ABSTRACT

This paper applies a scoping review approach to inductively assess the evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South over the period 2010 to 2020 using, as indicators of the literature, three leading adaptation journals covering different scales of analysis: Global Environmental Change, Regional Environmental Change and Climate and Development. The review confirms that previous calls for an increase in empirical adaptation research have been heeded. Research covers both policy and practice, and also different scales, with a particular focus on agricultural and rural settings. There is significant and growing interest in the determinants of adaptation and adaptive capacity (including the role of barriers and enablers), and a small but growing interest in the role of gender. The overall increase in total publications does not show even geographical or sectoral coverage. Large swathes of sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East/North Africa remain severely under-researched; and the overwhelming majority of papers focus on rural and agricultural issues rather than cities. This analysis offers tangible evidence to highlight where geographical and thematic gaps exist in our research on adaptation in the global South.

摘要

本文采用范围界定审查方法对 2010 年至 2020 年期间全球南方经验性适应研究的演变进行了归纳评估，使用三个涵盖不同分析规模的领先适应期刊作为文献指标：全球环境变化、区域环境变化与气候与发展。审查证实，先前关于增加经验性适应研究的呼吁已得到关注。研究涵盖政策和实践，以及不同的规模，特别关注农业和农村环境。人们对适应和适应能力的决定因素（包括障碍和促成因素的作用）产生了重大且日益增长的兴趣，而对性别的作用的兴趣虽小但日益增长。出版物总数的总体增长甚至没有显示出地理或部门覆盖面。撒哈拉以南非洲和中东/北非大片地区的研究仍然严重不足；绝大多数论文关注农村和农业问题，而不是城市。该分析提供了切实的证据，以突出我们在全球南方适应研究中存在的地理和主题差距。