This paper presents a comparative analysis of catchment management dams in Cork, Ireland and Brisbane, Australia to demonstrate how interactions between municipal government and expert advisors for public infrastructure administration can constrain community climate adaptation. The analysis highlights how neoliberal economic rationalism can appropriate public value choice under the guise of technocratic expertise. Experts are often considered responsible agents for the effective administration of public infrastructure, even when ostensibly technical decisions concerning infrastructure management seem to demand normative, political input. Technocratic administration arising from economic rationalist priorities can thereby exacerbate the hazards presented by climate variability and advancing climate change. Climate risk managers in both cases over‐relied on operating protocols and the expertise of engineers to administer public infrastructure in pursuit of economic priorities. When operating protocols proved insufficient in the face of climate extremes, however, blame was assigned to experts despite their making all available attempts to avert disaster. Through analysis of these cases, the paper discusses the need for normative transparency in expert‐led public administration and better integration of multi‐level governance for climate resilience when pursuing economic rationalist imperatives.

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如果不能，那就该死，如果不这样，就该死：经济理性主义者的命令对澳​​大利亚布里斯班和爱尔兰科克的公共基础设施适应能力的影响

本文对爱尔兰科克和澳大利亚布里斯班的流域管理大坝进行了比较分析，以展示市政府与公共基础设施管理专家顾问之间的互动如何限制社区的气候适应。分析强调了新自由主义经济理性主义如何在技术专家的幌子下适当改变公共价值的选择。专家通常被认为是有效管理公共基础设施的负责人，即使表面上有关基础设施管理的技术决策似乎需要规范的政治投入。由经济理性主义者优先考虑而产生的技术官僚管理可以因此加剧由气候多变性和推进的气候变化带来的危害。在这两种情况下，气候风险管理人员都过度依赖操作规程和工程师的专业知识来管理公共基础设施，以追求经济优先事项。然而，当面对极端气候的操作协议证明不够用时，尽管专家们竭尽全力避免灾难，却将责任归咎于专家。通过对这些案例的分析，本文讨论了在追求经济理性主义的必要性时，在专家主导的公共管理中需要规范透明性，以及更好地整合多级治理以增强气候适应能力。尽管专家们竭尽全力避免灾难，却将责任归咎于专家。通过对这些案例的分析，本文讨论了在追求经济理性主义的必要性时，在专家主导的公共管理中需要规范透明性，以及更好地整合多级治理以增强气候适应能力。尽管专家们竭尽全力避免灾难，却将责任归咎于专家。通过对这些案例的分析，本文讨论了在追求经济理性主义的必要性时，在专家主导的公共管理中需要规范透明性，以及更好地整合多级治理以增强气候适应能力。