Climate change vulnerability and social development for remote indigenous communities of South Australia

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 713-723

  Bardsley, Douglas K ^a   Wiseman, Nathanael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anangu pitjantjatjara yankunytjatjara lands; Climate change; Indigenous; Natural resource management; South australia; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865764328     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

References (88)

1. Adger W.N. Vulnerability. Global Environmental Change 2006, 16:268-281.
2. Adger W.N., Paavola J., Huq S., Mace M.J. Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change 2006, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
3. Altman, J.C., Buchanan, G.J., Larsen, L., 2007. The Environmental Significance of the Indigenous Estate: Natural Resource Management as Economic Development in Remote Australia. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Discussion Paper No. 286/2007. The Australian National University, Canberra.
4. APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Annual Report 2008-2009 2009, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Umuwa, SA.
5. Australian Government Indigenous Protected Areas 2011, Available at http://www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/ipa/index.html (accessed 26/8/2011).
6. AW NRM Board (Alinytjara Wilurara Natural Resources Management Board) Alinytjara Wilurara Regional NRM Plan 2010, Government of South Australia, Adelaide.
7. Baker L.M., Mutitjulu Community Comparing two views of the landscape: aboriginal traditional ecological knowledge and modern scientific knowledge. Rangelands Journal 1992, 14:174-189.
8. Bardsley D. Risk alleviation via in situ agrobiodiversity conservation: drawing from experiences in Switzerland, Turkey and Nepal. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 2003, 99:149-157.
9. Bardsley D.K., Edwards-Jones G. Invasive species policy and climate change: social perceptions of environmental change in the Mediterranean. Environmental Science and Policy 2007, 10:230-242.
10. Bardsley D.K., Rogers G.P. Prioritizing engagement for sustainable adaptation to climate change: an example from natural resource management in South Australia. Society and Natural Resources 2011, 24:1-17.
11. Barnett J., O'Neill S. Maladaptation. Global Environmental Change 2010, 20:211-213.
12. Beck U. Risk Society 1992, Polity Press, Cambridge.
13. Beck U., Bonss W., Lau C. Theory of reflexive modernisation. Theory, Culture & Society 2003, 20:1-33.
14. Beck U. Climate for change, or how to create a green modernity?. Theory, Culture & Society 2010, 27:254-266.
15. Beaumont P. Drylands: Environmental Management and Development 1989, Routledge, London.
16. Berry H.L., Butler J.R.A., Burgess C.P., King U.G., Tsey K., Cadet-James Y.L., Rigby C.W., Raphael B. Mind, body, spirit: co-benefits for mental health from climate change adaptation and caring for country in remote Aboriginal Australian communities. NSW Public Health Bulletin 2010, 21:139-145.
17. Bishop B.J., Vicary D.A., Browne A.L., Guard N. Public policy, participation and the third position: the implication of engaging communities on their own terms. American Journal of Community Psychology 2009, 43:111-121.
18. Blaikie P. Social nature and environmental policy in the South: views from Verandah and Veld. Social Nature: Theory, Practice, and Politics 2001, 133-150. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, USA. N. Castree, B. Braun (Eds.).
19. Bureau of Meteorology Climate Homepage 2011, Available at http://www.bom.gov.au/climate (accessed 1/2/2011).
20. Box J.B., Duguid A., Read R.E., Kimber R.G., Knapton A., Davis J., Bowland A.E. Central Australian waterbodies: the importance of permanence in a desert landscape. Journal of Arid Environments 2008, 72:1395-1413.
21. Brown D., Taylor J., Bell M. The demography of desert Australia. The Rangeland Journal 2008, 30:29-43.
22. Cleugh H., Smith M.S., Battaglia M., Graham P. Climate Change: Science and Solutions for Australia 2011, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
23. Davies J., White J., Wright A., Maru Y., LaFlamme M. Applying the sustainable livelihoods approach in Australian desert Aboriginal development. The Rangeland Journal 2008, 30:55-65.
24. DSEWPC (Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) Indigenous Australians Caring for Country 2011, Available at http://www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/index.html (accessed 19/4/2011).
25. Drost F., England M.H. Twentieth century trends in moisture advection over Australia. Meteorological and Atmospheric Physics 2008, 100:243-256.
26. Edwards, G.P., Allan, G.E., 2009. Desert Fire: Fire and Regional Land Management in the Arid Landscapes of Australia. DKCRC Report Number 37. Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.
27. EP NRM (Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management) Board Assessing the Vulnerability of Aboriginal Communities on the Far West Coast of the Eyre Peninsula 2009, Rural Solutions, Adelaide.
28. Ford J.D., Pearce T., Duerden F., Furgal C., Smit B. Climate change policy responses for Canada's Inuit population: the importance of and opportunities for adaptation. Global Environmental Change 2010, 20:177-191.
