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Psychological perspectives on community resilience and climate change

Insights, examples, and directions for future research

Daniel A. Chapman1, Carlie D. Trott2, Linda Silka3, Brian Lickel1 and Susan Clayton4,    1University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States,    2Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States,    3University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States,    4The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, United States

Abstract

This chapter makes a case for a focus on climate change community resilience—the study of a community’s capability to flexibly and effectively respond to climate change—in order to understand and promote functionally adaptive responses to climate change. While there is considerable research ...

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