Lack of public support for coastal adaptation can present significant barriers for
implementation. In response, policy makers and academics are seeking strategies to build …

Place attachment is a key concept in understanding affective person–place relationships,
and it provides an appropriate approach for the study of human behavior. This systematic …

Increasing the awareness of climate change causes is often considered the key to public
support of mitigation and adaptation policies. However, higher awareness might not always …

Risk perception is considered the primary motivator for taking preparedness actions. But
people with prior experience and a high‐risk perception are not necessarily more prepared …

There is a growing body of literature that examines the role of affect and emotions in climate
change risk perception and risk communication. Conceptions of affect and emotions have …

Existing resilience-building plans and strategies for addressing climate change in urban
areas are not as effective as they were intended to be due to city stakeholders' fragmented …

Living by the coast is a high-risk choice, but most people do it voluntarily. At Faro Beach, a
heavily urbanized settlement located on a sandy barrier peninsula exposed to coastal …

Faro Beach is a vulnerable and heavily urbanized settlement in the Ria Formosa barrier
island system, exposed to beach erosion, overwash and other hazards that have resulted in …

Introduction Whether and under what conditions people are compelled to adapt to climate
change is a question of significant policy and scholarly importance. However, little is known …

Much of England's coastline is underprepared for adapting to long-term coastal change, with
many coastal areas moving from 'hold the line'to managed realignment as this century …