29. Fu Q., Johanson C.M., Wallace J.M., Reichler T. Enhanced mid-latitude tropospheric warming in satellite measurements. Science 2006, 312:1179.
30. Gergis J.L., Fowler A.M. A history of ENSO events since A.D. 1525: implications for future climate change. Climatic Change 2009, 92:343-387.
31. Green D., Billy J., Tapim A. Indigenous Australians' knowledge of weather and climate. Climatic Change 2010, 100:337-354.
32. Guerin B., Guerin P. Sustainability of remote communities: population size and youth dynamics. Journal of Economic and Social Policy 2010, 13(2). Article 3. Available at: http://epubs.scu.edu.au/jesp/vol13/iss2/3 (accessed 12/8/2011).
33. Handmer J.W., Dovers S., Downing T.E. Societal vulnerability to climate change and variability. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 1999, 4:267-281.
34. Harvey D. Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference 1996, Blackwell, Cambridge, MA.
35. Haydon D.T., Friar J.K., Pianka E.R. Fire-driven dynamic mosaics in the Great Victoria Desert, Australia: I. Fire geometry. Landscape Ecology 2000, 15:373-381.
36. Heathcote R.L. Manifest destiny, mirage and Mabo: contemporary images of the rangelands. The Rangeland Journal 1994, 16:155-166.
37. Hill R., Williams L. Indigenous natural resource management: overcoming marginalisation produced in Australia's current NRM model. Contested Country: Local and Regional Natural Resources Management in Australia 2009, 161-178. CSIRO, Collingwood, Vic. M. Lane, C. Robinson, B. Taylor (Eds.).
38. Hiscock P. Technological responses to risk in Holocene Australia. Journal of World Prehistory 1994, 8:267-292.
39. Holmgren D. Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change 2009, Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont.
40. Holmgren M., Stapp P., Dickman C.R., Gracia C., Graham S., Gutiérrez J.R., Hice C., Jaksic F., Kelt D.A., Letnic M., Lima M., López B.C., Meserve P.L., Milstead W.B., Polis G.A., Previtali M.A., Richter M., Sabaté S., Squeo F.A. Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2006, 4:87-95.
41. HORSCATSIA (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs) Many Ways Forward: Report of the Inquiry into Capacity Building and Service Delivery in Indigenous Communities 2004, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
42. Howitt R., Havnen O., Veland S. Natural and unnatural disasters: responding with respect for indigenous rights and knowledges. Geographical Research 2012, 50:47-59.
43. Hueneke H., Baker R. Tourist behaviour, local values, and interpretation at Uluru: 'The sacred deed at Australia's mighty heart'. GeoJournal 2009, 74:477-490.
44. Hulme M. The conquering of climate: discourses of fear and their dissolution. The Geographical Journal 2008, 174:5-16.
45. Hunt, J., 2005. Capacity Development in the International Development Context: Implications for Indigenous Australia. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Discussion Paper No. 278/2005. The Australian National University, Canberra.
46. Jackson J. Is there a relationship between herbaceous species richness and buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris)?. Austral Ecology 2005, 30:505-517.
47. Jasanoff S. A new climate for society. Theory, Culture & Society 2010, 27:233-253.
48. Johnson J.T., Murton B. Re/placing native science: indigenous voices in contemporary constructions of nature. Geographical Research 2007, 45:121-129.
49. Kriticos D.J., Crossman N.D., Ota N., Scott J.K. Climate Change and Invasive Plants in South Australia 2010, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, Canberra.
50. Lane M.B. The role of planning in achieving indigenous land justice and community goals. Land Use Policy 2006, 23:385-394.
51. Luke R.H., McArthur A.G. Bushfires in Australia 1978, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
52. Martin R. Economic geography and the new discourse of regional competitiveness. Economic Geography: Past, Present and Future 2006, 159-172. Routledge, Abington, Oxon. S. Bagchi-Sen, H. Lawton Smith (Eds.).
53. May K. Government support for indigenous cultural and natural resource management in Australia: the role of the Working on Country program. Australian Journal of Social Issues 2010, 45:395-416.
54. McConvell P., Bowern C. The prehistory and internal relationships of Australian languages. Language and Linguistics Compass 2011, 5:19-32.
55. McInnes K.L., Suppiah R., Whetton P.H., Hennessy K.J., Jones R.N. Climate Change in South Australia 2003, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Melbourne.
56. Mercer J., Kelman I., Taranis L., Suchet-Pearson S. Framework for integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge for disaster risk reduction. Disasters 2010, 34:214-239.
57. Moran M., Elvin R. Coping with complexity: adaptive governance in desert Australia. GeoJournal 2009, 74:415-428.
58. Morton S.R., Stafford Smith D.M., Dickman C.R., Dunkerley D.L., Friedel M.H., McAllister R.R.J., Reid J.R.W., Roshier D.A., Smith M.A., Walsh F.J., Wardle G.M., Watson I.W., Westoby M. A fresh framework for the ecology of arid Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 2011, 75:313-329.
