In this article, the authors diagnose the institutional barriers to climate change adaptation in the Municipality of Beirut, Lebanon.
Basing their analysis on a framework developed by Moser and Ekström, the authors reveal the presence of two vicious cycles influencing each other:
- major political interference generating competing priorities and poor individual interest in climate change
- feedbacks caused by the first and leading to the absence of a dedicated department
They highlight the need to analyze the interlinkages between barriers in order to suggest how to overcome them.
'Understanding institutional barriers in the climate change adaptation planning process of the city of Beirut: vicious cycles and opportunities' - read the article online
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This this article is based on Leonardo Zea Reye’s MSc thesis at the Institute of Housing Studies. Sylvia Bergh and Veronica Olivotto were his joint supervisors.