dc.contributor.advisor | Siri Ellen Hallstrøm Eriksen | |
dc.contributor.author | Wegner, Vilde Langaas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-11T17:27:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-11T17:27:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier | no.nmbu:wiseflow:6873111:55144773 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3102020 | |
dc.description.abstract | Awareness of the need for climate adaptation is increasing as more people and countries are
starting to notice the effects of climate change. Simultaneously, certain groups of people within
a society are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than others. This study
investigates how municipal climate adaptation work includes persons with disabilities, and how
persons with disabilities are affected by extreme weather events. The cite of the study is
Lillestrøm Municipality. The aim of the study is to identify the key ways in which the needs
and rights of persons with disabilities are being included in climate adaptation measures, and
to create more knowledge on how climate adaptation can ensure inclusion of the needs and
rights of persons with disabilities, and what the main barriers for this is. I have collected data
through qualitative, semi-structured interviews with employees in Lillestrøm Municipality and
persons with disabilities. In addition, I have carried out a document analysis of three central
documents concerning climate adaptation in Lillestrøm Municipality. This study approaches
climate adaptation from a just adaptation framework in order to answer to the research
questions. The analysis shows that Lillestrøm Municipality are becoming more aware of the
diverse vulnerability and needs within the municipality. However, the study concludes with
stating that Lillestrøm Municipality still has a lot of work to do in order to be inclusive of
persons with disabilities in their climate adaptation work. | |
dc.description.abstract | Awareness of the need for climate adaptation is increasing as more people and countries are
starting to notice the effects of climate change. Simultaneously, certain groups of people within
a society are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than others. This study
investigates how municipal climate adaptation work includes persons with disabilities, and how
persons with disabilities are affected by extreme weather events. The cite of the study is
Lillestrøm Municipality. The aim of the study is to identify the key ways in which the needs
and rights of persons with disabilities are being included in climate adaptation measures, and
to create more knowledge on how climate adaptation can ensure inclusion of the needs and
rights of persons with disabilities, and what the main barriers for this is. I have collected data
through qualitative, semi-structured interviews with employees in Lillestrøm Municipality and
persons with disabilities. In addition, I have carried out a document analysis of three central
documents concerning climate adaptation in Lillestrøm Municipality. This study approaches
climate adaptation from a just adaptation framework in order to answer to the research
questions. The analysis shows that Lillestrøm Municipality are becoming more aware of the
diverse vulnerability and needs within the municipality. However, the study concludes with
stating that Lillestrøm Municipality still has a lot of work to do in order to be inclusive of
persons with disabilities in their climate adaptation work. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Norwegian University of Life Sciences | |
dc.title | Inclusion of persons with disabilities in climate adaptation - A study of Lillestrøm Municipality | |
dc.type | Master thesis | |