Researching Climate Adaptation Equity: Methodological Challenges Addressing Vulnerable Groups in Local Climate Action Plans in Turkey
Methods for Researching Global Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Guide, Taylor & Francis Ltd, ss.299-314, 2026
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.4324/9781003677604-24
- Yayınevi: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.299-314
- Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Climate change is intensifying existing social inequalities, yet local adaptation planning often fails to identify whose vulnerabilities are most exposed and least protected. This chapter addresses the methodological challenges involved in detecting equity shortcomings in Local Climate Action and Adaptation Plans developed by metropolitan municipalities in Turkey. It examines how socially vulnerable groups, defined along intersecting gender, age, and socio-economic dimensions, are represented or rendered invisible within policy texts. The analysis applies an equity-oriented content coding scheme within a qualitative document analysis framework and integrates critical discourse analysis to assess both explicit references and patterned forms of absence and silencing. This combined approach enables a systematic examination of how institutional priorities, governance dynamics, and planning practices shape the treatment of vulnerability in local adaptation planning. By advancing a transferable methodological framework for identifying structured omissions in policy documents, this chapter offers a reflective and practice-oriented contribution to research on urban climate justice.