastructure 123 Economic impacts of climate change 124 State of the art of climate change adaptation in Italy 129 Water and hydro-geological system 134 Biodiversity and ecosystems 137 Coastal zones 139 Soils 141 Agriculture and food Production 143 Fisheries and aquaculture 144 Forests and forestry 145 Human health 146 Tourism 147 Urban Areas 148 Energy 150 Infrastructure 151 Research initiatives 151 Cost of adapting to climate change 153 Discussion and Conclusions 154 CHAPTER 5 - Starting a participatory approach for a future governance of the National Adaptation Strategy in Italy 167 Introduction 167 The challenge of participation 171 Methodology 173 Results 177 Distribution of respondents to Q1 177 Results of Q1 179 Distribution of respondents to Q2 183 Results of Q2 184 Agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries 187 Biodiversity and ecosystems 187 Forestry 188 Energy 189 Discussion of results 190 Conclusions 193 CHAPTER 6 – Conclusions 197 Research conclusions 197 Chapter 2 - A synthesis of climate change challenges and adaptation responses of European countries and the EU 197 Chapter 3 – Differences and similarities in institutional settings that support national adaptation strategies across Europe 198 Chapter 4 – Overview of climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation responses in Italy 200 Chapter 5 – Starting a participatory approach for a future governance of the national adaptation strategy in Italy 201 Policy implications 202 Limitations and future research 205 Annexes 207 Annex 1. List of contact persons for the validation of information on the National Adaptation Strategies 207 Annex 2. List of selected stakeholders invited by the MATTM to the preliminary questionnaire of the Italian National Adaptation Strategy 208 Annex 3. Structure of the on-line questionnaire of the Italian National Adaptation Strategy (in Italian) 211 Bibliography 219 Cited references 219 Consulted Websites 231 Glossary of basic terms 233	it_IT
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation	Venturini, S. (2014). Building national governance for climate change adaptation decision-making in European countries: the Italian case. Doctoral dissertation submitted in January 2014 to the Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy	it_IT