Inert Resilience and Institutional Traps: Tackling Bureaucratic Inertias Towards Transformative Social Learning and Capacity Building for Local Climate Change Adaptation

The institutional and political contexts of climate action matter. Planning and sustainability science have parallel interests in politics and institutions, particularly in institutional reforms that balance continuity and change. Our theorizing inert resilience highlights micro (individual) and mes...

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Published inPlanning theory & practice Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 51 - 71
Main Authors Angeles, Leonora C., Ngo, Victor D., Greig, Zoë
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.01.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Adaptation
bureaucracies
Bureaucracy
Capacity building approach
Capacity development
Case studies
Climate adaptation
Climate change
Inertia
Institution building
institutions
Learning
Observational learning
Participant observation
Politics
Resilience
Social discrimination learning
Social learning
Sustainability science
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Summary:The institutional and political contexts of climate action matter. Planning and sustainability science have parallel interests in politics and institutions, particularly in institutional reforms that balance continuity and change. Our theorizing inert resilience highlights micro (individual) and meso (institutional) foundations of macro-state capacities for climate adaptation through social learning and transformative capacity building. Using survey, conversations, and participant observation in a Philippine case study, we discuss six inertia-inducing institutional traps shaping climate adaptation challenges in inert resilience contexts. Examining resource constraints, value conflicts, and colonial legacies influencing inertia, we propose pathways toward local capacity-building and social learning for climate adaptation.
ISSN:1464-9357
1470-000X
DOI:10.1080/14649357.2021.1875029