Engagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à Le Goulet et Pointe-du-Chêne au Nouveau-Brunswick

Le Goulet and Pointe-du-Chêne are two New Brunswick coastal communities facing serious flooding and coastal erosion problems. These two communities are different on cultural, economical and social point of view. Since 2003, researchers from Université de Moncton have been engaged in a participatory...

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Autores principales: Omer Chouinard, Steve Plante, Gilles Martin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b4d178fc2bfd480dad0ee234bc74151a2021-12-02T10:02:21ZEngagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à Le Goulet et Pointe-du-Chêne au Nouveau-Brunswick1492-844210.4000/vertigo.1912https://doaj.org/article/b4d178fc2bfd480dad0ee234bc74151a2006-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/1912https://doaj.org/toc/1492-8442Le Goulet and Pointe-du-Chêne are two New Brunswick coastal communities facing serious flooding and coastal erosion problems. These two communities are different on cultural, economical and social point of view. Since 2003, researchers from Université de Moncton have been engaged in a participatory action research with representative local people of different coastal communities. Also they have invited the decision makers and civil servant of the province of New Brunswick and Environment Canada to involve the communities in a decision making process focussing on adaptation and proactive measures to these major problems. The community engagement process involves an inventory of local perceptions, knowledge, adaptation measures already tried, preoccupations, awareness, information building and decision making through focus group techniques. Semi-directed interviews were held prior to and at the end of the data gathering process. Results show participants used some adaptation techniques although they lack resources and direction. The engagement process resulted in an important change in adaptation approaches envisioned for the future in the village of Le Goulet and brought forward some new solutions in the two communities. Participants viewed the process as leading to more sustainable solutions for their communities or as a means to provide more credibility to proposed solutions before seeking government resources. To encourage a broader participation, researchers need to better identify objectives and possible outcomes from the start of the process to have a better participatory action research.Omer ChouinardSteve PlanteGilles MartinÉditions en environnement VertigOarticleadaptationclimate changecoastal communitiesdecision makingerosionfloodingEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350FRVertigO, Vol 7, Iss 3 (2006)
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topic adaptation
climate change
coastal communities
decision making
erosion
flooding
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle adaptation
climate change
coastal communities
decision making
erosion
flooding
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Omer Chouinard
Steve Plante
Gilles Martin
Engagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à Le Goulet et Pointe-du-Chêne au Nouveau-Brunswick
description Le Goulet and Pointe-du-Chêne are two New Brunswick coastal communities facing serious flooding and coastal erosion problems. These two communities are different on cultural, economical and social point of view. Since 2003, researchers from Université de Moncton have been engaged in a participatory action research with representative local people of different coastal communities. Also they have invited the decision makers and civil servant of the province of New Brunswick and Environment Canada to involve the communities in a decision making process focussing on adaptation and proactive measures to these major problems. The community engagement process involves an inventory of local perceptions, knowledge, adaptation measures already tried, preoccupations, awareness, information building and decision making through focus group techniques. Semi-directed interviews were held prior to and at the end of the data gathering process. Results show participants used some adaptation techniques although they lack resources and direction. The engagement process resulted in an important change in adaptation approaches envisioned for the future in the village of Le Goulet and brought forward some new solutions in the two communities. Participants viewed the process as leading to more sustainable solutions for their communities or as a means to provide more credibility to proposed solutions before seeking government resources. To encourage a broader participation, researchers need to better identify objectives and possible outcomes from the start of the process to have a better participatory action research.
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author Omer Chouinard
Steve Plante
Gilles Martin
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Steve Plante
Gilles Martin
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title Engagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à Le Goulet et Pointe-du-Chêne au Nouveau-Brunswick
title_short Engagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à Le Goulet et Pointe-du-Chêne au Nouveau-Brunswick
title_full Engagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à Le Goulet et Pointe-du-Chêne au Nouveau-Brunswick
title_fullStr Engagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à Le Goulet et Pointe-du-Chêne au Nouveau-Brunswick
title_full_unstemmed Engagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à Le Goulet et Pointe-du-Chêne au Nouveau-Brunswick
title_sort engagement des communautés face au changement climatique : une expérience de gestion intégrée à le goulet et pointe-du-chêne au nouveau-brunswick
publisher Éditions en environnement VertigO
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