59. NCCARF (National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility) National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility Home Page 2011, Available at http://www.nccarf.edu.au/ (accessed 25/8/2011).
60. NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council) Values and Ethics: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research 2003, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
61. Pahl-Wostl C., Hare M. Processes of social learning in integrated resources management. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 2004, 14:193-206.
62. Petheram L., Zander K.K., Campbell B.M., High C., Stacey N. 'Strange changes': indigenous perspectives of climate change and adaptation in NE Arnhem Land (Australia). Global Environmental Change 2010, 20:681-692.
63. Pike A., Rodríguez-Pose A., Tomaney L. Local and Regional Development 2006, Routledge, London.
64. Pittock B. Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential Impacts 2003, Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra.
65. Prabhakar S.V.R.K., Srinivasan A., Shaw R. Climate change and local level disaster risk reduction planning: need, opportunities and challenges. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 2009, 14:7-33.
66. Prober S.M., O'Connor M.H., Walsh F.J. Australian aboriginal peoples' seasonal knowledge: a potential basis for shared understanding in environmental management. Ecology and Society 2011, 12(2):12.
67. Quigley M.C., Horton T., Hellstrom J.C., Cupper M.L., Sandiford M. Holocene climate change in arid Australia from speleothem and alluvial records. The Holocene 2010, 20:1093-1104.
68. Ramsay H.A., Leslie L.M., Lamb P.J., Richman M.B., Leplastrier M. Interannual variability of tropical cyclones in the Australian region: role of large-scale environment. Journal of Climate 2008, 21:1083-1103.
69. Robins L., Dovers S. NRM regions in Australia: the 'haves' and the 'have nots'. Geographical Research 2007, 45:273-290.
70. Robinson A.C., Copley P.B., Canty P.D., Baker L.M., Nesbitt B.J. A Biological Survey of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands, South Australia, 1991-2001 2003, Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia.
71. SA (South Australian) Government South Australia Lands Administration Trust Act 1966: Version: 1.2.2010 2010, Government of South Australia, Adelaide.
72. SA (South Australian) Government Tackling Climate Change in South Australia 2011, Available at http://www.climatechange.sa.gov.au/ (accessed 27/1/2011).
73. Schipper L., Pelling M. Disaster risk, climate change and international development: scope for, and challenges to, integration. Disasters 2006, 30:19-38.
74. Smyth A., Friedel M., O'Malley C. The influence of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) on biodiversity in an arid Australian landscape. The Rangeland Journal 2009, 31:307-320.
75. Stafford Smith M., Moran M., Seeman K. The 'viability' and resilience of communities and settlements in desert Australia. The Rangeland Journal 2008, 30:123-135.
76. Stafford Smith M., Huigen J. From desert syndrome to desert system: developing a science of desert living. Dialogue 2009, 28:8-18.
77. Steffen W. Climate Change 2009: Faster Change and More Serious Risks 2009, Department of Climate Change, Canberra.
78. Suppiah R., Preston B., Whetton P.H., McInnes K.L., Jones R.N., Macadam I., Bathols J., Kirono D. Climate Change under Enhanced Greenhouse Conditions in South Australia 2006, CSIRO, Aspendale, Vic.
79. The Allen Consulting Group Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability: Promoting an Efficient Adaptation Response in Australia 2005, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
80. Thomas D.S.G., Twyman C. Equity and justice in climate change adaptation amongst natural-resource-dependent societies. Global Environmental Change 2005, 15:115-124.
81. Tiessen H., Brklacich M., Breulmann G., Menezes R.S.C. Communicating Global Change Science to Society: An Assessment and Case Studies 2007, Island Press, Washington, DC.
82. Tietjen B., Jeltsch F. Semi-arid grazing systems and climate change: a survey of present modelling potential and future needs. Journal of Applied Ecology 2007, 44:425-434.
83. Tompkins E.L., Adger W.N. Does adaptive management of natural resources enhance resilience to climate change?. Ecology and Society 2004, 9(2):10.
84. Tschakert P. Views from the vulnerable: understanding climatic and other stressors in the Sahel. Global Environmental Change 2007, 17:381-396.
85. Vaarzon-Morel, P., 2008. Key Stakeholder Perceptions of Feral Camels: Aboriginal Community Survey. Key Stakeholder Perceptions of Feral Camels: Aboriginal Community Survey. DKCRC Report 49. Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.
86. Verstraete M.M., Scholes R.J., Stafford-Smith M. Climate and desertification: looking at an old problem through new lenses. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2009, 7:421-428.
87. Williams N.M., Baines G. Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Wisdom for Sustainable Development 1993, Australian National University, Canberra.
88. Zeng B., Edwards G.P. Perceptions of pastoralists and conservation reserve managers on managing feral camels and their impacts. The Rangeland Journal 2010, 32:63-72.