Social capital and the public acceptability of climate change adaptation policies: a case study in Romney Marsh, UK

摘要: There is now a growing literature emphasizing the critical importance of social variables in formulation coastal management policies seeking to tackle climate change impacts. This paper focuses on role capital, which increasingly identified as having significant adaptation and mitigation strategies. We focus public perceptions costs benefits arising from two options (managed retreat/realignment hold-the-line), resulting level policy acceptability, how this acceptability mediated by capital parameters within communities. These issues are examined means quantitative survey implemented Romney Marsh (east Sussex/Kent, UK), an area facing impacts change. tested models through path analysis with latent structures. The first correlates respondents’ perceived options. In second model, we introduce variables, investigating options, overall effect acceptability. Our findings demonstrate: (1) proposed influence these policies; (2) connected acceptability; (3) specific (i.e. trust, institutional networks reciprocity) benefits, also have impact