Inconspicuous adaptations to climate change in everyday life: Sustainable household responses to drought and heat in Czech cities

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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14695405211013955" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14695405211013955</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14695405211013955" target="_blank" >10.1177/14695405211013955</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Inconspicuous adaptations to climate change in everyday life: Sustainable household responses to drought and heat in Czech cities
Original language description
Adaptation to climate change is often understood as a top-down decision-making and policy-implementing process, as well as application of expert knowledge, to prevent or reduce its (locally specific) negative consequences. In high-income societies, adaptation at the household level then frequently refers to adopting technological fixes distributed through the market, sometimes at a considerable cost. Informed by a study in the context of Central Europe, this article aims to discuss different practices of households and individuals that do not require increased consumption of energy or materials, but still help adapting to climate change in some of its local expressions, such as heatwaves and drought. They were described by participants in focus groups in six cities in the Czech Republic. I argue that such ‘inconspicuous adaptations’ emerge without connection to the climate change debate, or without deeper knowledge about the issue. Yet, they should not be overlooked as unimportant and short-term ‘coping responses’ and underestimated in this debate. They are part and parcel of the ongoing process of societal adaptation to climate change.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-05263S" target="_blank" >GA17-05263S: Local response to climate change in the Czech Republic: a sociological perspective</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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