Lazar, Attila N., Hanson, Susan E., Nicholls, Robert J., Allan, Andrew, Hutton, Craig W., Salehin, Mashfiqus and Kebede, Abiy S. (2020) Choices: Future trade-offs and plausible pathways. In, Nicholls, R., Adger, W., Hutton, C. and Hanson, S. (eds.) Deltas in the Anthropocene. Cham. Palgrave Macmillian, pp. 223-245. (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_10).
Abstract
Policy development and management of deltas in the Anthropocene involves the consideration of trade-offs and the balancing of positive and negative consequences for delta functions and the societies that rely on them. This assessment outlines policy-driven and spatial trade-offs that dominate the landscape of choice. It highlights examples of such trade-offs using plausible delta futures and the governance choices associated with them. The analysis is based on modelling broad-scale processes and individual adaptive actions. It highlights how policy choices to maximise economic growth can, for example, have unforeseen consequences such as diminished well-being for some populations. Hence the chapter concludes that trade-offs are a crucial governance challenge for future sustainability of deltas.
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