Flooding is the most common and critical climatic disaster for coastal communities in Taiwan. This study applied an evaluation framework comprising five categories, namely community competence, infrastructure stability, social-economic support, interior environmental capacity, and outdoor environment adaptability, to six coastal communities of Tainan City, Taiwan, to evaluate their climatic adaptation. Having experienced multiple floods, all six communities performed relatively well in the infrastructure stability, but poorly in outdoor environment adaptability. In face-to-face interviews, interviewees reflected that the most vital sector affected by climate change is their fishing industry; however, the industry item was eliminated by experts during the implementation of the Fuzzy Delphi questionnaire. Therefore, beside the evaluation framework of community climatic adaptation, another contribution of this study is the execution of the interviews to reduce the inconsistency between real life situations and academic development.
Chuang, HW; Yang, SR; Ou, T; Lin, TP
CLIMATIC ADAPTATION OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES ON THE SOUTHWEST OF TAIWAN
Journal Of Marine Science And Technology-Taiwan