Interdisciplinary Scientific Research linked to policy-including Climate Change Adaptation

Apine, E. Stojanovic, T. (2024) Is the coastal future green, grey or hybrid? Diverse perspectives on coastal flood risk management and adaptation in the UK Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures 2: e4

Reports key attitudes to UK coastal flood risk management, identifying five perspectives: (1) The Pro-Green Practitioners; (2) The Future-Planning Relocators; (3) The Case-by-Case Thinkers; (4) The Cautious Practitioners and (5) The Climate Change Concerned. Based on an empirical studying using Q methodology.

Robins, D. Saddington, L. Boyd-Macmillan, E. Stojanovic, T. Hudson, B. Lafortune, L. (2023) Staying put in an era of climate change: The geographies, legalities, and public health implications of immobility. WIREs Climate Change e879

Explores how climate related hazards affect immobile populations and brings interdisciplinary perspectives from geography, public health, psychology, and law to consider how policy can deal with immobility in Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation to Climate Change

Riegel, S. Kuhfuss, L. Stojanovic, T. (2023) Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation: Assessing the Scottish Public’s Preferences for Saltmarsh Carbon Storage. Ecological Economics 211, 107863

Reviews public preferences for Saltmarsh conservation and improvement and finds evidence for support across different social groups, highlighting the importance of going beyond a focus on ‘carbon’ to consider the mitigation adaptation benefits of nature based solutions for a range of ecosystem services.

Bisaro, A., de Bel, M., Hinkel, J., Kok, S., Stojanovic, T. & Ware, D., (2020), Multilevel governance of coastal flood risk reduction: a public finance perspective. Environmental Science and Policy 112, 203-212

Compares how a number of coastal countries fund flood and coastal erosion risk management, explores the implications for future climate adaptation, and reviews a range approaches for reconciling costs and benefits across national to local scales

Duvat, V. K. E., A. K. Magnan, R. M. Wise, J. E. Hay, I. Fazey, J. Hinkel, T. Stojanovic, H. Yamano, and V. Ballu (2017) Trajectories of exposure and vulnerability of small islands to climate change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 8 (6)

Showcases a dynamic approach to evaluating exposure and vulnerability to climate change in small island settings through configuring trajectories

Stojanovic, T, McNae, H, Tett, P, Reis, J, Smith, HD & Dillingham, I (2016) ‘The “social” aspect of social-ecological systems: a critique of analytical frameworks and findings from a multisite study of coastal sustainability’ Ecology and Society, 21 (3) Art 15.

Reviews the concept of social-ecological systems. It utilises an elegant combination of scientometrics, critical theory and empirical research to evaluate approaches to sustainability science, and provide directions for interdisciplinary research.

Dronkers, J & Stojanovic, TA (2016) Socio-economic impacts- Coastal Management and Governance. in M Quante & F Colijn (eds), North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment. Springer, pp. 475-488

Stojanovic T. Green D.R., Lymbery, G. (2010) Approaches to knowledge sharing and capacity building: The role of local information systems in marine and coastal management. Ocean & Coastal Management 53 (12) 805-815.

Develops theory from information systems and information science applied to the planning and management of marine coastal areas. In particular, the paper develops the concept of a Local Information System as an organising idea which embraces people, data, information and technology to support decision-making. Puts forward ideas for the integration of monitoring, surveillance, environmental assessment, indicators and knowledge sharing.

Stojanovic, T. Ball, I. Ballinger, R. Lymbery, G. Dodds, W. (2009) The Role of Research Networks for Science-Policy Collaboration in Coastal Areas. Marine Policy 36 (3) 901-911.

Considers the challenges and opportunities for developing a learning-based approach to management in the marine environment, involving scientists, policymakers and practitioners to develop sustainability science and climate change research strategies.

Stojanovic, T.A. Philippe M. Andicoechea, C. (2008) Guide pour la mise en oeuvre d’un systeme d’information local littoral. COREPOINT, Cardiff University and Amure.

Stojanovic, T.A. (2008) Guidelines for Implementing Local Information Systems at the Coast. COREPOINT and Cardiff University. Available online

Drawing on the experience of case studies around Europe, provides a practical guide to implementing approaches from information science in dealing with information overload in the marine and coastal environment