Abstract Despite older adults’ vulnerability to climate change, little research has investigated their preferred adaptation strategies. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into their perspective and the potential for participatory adaptation to enhance their resilience. This paper presents the results of a collaborative adaptation planning process conducted with older adults in Bridgeport, Connecticut. During two meetings, older adult participants developed recommendations following adaptation best practices. Recommendations focused on encouraging preparedness through workshops and informational materials tailored for older adults. Additional recommendations focused on enhancing community services to provide effective warning mechanisms, shelter access, ride sharing and transportation assistance, and establishing a telephone based clearinghouse for extreme weather and emergency resources for older adults. A prioritization exercise showed that the participants and city staff believed all recommendations were potentially effective and feasible. A summative evaluation showed that the participatory planning enhanced resilience by raising awareness among the older adult participants and city agencies, enhancing communication, and increasing the older adult participants’ ability to self-advocate.

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通过参与性的气候变化适应计划，提高老年人的适应能力

摘要尽管老年人容易受到气候变化的影响，但很少有研究调查他们偏爱的适应策略。本文的目的是提供有关其观点以及参与性适应以增强其适应能力的潜力的见解。本文介绍了在康涅狄格州布里奇波特与老年人进行的协作适应计划过程的结果。在两次会议中，老年人参加者根据适应最佳做法制定了建议。建议的重点是通过为老年人量身定制的讲习班和信息材料来鼓励备灾。其他建议的重点是加强社区服务，以提供有效的警告机制，庇护所通道，乘车共享和交通援助，建立电话交换所，为老年人提供极端天气和紧急资源。优先排序显示，参与者和市政工作人员认为所有建议都是潜在有效和可行的。一项总结性评估表明，参与式计划通过提高老年人和城市机构之间的意识，加强沟通以及增强老年人自我倡导的能力，增强了适应力。