Module 5: Empowering Communities in Climate Adaptive Redesign

This module will focus on the concepts of public participation and stakeholder involvement in climate adaptation projects and measures, that will be implemented at the community level. You will learn about the success and failure factors in climate adaptation projects from European case studies. You will learn about new tools to facilitate public participation processes when implementing climate adaptation measures and green infrastructure at the community level.

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Keywords: Public participation, stakeholders, community engagement, tools and methods for participation, multricriteria-analysis, cost-benefit analysis, cultural diversity, best practices.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this module, you will understand de fundamentals of public participation, you will be able to analyze stakeholders and their interest and you can apply tools for effective community engagement and the evaluation of adaptation measures.

Authors: Ted Veldkamp, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences; Marzena Suchocka, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Magda Kasprzyk, Gdansk University of Technology.