The main purpose of this paper is to examine what affects the frequency of adaptation actions taken by cities during the years 2018-2019. Focus is placed on three specific factors derived from previous research regarding cities’ adaptive behavior; the number of climate networks in which a city is participating, exposure to natural hazards and economic capacity. Through linear regression analysis, three hypotheses regarding the three chosen explanatory variables are tested, investigating if correlations exist between these variables and the frequency of adaptation actions reported by cities to CDP during 2018-2019. With regards to previous research regarding our explanatory variables, we expect positive slope estimates for all correlations. Based on the results of the analysis, support is found for one of three of our hypotheses, as economic capacity is found to be positively correlated with the frequency of adaptation actions taken by cities. No convincing evidence is however found for our two other hypotheses, as neither participation in a larger amount of climate networks nor exposure to natural hazards is found to be significantly correlated at a very demanding level with the frequency of adaptation actions. Hence, the results suggest that cities’ adaptation actions are driven primarily by wealth. Whereas no convincing support is found for our two other hypotheses, the results highlight possible questions to investigate further in future research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-432966 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Hedenskog, Ida, Arndt, Matilda |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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