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Perceived Adaptation Need

Perceived Adaptation Need is a psychological construct denoting the individual's subjective recognition of the necessity to adjust behaviors or strategies in response to perceived climate change risks, distinguishing it from objective assessments of adaptation requirements by emphasizing personal risk interpretation and motivational readiness to act.

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773

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423

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2017–2026

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Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications

Irene Lorenzoni, Sophie Nicholson-Cole, Lorraine Whitmarsh · Global Environmental Change · 2007 · 2K citations

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Adaptive capacity and human cognition: The process of individual adaptation to climate change

Torsten Grothmann, Anthony Patt · Global Environmental Change · 2005 · 2K citations

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Perception of and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile basin of Ethiopia

Temesgen Deressa, Rashid Hassan, Claudia Ringler · The Journal of Agricultural Science · 2010 · 928 citations · Full text

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Meta-analyses of factors motivating climate change adaptation behaviour

Anne M. van Valkengoed, Linda Steg · Nature Climate Change · 2019 · 891 citations · Full text

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Climate change perceptions and their individual-level determinants: A cross-European analysis

Wouter Poortinga, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Linda Steg et al. · Global Environmental Change · 2019 · 652 citations · Full text

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Authors

773

  1. LS
    Linda Steg

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    4 publications · 1.6K citations

    4

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  2. IO
    Issa Ouédraogo

    International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Mali

    3 publications · 99 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. DR
    Diana Reckien

    University of Twente, Netherlands

    3 publications · 191 citations

    3

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  4. MS
    Michael Siegrist

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 845 citations

    3

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  5. RS
    Robyn S. Wilson

    The Ohio State University, United States

    3 publications · 446 citations

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Institutions

423

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    627 citations

  2. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan

    Mollās̄ānī, Iran

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    684 citations

  5. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    624 citations

  6. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. Asian Institute of Technology

    Pathum Thani, Thailand

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    314 citations

  8. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    810 citations

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Venues

  1. Global Environmental Change

    16 publications · 6.8K citations

    16

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  2. Climatic Change

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

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  3. Sustainability

    9 publications · 394 citations

    9

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  4. Environmental Science & Policy

    7 publications · 734 citations

    7

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  5. Regional Environmental Change

    6 publications · 575 citations

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