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   Lieberknecht, Katherine (January 2023, Journal of Planning Education and Research)

   Planning theory scholars and practitioners have identified the need to include residents most affected by climate change in the development of climate adaptation planning, for reasons of justice and effectiveness. This article investigates whether Austin, Texas’ network of plans includes participation by residents and incorporation of local knowledge into climate adaptation. This research finds that these plans contain limited material about participation, engagement, equity, and local knowledge. In response to this gap, the article presents a case study of the Dove Springs Climate Navigators, a residents-nongovernmental organization-municipal-university collaboration working to co-create an online portal, training system, and process to incorporate local knowledge into adaptation planning. 

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   Pinsky, M. L.; Rogers, L. A.; Morley, J. W.; Frölicher, T. L. (December 2020, Science Advances)

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   Doyle, Dylan Thomas; Brubaker, Jed R (May 2024, ACM)

   To support people at the end of life as they create management plans for their assets, planning approaches like estate planning are increasingly considering data. HCI scholarship has argued that developing more effective planning approaches to support end-of-life data planning is important. However, empirical research is needed to evaluate specific approaches and identify design considerations. To support end-of-life data planning, this paper presents a qualitative study evaluating two approaches to co-designing end-of-life data plans with participants. We find that asset-first inventory-centric approaches, common in material estate planning, may be ineffective when making plans for data. In contrast, heavily facilitated, mission-driven, relationship-centric approaches were more effective. This study expands previous research by validating the importance of starting end-of-life data planning with relationships and values, and highlights collaborative facilitation as a critical part of successful data planning approaches. 

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4. Scoping deliberations: scaffolding engagement in planning collective action

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   Brousseau, Jennifer J; Stern, Marc J; Pownall, Malia; Hansen, Lara J (August 2024, Local Environment)

   Despite a growing focus on climate justice, prior research has revealed scant details about how marginalised groups have been engaged in local climate adaptation processes. This study aims to understand how justice is considered in these processes through a qualitative review of climate adaptation plans and related documents from US municipalities. We reviewed 101 plans published between 2010 and 2021 using the three-dimensional framework of recognitional, distributional, and procedural justice. Overall, our findings revealed a stronger focus on recognitional and distributional justice than procedural. Recognitional justice mainly focused on who is most vulnerable to climate change and how, with most plans adopting a similar understanding of vulnerability. Plans less frequently acknowledged how historical injustices contribute to vulnerability. Distributional justice was addressed through adaptation strategies across six areas (e.g. health and safety, buildings, green infrastructure, professional development, food, and transit), focusing greater attention on expanding existing programmes than new initiatives. Little attention was given to the potential negative impacts of proposed strategies. Procedural justice was mainly considered through one-off opportunities, rather than more extensive engagement in decision-making. Most plans lacked implementation considerations, for justice or otherwise, but when included, details mainly focused on who would be involved and not how strategies would be implemented. These findings provide an array of approaches to incorporate justice in adaptation planning and support several considerations for developing future plans. 

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