Project Profile: MAGIC
Multi-scale Adaptations to Global Change and their Impacts on Vulnerability in Coastal Areas
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Christo Fabricius, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa |
| Partners: | Olivier Barreteau, IRSTEA, National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, France Katrina Brown, University of Exeter, United Kingdom John M. Anderies, Arizona State University, United States Francois Bousquet, CIRAD, France Raphael Mathevet, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France |
| Sponsors: | French National Research Agency, France National Research Foundation, South Africa Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom National Science Foundation, United States |
What?
| Full Project Title: | Multi-scale Adaptations to Global Change and their Impacts on Vulnerability in Coastal Areas |
| Full Call Title: | Coastal2012 |
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Why?
| Project Objective: | MAGIC seeks a better understanding of the underlying social-ecological processes driving adaptation in coastal areas, particularly the feedbacks between risk from biophysical change, cognitive processes, and adaptation in order to reduce the incidence of maladaptations while increasing the frequency of win-win adaptations. Findings will directly inform and support adaptation decision making in coastal areas, add to current knowledge on vulnerability and adaptation, and facilitate learning and appreciation of feedbacks in adaptation responses. MAGIC analyzes the relationship between these drivers and adaptation plans in coastal areas at three scales: individual decision makers; local communities of practice; and regional planning authorities. Participatory modelling with decision makers will result in lasting impacts for enhanced coastal resilience. |
| Call Objective: | The purpose of this call was to promote the development, comparison and transfer of coastal scientific approaches. The focus was on the vulnerability, resilience and adaptation options of coastal societal, managed and natural systems to multiple drivers. |
Where?
| Regions: | Europe, South America |
| Countries: | France, South Africa, United Kingdom |
When?
| Duration: | 36 months |
| Call Date: | 2012 |
| Project Award Date: | 2012 |
